Thursday, June 12, 2008

Insomnia?

Semenjak sebulan dua kebelakangan ni dah mula semakin sukar untuk tidur. Kadang-kadang kalau tidur pun sekejap sahaja lena dah mula bangun dan ambil masa untuk lelap balik. Tidak tahulah mengapa. Beberapa kena migrain kejap, tapi alhamdulillah hanya sehari sahaja...

Kadang-kadang memang rasa ngantuk ya amat. Baring... lelap 5 minit, kemudian tersedar balik. Then terkebil-kebil untuk tidur balik. Heh.

Adakah saya dah mengidap insomnia?

Atau just kesan dari stress bekerja? banyak berfikir kebelakangan nih....

Atau saya dah mula sampai ke peringkat umur di mana dah mula kurang tidur?

Saje search tentang insomnia dalam internet...

Quote:
Insomnia is a sleeping disorder characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite the opportunity. It is typically followed by functional impairment while awake. Insomniacs have been known to complain about being unable to close their eyes or "rest their mind" for more than a few minutes at a time. Both organic and non-organic insomnia constitute a sleep disorder.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in year 2007, approximately 64 million Americans suffer from insomnia each year. Insomnia occurs 1.4 times more commonly in women than in men.

Types of Insomnia

Although there are several different degrees of insomnia, about three types of insomnia have been clearly identified: transient, acute, and chronic.

1. Transient insomnia lasts from days to weeks. It can be caused by another disorder, by changes in the sleep environment, by the timing of sleep, or by stress. Its consequences - sleepiness and impaired psychomotor performance - are similar to those of sleep deprivation. If this form of insomnia continues to occur from time to time, the insomnia is classified as intermittent.[citation needed]
2. Acute insomnia is the inability to consistently sleep well for a period of between three weeks to six months.
3. Chronic insomnia lasts from months to years. It can be caused by another disorder, or it can be a primary disorder. Its effects can vary according to its causes. They might include sleepiness, muscular fatigue, and/or mental fatigue; but people with chronic insomnia often show increased alertness.

Patterns of Insomnia

The pattern of insomnia often is related to the etiology.

1. Onset insomnia - difficulty falling asleep at the beginning of the night, often associated with anxiety disorders.
2. Middle-of-the-Night Insomnia - Insomnia characterized by difficulty returning to sleep after awakening in the middle of the night or waking too early in the morning. Also referred to as nocturnal awakenings. Encompasses middle and terminal insomnia.
3. Middle insomnia - waking during the middle of the night, difficulty maintaining sleep. Often associated with pain syndromes or medical illness.
4. Terminal (or late) insomnia - early morning waking. Characteristic of clinical depression.

Causes

Insomnia can be caused by:

* Psychoactive drugs or stimulants, including certain medications, herbs, caffeine, cocaine, ephedrine, amphetamines, methylphenidate, MDMA, methamphetamine and modafinil
* Hormone shifts such as those that precede menstruation and those during menopause
* Life problems like fear, stress, anxiety, emotional or mental tension, work problems, financial stress, unsatisfactory sex life
* Mental disorders such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, general anxiety disorder
* Disturbances of the circadian rhythm, such as shift work and jet lag, can cause an inability to sleep at some times of the day and excessive sleepiness at other times of the day. Jet lag is seen in people who travel through multiple time zones, as the time relative to the rising and setting of the sun no longer coincides with the body's internal concept of it. The insomnia experienced by shift workers is also a circadian rhythm sleep disorder.
* Certain neurological disorders, brain lesions, or a history of traumatic brain injury
* Medical conditions such as hyperthyroidism and Wilson's syndrome
* Abuse of over-the counter or prescription sleep aids can produce rebound insomnia
* Poor sleep hygiene
* Parasomnia, which includes a number of disruptive sleep events including nightmares, sleepwalking, violent behavior while sleeping, and REM behavior disorder, in which a person moves his/her physical body in response to events within his/her dreams
* A rare genetic condition can cause a prion-based, permanent and eventually fatal form of insomnia called fatal familial insomnia
Sumber dari wikipedia. Sila ke url berikut untuk pembacaan lebih lanjut sebagai maklumat tambahan--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia


Hmmmm.....
Harap-harap taklah sampai kesihatan terjejas...
Bagus juga kalau dapat kurangkan tidur dan dimanfaatkan untuk perkara-perkara lain, especially untuk menambah amal dan juga untuk membaca buku...

Selama 25 tahun hidup, agak-agak berapa tahun benar-benar saya berjaga ye?

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