A Sleeping Disorder
...ccomplish all the tasks with the limited time given can be stressful and lead to insomnia, and everything else will go downhill from there. In the same way, others believe the cause can be psychological due to loosing a loved one, depression, or traumatic experiences. Further causes of insomnia are diabetes, intense muscle twitching, and an overactive thyroid gland, and also the drinking of caffeine-containing beverages before going to bed. When a person is suffering from the terrible disorder of insomnia, most do not have the knowledge of the damage they are contributing to. As a result, in a case of insomnia not only the person with the sleeping disorder is affected, everyone that surrounds the person is affected in one way or the other. The people surrounding an insomnia victim are affected by the pessimistic and unenthusiastic emotions being fed to them, due to the victim’s mood swings or to the many other behavioral traits caused by this disorder. Insomnia has also been known to propel many people to mental institutions due to insanity caused by the hallucinations that restlessness brings about. Not getting the sufficient amount of sleep can also cause paranoia. Many individuals recognize their recent or long-term change in attitudes, and health conditions, soon realizing that they have a problem with sleeping and might have insomnia. By the time they notice what has happened, they are usually too late, because what used to be a small problem has now become a disorder in which they cannot find their way out of. As a solution to this disorder, minor tranquilizers may be used for a few nights to restore the sleep cycle and to reduce anxiety; Sleeping pills have been found to be less effective than tranquilizers even though they are helpful. Neither the sleeping pills nor the tranquilizers are for long-term treatment. At this time the most effective therapy is to identify the problems that might be preventing sleep and causing the insomnia and to make an effort to solve them, meanwhile trying to reduce the person's anxiety about the insomnia itself can be the most helpful task. Equally important is to establish a constant sleep cycle by trying to go to sleeping and waking up at the same time each day. Also make an effort and try not to take naps during the day; they can prevent sleep at nighttime. Also avoid caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol late in the day, they are stimulants and alter the normal sleep cycle. Alcohol can ca...