Spends almost most part of the life of people for a dream. Good high-quality rest is the key to good health, cheerfulness, health, gives forces and energy for new day of work. However sometimes it is impossible to enjoy a sweet, satisfactory dream, and various frustration can become the reasons for that. What — let's understand.
About a sleep disorder (insomnia)
Insomnia or, scientifically an insomnia, represents a widespread sleep disorder to which people of all age are subject. The total absence of a dream, its insufficient duration or poor quality throughout the long period are considered as its main signs — from three times a week within one month.
Whether you know? The famous scientists strike not only the outstanding mind, but also other features, for example, with dream time: Albert Einstein slept 4 hours a day, and Nikola Tesla — and that it is less, only 2 hours.
Disorders of night rest are inherent in all age categories, and the violations are characteristic of everyone. At children's age they are shown by nightmares, urine incontinence, circulation. For people of advanced age insomnia can gain pathological character. There is a number of pathologies which, having appeared in the childhood, accompany the person until the end of his life.
Learn why it is impossible to sleep in the afternoon why women need to sleep longer how to escape from snore that the dream can tell about the person how to learn to get enough sleep and as quickly and easily to fall asleep.
In spite of the fact that many patients address with the complaint to insomnia, not always it can be caused by a sleep disorder. Can sometimes result the wrong way of life, overconsumption of caffeinated drinks, alcohol in bad quality of rest. Fortunately, the insomnia, irrespective of the reasons of its emergence, is in most cases curable.
Sleep disorder: reasons
It is possible to achieve positive result at treatment of insomnia only when the reasons of its emergence are known. At the same time there is a classification defining a sleep disorder disease to which lead various external and internal factors:
- insomnia — the violation accompanied with bad falling asleep, the short, often interrupted rest;
- drowsiness of pathological character, or gipersomniya — at such illness time of night rest increases, and in the afternoon the person has a constant desire to have a sleep;
- parasomniya — a disease at which behavioural reactions and experiences are shown during sleep;
- narcolepsy — a state which provokes constant drowsiness and desire to sleep in the most improper time. Its symptoms are the sudden loss of a tone of muscles, excess day drowsiness, hallucinations arising during falling asleep or awakening.
At adults
In most cases illnesses of neurologic character or frustration of psychiatric type are dream causes of infringement at adults.
People in whose organism there is not enough sodium, magnesium, selenium, iodine also have problems with a dream.
Besides, physicians allocate some more key reasons:
- overfatigue, stresses, high physical activities;
- low-comfortable situation at which it is difficult for person to fall asleep. It is possible to carry temperature condition to it (cold or hot), foreign sounds, too firm/soft bed, etc.;
- changes in life: new residence, forthcoming travel, moving, new important meetings, etc.;
- excess consumption of tea, coffee, power engineering specialists;
- addictions: systematic consumption of alcohol, nicotine, narcotic substances;
- various illnesses. Presence of such diseases as cough, cold, rhinitis, various neurosises, problems with a cardiovascular system can provoke violation of night rest. Even banal overeating is capable to become the reason of a bad dream.
The depression is considered the faithful ally of insomnia. Easily irritable, emotional, impressionable people for whom insignificant mental shocks can become a starting point lose the habitual mode. Quite often the sleep disorder arises because of the wrong and illiterate use of medicines, so-called self-treatment. If frustration carries constant, but not situational character, then are capable to bring somatic illnesses to it. The list of diseases which can provoke violation of night rest is quite extensive. Among them note brain tumors, diabetes, problems with exchange of substances, violations in work of an endocrine system, mental and neurologic disorders.
It is important! If insomnia lasts long time, it is necessary to address the expert who will find out the reason of its emergence and will appoint competent therapy immediately. Independent selection of somnolent drugs is strictly forbidden.
At the child
Duration of a normal dream at each age category different, also depends on physiological needs of the person. Newborns practically day and night carry out all in a condition of rest, the dream of kids up to 3 years has to last about 13 hours, to preschool children 12 hours are enough to have a rest, children are from 7 to 12 years old — 10 hours, and to teenagers — 8-9 hours.
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Unfortunately, not only adults, but also children face problems of high-quality night sleep. Complaints to problems with a dream are the most frequent from the parents visiting the neuropathologist. The highest frequency of night awakenings — 36.3%, is observed at children by age 2.5 years. Children, most of all suffer from age of 5-7 years from nightmares.
Causes of infringement at children can be connected with the physiological processes proceeding in their organism namely:
- intestinal gripes, anemia or rickets. These illnesses can provoke a bad dream at children from the birth up to 3 months;
- the teething at kids of 5 months is the reason of low-quality night rest;
- violation of a circadian rhythm. Quite often children about one year "confuse" day with a night owing to what the natural mode of cheerfulness and rest is broken.
Except somatic factors, various pathologies of nervous system, behavioural frustration, improper feeding can influence failures of a dream. Extremely seldom heart troubles, brain tumors, endocrine illnesses have an adverse effect on night rest of the child.
Whether you know? In military campaigns the Roman legions were usually accompanied by interpreters of dreams. The dream could be even presented to the Senate for discussion.
