Exploring long-term insomnia and medication based on TCM psychology

  Insomnia is a common disease. It is a common disease. Many people want to take medication when they have insomnia, the main reasons for the formation of the concept are: 1, the national demand: the national childhood by the “materialistic” education, adult in the work. In life, they emphasize the tangible aspects of material things (house, car, dress, money, etc.) and neglect spiritual civilization, and in health and disease prevention and treatment, they emphasize the use of health care products, drugs, acupuncture and massage, and everything with visibility. Material sense of “tangible” means of treatment, while ignoring the spiritual and psychological level of prevention and treatment.  2, medical education: Chinese medicine. Western medical education in higher education institutions is also dominated by “materialistic” tendencies, training of Chinese medicine. Western medical doctors rely on medical equipment for diagnosis and on various drugs for treatment. Surgery. Physical and chemical treatment means, such as tangible substances, this skill belongs to the biological medical skills.  3. Hospital status: Many Chinese hospitals do not offer psychology departments. Psychosomatic department. Psychiatry outpatient departments, some Chinese hospitals have opened, but did not pay sufficient attention to the treatment of diseases with the corresponding psychotherapy.  4. Supply and demand: The public values material medical treatment and neglects psychological medical treatment, and most doctors only have this skill and lack others, which is an abnormal match between the two in terms of supply and demand. However, the potential doctor-patient relationship problems and social conflicts have gradually manifested.  Medication plus psychological treatment of insomnia may have the following problems: 1. Masking or numbing distressing symptoms.  2. Affecting the cognitive function of the patient.  3. If there is efficacy, it is easy to attribute to the drug and increase the patient’s dependence on it.  4.The drug treatment process produces side effects.  5.Fear of withdrawal symptoms that will be brought about by stopping the medication.  6.Patients are prone to shift the responsibility of causing insomnia to external drugs, ignoring the causal relationship between personality and insomnia.