Central Coast Home & Lifestyle Magazine Summer 2016

Insomnia by Dr Antonio Ambrogetti

I nsomnia can be difficulties starting sleep, maintaining sleep or waking up early in the morning, and chronically affects 1 in 10 people. Once insomnia has set in for a few months then the bedroom and going to bed becomes a negative experience. That is, instead of looking forward to going to bed to rest for the night, often the person starts to dread going to bed because they are thinking that they will not be able to sleep and they will have to face a busy day the following morning.

light and by a hormone called melatonin. Melatonin has to be short acting and compound made, taken about 2-3 hours before going to bed - 8:30-9:00pm. We use bright light in the morning; sometimes natural light (for example in summer) or green-blue light delivered through special goggles to treat insomnia. You can find more information on our website www.sleepmedicine.com.au . In the home page there is a downloadable PDF book entitled “Chronic insomnia- a self-help manual which is free of charge and a relaxation tape. Sleep Medicine Solutions phone:4312 6966

Although medication can be useful and reasonably safe, the best way to address insomnia is to use what drives sleep in every one of us. The two main drivers of sleep are: 1. How longwe have been awake beforehand. 2. Our body clock. It is important to restrict the time that we spend in bed. This is actually counter-intuitive and sometimes difficult for people to accept. The longer the person is in bed the more broken sleep is. The second main driver of sleep is actually the body clock. The body clock is regulated by

The important strategies in dealing with chronic insomnia involve the following: 1. Insomnia should be seen as a symptom, not a disease. 2. Insomnia is a symptom which affects both night time as well as daytime in equal measures. Often people try to find strategies at night time to sleep better. However unless daytime issues (the issues that the person faces between 8am and 8pm, personal, family, work) are addressed, the insomnia will not be brought under control.

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