Treatment of insomnia
If manifestations of insomnia meet infrequently, several times a year, then it is possible to cope with it independently. In other cases not to do without the qualified help.
What doctor will help
As serious diseases, before purpose of the corresponding therapy can be the causes of insomnia, the patient should undergo full diagnostics. At systematic sleep disorders, it is recommended to see the following doctors:
- The address to the therapist — the first that the patient has to make. The doctor will perform inspection, diagnostics then he will make the preliminary diagnosis. If the cause of illness has somatic character, then the therapist will be engaged in treatment independently. Otherwise he will write out the direction to the narrow-purpose expert.
- Main doctor who is engaged in treatment of insomnia. He possesses a set of various diagnostics of violation of night rest, deals with disorders of nervous system that allows to establish quickly the reasons of pathology and to appoint necessary treatment.
- It is required when insomnia has mental character. Sometimes, depending on existence of additional symptoms of a disease, hospitalization of the patient can be necessary.
- Manual therapist. He will allow to cope with violations of night rest by means of reflexotherapy and other similar ways without use of medicines.
Medicines
In some cases for fight against insomnia by doctors the medicamentous therapy which is based on administration of drugs of this kind is appointed:
- the medical medicines of synthetic origin released without prescription;
- the combined drugs containing synthetic and vegetable components;
- homeopathic medicines.
Whether you know? The case when the person did not sleep more than 40 years is known. It was the soldier who was wounded in the head during World War I. And such unusual insomnia did not affect health of the man in any way.
At sleep disorders at children the physicians do not recommend to use drugs, however at treatment of serious violations not to do without them. Their choice will depend on age of the child:
- newborns and up to 3 years — valerian tincture;
- from 3 to 12 years — "Persen" in tablets or Alor in syrup;
- of 6 years — "Dormiplant";
- 12 years — "Persen", "New Passit" are more senior.
The herbs having sedative effect are a part of these means generally. They normalize the child's dream, normalize nervous system, reduce excitability.
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The drugs consisting of natural components are also preferable to adults. They are released without prescription, are available in each drugstore:
- "New Passit". Normalizes a dream, calms nervous system;
- "Persen". Relaxes nervous system, normalizes night rest, improves psychological state;
- "Afobazole". Has sedative effect, but, at the same time, allows to feel vigorously and actively for all day.
Among the synthetic and combined medicines have positive effect:
- "Melatonin";
- Rozer;
- "Feninut";
- Zopiklon.
Important! This group of drugs is applied only for the night as means cause long, sound sleep.
People of old age should give preference to drugs which help to cope with insomnia, at the same time, do not reduce intellectual activity, do not break balance and do not result in block. Carry medicines of plant origin to them. Zolpidem and Zopiklon which are easily transferred by an organism are considered as universal, allow to fall asleep and receive quickly the qualitative dream close to natural, at the same time do not cause drowsiness and accustoming.
National methods in house conditions
In certain cases, when problems with falling asleep are not connected with serious psychoneurological diseases, help to normalize a dream and to calm nervous system recipes of traditional medicine. However before their application it is recommended to consult surely with the doctor. So, several recipes:
- The first place in popularity and efficiency at treatment of insomnia belongs to a valerian. It is possible to use already ready spirit solution, at the rate of 1 tsp on 1 glass of water, and it is possible to prepare infusion. For this purpose 1 tsps of a dry grass fill in 250 ml of abrupt boiled water, insist 30-40 minutes, filter and accept 100 ml before going to bed.
- Excellently proved hawthorn berries infusion: 2 tsps of the crushed fruits fill in 400 ml of hot water. 3 times a day, in 30 minutes prior to food apply means. This recipe perfectly will suit those who have cardiovascular diseases.
- Tincture from a dream grass: 10 pieces of fresh flowers crush, fill in 0.5 l of vodka or alcohol, leave for 10 days in the dark, cool place. Tincture is used daily before going to bed on 1-2 tsps.
- During severe stresses, depressions, St. John's wort tincture will help to normalize a state: in glass capacity stack the crushed St. John's wort and fill in with vodka so that liquid completely covered a grass. Maintain 10 days, periodically stirring up medicine. Apply tincture in the small portions for day.
- It is possible to prepare sedative on the basis of a motherwort, a calendula and a thyme: 1 tablespoons of collecting fill in 250 ml of water, boil for 10-15 minutes. Cool, drink broth before going to bed, previously having added a little honey.
It is also possible to struggle with lack of a dream by means of medical bathtubs:
- baths are taken only before food, or 1.5-2 hours later after meal;
- optimum +37 has to make water temperatures... +38 degrees;
- time of application of bathing procedures should not exceed 20-25 minutes;
- for a medical bathtub use infusions from raznotravya: fragrant hay, valerian, flowers of a calendula and camomile, St. John's wort, motherwort, etc. Previously 100-200 g of a grass insist in 3 l of boiled water, then pour out in a bathtub.
How to fall asleep quickly
Statistically, nearly a half of adult population suffers from lack of a full-fledged, qualitative dream from time to time. Besides loss of activity, feeling of slackness and drowsiness, the lack of rest affects work of the immune system, the risk of development of cardiovascular diseases increases.
