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Insomnia Symptoms

Insomnia negatively affects daytime functioning, leading to one or more of the following symptoms:

  • Fatigue or daytime sleepiness
  • Malaise (feeling unwell)
  • Poor attention or concentration
  • Impaired performance (errors, accidents)
  • Reduced energy or motivation
  • Behavioral problems (i.e., hyperactivity, impulsiveness, aggression)
  • Inability to nap
  • Headache, upset stomach, and chronic pain complaints

In addition to the above daytime symptoms, mood disorders, like anxiety or depression. Commonly associated with insomnia. Depression associate with early morning awakening and difficulty returning to sleep. Anxiety may leave your mind buzzing at night. With worries washing over you as you try to get to sleep. When sleep becomes difficult to obtain. This may fuel the fires of anxiety, making matters worse and fueling a vicious cycle.

Moreover, insomnia may affect serotonin levels and the function of the frontal lobe of the brain. The frontal lobe is responsible for various executive functions, which are key in making rational choices and appropriate social interactions. Impairment can so significant that the ability to suppress suicidal thoughts, or even the outright impulse to kill oneself, may be lost.

Predisposition

Everyone has the potential to develop the kind of difficulty sleeping. That characterizes insomnia. This is referr to predisposition or threshold. The threshold for developing insomnia will vary for each person.

Provocation

Even though you might have a โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที predisposition to insomnia, it has to be triggered. These triggers are called precipitating or provocative factors.

Examples of such factors include:

  • Drinking alcohol, caffeine, or smoking a cigarette before bed
  • Television or pets in the bedroom
  • Travel (causing jet lag)
  • Shift work
  • Stress from a lost job, financial problems, a divorce, or the death of a close friend or family member
  • Nighttime responsibilities, such as infant feedings