I Need Some Sleep Part 2

In the last post we established:

• Insomnia is a common sleeping disorder that affects up 40% of adults each year
• It is the difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep or experiencing non-restorative sleep
• Symptoms include: tossing and turning, nighttime arousal, racing thoughts, daytime sleepiness, fatigue, moodiness
• Insomnia causes are many, but include and are not limited to: late night eating, emotional stress, and illnesses
• A general consensus is that the average adult requires around 8 hours of sleep, but this has become more a frame of reference than anything else as we all could require different amounts of sleep in order to function at our optimal level

I Need Some Sleep Pt 1

We all have trouble sleeping from time to time. In fact, the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research reports that 30-40% of adults in America will experience symptoms of insomnia. That makes insomnia the most common sleep disorder health care providers treat.