No. Unfortunately when sleep starts to become poor, it’s quite common for people to fear going to bed. They are worried about what happens to them at night. Sleep problems like insomnia are usually a habitual problem so they are on a different pattern.Your brain has gotten used to a very different pattern of sleeping.…
If you meet the criteria for insomnia then usually you can’t get to sleep or you can’t maintain the sleep. This has happened for longer than three months and you are struggling with this in day-to-day life. If it’s affecting you in day-to-day life then that is a good indicator that you have some sort…
There is a type of insomnia called fatal familial insomnia which cannot be treated. Unfortunately a lot of people think they have this because they feel their insomnia is so unique that they’re the 1% that can’t be treated. Fatal familial insomnia is where you stop sleeping and within a few weeks you would either…
So the problem is that it doesn’t matter what causes the insomnia in the first instance. If you’ve had the sleep problem for a short period of time, then realise you have a hormone imbalance but you can regulate it, then your sleep may improve. However, if it’s a chronic problem that you’ve had for…
In clinic I see a lot of what I would call ‘seasonal insomnia’. They tell me that one week they might sleep well and the next week they might sleep poorly. Sometimes there is one season where they sleep well whether that’s summer, autumn, winter, or spring or whether it’s just a period of time…
The program will be tougher. It might take a bit longer to get through treatment because some of the behaviours that I ask you to do will be more of a struggle with this condition. What you need to do is try to do as much as you can and then take a step back…
Where people are on their insomnia journey is quite interesting. Often I see that people who are at the beginning of their journey feel a lot more anxious and stressed about their condition. If they haven’t had intervention from someone like me in enough time then you’ll see that they see it very differently. They…
If you’ve ever suffered from insomnia, you’ll know that the first instinct is to look at what could be the cause of your bad sleep? For some it will be stress, for others; pain or illness… There are many possible original causes of our bad sleep. Whatever the original cause, there is one aggravating factor…
Sleeping pills usually work by either initiating sleep or helping maintain your sleep. The problem is that you’re putting something artificial into your body to help you sleep and often that comes with lots of different issues. They often come with side effects so you can find you have a bit of a hangover feeling…