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Insomnia

 

            
             Insomnia is defined in the dictionary as chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time (Book self 98 ® Microsoft). Insomnia is usually caused by an overactive thyroid gland, diabetes, or muscle twitching, but research shows that an estimated three-fourths of causes are psychological. Some other ways insomnia can occur are stress, medical, and environmental factors. .
             There are many different forms of insomnia. The most common is initardia, the inability to fall asleep or the inability to initiate sleep promptly. This type often strikes people early in life, usually in there thirties or even younger. Ways to overcome this type of insomnia are: developing presleep rituals, not change your bed time, and establishing an exercise program.
             Scurzomnia is a short sleep. The victims of scurzomnia can fall asleep easily, but after a few hours they awaken and are unable to return to sleep again. Although they feel wide awake during the day after only a few hours of sleep, fatigue attacks later in the day.
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             Some ways to cure scurzomnia are to exercise every day, delay your bedtime for one hour, and to not nap (Somniquest, Schwartz). .
             Hyperlixia is an excessive amount of light sleep. It is normal to spend as much as ten or twelve percent of sleep time in light sleep (Conquer Insomnia, Linde). The only problem occurs when this time is extended beyond reasonable limits. Hyperlixia steals time and disguises itself as wakefulness. The only ways to get rid of this problem are to eliminate all naps, and to leave your bed after thirty minutes have passed when awaken during the night. Also, you should limit liquids after 6:00 p.m. (Insomnia, Luce).
             Pleisomnia is sleep that is interrupted by many awakenings during the night. This type of insomnia mainly affects people in their forties. There are many ways to help stop this form of insomnia.


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