What to do to the adult
Quickly to fall asleep, it is necessary to follow such rules:
- To keep within at the same time. If the person usually goes to sleep in certain time, then he will manage to fall asleep hardly earlier. The organism gets used to the mode therefore desire to lull itself will be vain ahead of time. Moreover, unsuccessful attempts are capable to cause a stress which will lead to insomnia. The longer the person does not sleep in a bed, the stronger the human brain associates it with the place for wakefulness. Therefore it is necessary to lay down to fall down approximately in the same hour even if it is necessary to get up very early.
- To create comfortable conditions in the room. Indoors optimum temperature condition has to be supported — not hot, and it is not cold, and air has to be moderately damp and surely fresh. If at the room there are foreign smells, the humidity is lowered, then you should not hope for high-quality rest.
- To eat before going to bed properly. The correct balanced food is the key to good health and an excellent dream. It is not necessary to overload for the night a stomach with heavy, fat, salty, smoked, sweet food. Perfectly the cup of warm milk or green tea with honey helps to fall asleep.
- To be engaged in moderate intellectual loadings. Experts recommend to occupy themselves for a REM sleep: to read easy, unostentatious literature; to meditate; to think of something pleasant, to dream up and dream; to count "sheep". Despite banality of council, it has a certain effect as renders moderate load of both hemispheres that promotes relaxation. Sheep can be replaced with other animals, or to present the pendulum shaking in different directions. It is possible to execute respiratory gymnastics also. There is a row the technician which allow to relax, calm nervous system and by that to normalize a dream.
Whether you know? The longest dream proceeded 3 hours and 8 minutes. It was registered in 1994 in Seattle on an encephalogram of the person who underwent treatment for sleep disorders.
That it is good to sleep at night, experts advise:
- to carry out regular walks in the fresh air before going to bed;
- to hold the last training in the hall in 3 hours prior to "release" as the brain will be too excited and will not be able to plunge into an embrace of Morpheus in due time;
- before going to bed to take the weakening bath with addition of grass infusions or broths;
- not to fill up in front of the TV, the computer or phone.
If the above-stated methods do not help to cope with insomnia, then it is possible to ask for the help medical medicines on a vegetable basis. The classical valerian or tincture of a motherwort will approach.
How to help to fall asleep to the child
If the adult is capable to cope with temporary sleep disorders independently, then the child needs to be helped with it. At absence at the kid of the diseases provoking insomnia the following tips will be useful:
- High security. Existence of an accurate daily routine will allow the child to fill up and wake up easily in due time without application of any additional incentives.
- Fifteen-minute simple massage allows to relax, be tuned into rest quicker.
- Joint dream. Silence indoors, gentle mother's embraces give to the child feeling of tranquility, a cosiness and comfort. In such conditions the kid quickly and easily falls asleep.
- The fairy tale for the night or a pleasant melody. The melodies which are specially intended for kids include in themselves the elements reminding the rhythm of mother's heart, so-called "white noise" having the calming and weakening effect. For children of advanced age it is possible to read the interesting kind fairy tale.
- "Sleepy" rituals. Before going to the dreamland, it is possible to use various sleepy rituals which are directed to removal of excitement after the active games, calm of nervous system of the child. Carry water procedures, quiet games or occupations, a lullaby to such rituals a song, reading books, a conversation before going to bed. However it is very important to observe systematicity of such traditions and to repeat them daily.
Important! When laying the child to sleep it is impossible to allow it to manipulate adults by crying, jumping, imaginary hysterics. The decision on a dream has to be firm and implicit.
Not to interrupt children's night sleep pediatricians recommend to limit in the afternoon or in general to exclude viewing the animated films and feature films influencing negatively mentality of the child, to refuse computer games. Insomnia — quite widespread problem which can concern people at any age. Unfortunately, the systematic sleep disorder can become "the trigger mechanism" for development of serious disorders of nervous system. However before self-medicating, it is necessary to understand the reasons which provoked an illness. Only qualified specialists are capable to cope with it.
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It is awful, I slept for two nights 2 hours here and that nearly died, depression, in eyes as sand filled... Drank a floor of a tablet of a donormil, got enough sleep with all the heart.
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What is insomnia I know not by hearsay. After the child's birth normally I do not sleep nearly 2 years, endured a pernervnichal. The child sleeps I do not sleep. It is horror. About the silly woman sat down on trunks - to alprazola, hardly sr of the help of antidepressants, feninut then, and just now a motherwort + a formula of a dream and glycine under language. More or less I enter norm. Very long period of falling asleep takes me somewhere one or two hours. It was chopped off in 10 minutes earlier.
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Fully to fall asleep, it is necessary elementary: to air the room, to go to bed not later than 22:30, it is natural not to sit closely before going to bed at the TV or the computer, it is better to breathe fresh air - to walk slowly, to drink a floor - a glass of warm milk with honey or without it. If all of you do not accept it, then check the arterial blood pressure, most likely it is increased therefore and * thoughts climb in golovu*. Here it also needs to be lowered. And HELL because of non-compliance with the mode of a dream and rest raises often.
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