Article: Taking care of insomnia

LYING in bed all night long, unable to fall asleep, can be very distressing. One in three adults suffers from insomnia and women are more likely to experience it. A lack of sleep will adversely effect your physical and emotional health and will leave you feeling tired, irritable, with a decrease in your ability to concentrate and make rational decisions. You will be come more accident-prone and your immune system will be less effective in fighting infections.

The most common cause of insomnia is stress and anxiety, linked with physical and/or psychiatric disorders like pain, illness, orthopnea (inability to breathe on lying flat) and depression. Such environmental and lifestyle factors as ...

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