Do you know the importance of sleep?
About 1/3 of a person’s life is spent in sleep, which is second only to breathing and heartbeat in physiological importance.
What are the causes of insomnia?
Somatic causes: such as pain, palpitations, cough, itching and frequent urination (including sleep inhalation apnea syndrome).
Physiological causes: such as jet lag, poor sleep environment, overeating or starving.
psychological causes: insomnia caused by anxiety is dominated by difficulty falling asleep, and insomnia caused by depression is dominated by early awakening in the early morning hours
Psychiatric causes: including schizophrenia, reactive psychosis, etc.
Drug causes: long-term use of sleeping pills once withdrawn can result in withdrawal symptoms, shallow sleep and nightmares.
How can you tell if you are suffering from insomnia?
Insomnia Difficulty in falling asleep, waking easily, waking more often, waking early, dreaming a lot, total sleep time <6 hours, with 1 of the above conditions;
Impaired social function Daytime dizziness, fatigue, sleepiness, poor concentration, which may affect work and study in severe cases;
When the above occurs 3 times a week for at least a month, you are suffering from insomnia.
How to use sedative-hypnotics correctly?
Medications are still the main treatment for insomnia, but sedative-hypnotics often have problems of drug resistance and drug dependence.
The following principles of medication use should be strictly followed.
1. Medication on demand.
(1) unable to fall asleep for a long time or have severe early awakening.
(2) Have an important job or have to attend an important event the next day.
2, intermittent medication: 2-4 times a week, should not be taken continuously;
3.Short-term, low-dose medication: routine medication for no more than 3-4 weeks, and choose the lowest effective dose.
What are the advantages of Chinese medicine in treating insomnia?
1.Diverse ways: including Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, etc.
2, outstanding efficacy: not only control the symptoms, the goal of treatment is to cure the disease.
3, no drug resistance and rebound phenomenon: no drug dependence and adverse reactions for a long time.