Basic Sleep Remedies and Tips

Sleep debt or deprivations can be particularly problematic and difficult to notice when it takes place very gradually over a long period of time. For example, getting only 30 minutes less sleep than you need each night for a month progressively accumulates to a 15 hour sleep debt! Because it is such a prevalent yet undetected problem, sleep deprivation is the cause of every year. Though chronic lack of sleep is wide spread, it's symptoms are often misdiagnosed and mistakenly attributed to other problems like depression, anxiety, stress or aging.

Sleep Problems - 4 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Sleeping Pills to Treat Your Insomnia

Here are just a few reasons why you should consider other alternatives to over the counter sleeping pills to treat your sleep problems.

1. Sleeping pills are dangerous if you have certain health conditions - the sleeping pills that can be bought over the counter are basically just anti-histamines and, as such, there are a variety of other conditions for which anti-histamines are contraindicated, including glaucoma, high blood pressure, heart disease, ulcers and other stomach problems, and diabetes, among others.
2. Sleeping pills don’t play well with other drugs - over the counter sleep aids often interact poorly with other drugs, including allergy medications, heart medications and muscle relaxants.
3. Sleeping pills often make you drowsy during the day - the residual effects from sleeping pills, especially if you take them late at night, often mean that you spend the following day feeling drowsy and lethargic.
4. Sleeping pills only mask symptoms - while over the counter sleep medication may allow you to get to sleep tonight, they don’t treat the root of your insomnia and as soon as you stop taking them you are back to where you started -- lying awake and staring at the ceiling.

Say Good Night To Insomnia

We can all experience the occasional night of sleeplessness without any consequences. It's when the night here and there becomes a pattern that repeats itself several nights in a row that you're faced with a sleeping problem.

Repeated loss of sleep affects you physically, mentally and emotionally. Sleep deprivation can affect your overall daily performance and may even have an effect on your personality. If it goes on for a long period of time it can cause problems in your relationships, compromise your productivity, and perhaps lead to other health problems. It can become a relentless cycle of worry and anxiety as night after night you toss and turn, wondering when sleep will come, and wondering what's wrong with you.