Medical Assistance
You might want to check out our Great Sleep Guide to maximize the effectiveness of our all- natural sleeping aid. If insomnia persists,you should not hesitate to schedule an appointment with your physician to eliminateany possibilities of a medical condition. To make it easier for a doctor to diagnose asleeping disorder, it would be helpful to keep a sleep diary. A sleep diary isbeneficial in pinpointing the cause of your insomnia as well as helping yourphysician recommend a treatment. We have provided some questions you can answerin your sleep diary, to help you get a better idea for yourself, of how yourlifestyle and personal choices might be involved in your nightly sleeplessness.
•What did you eat and drinkthe previous day?
•How much time did you spendnapping during the previous day?
•At what point in the day didyou have the most energy?
•Was there any point in theday where you were overly stressed out or worried? If so, what was it that botheredyou? Has that situation been resolved?
•What time did you go to bedlast night?
•Do you go to bed every nightat the same time?
•How long did it take you tofall asleep?
•How many times did you wakeup during the night?
•How many times did you checkyour alarm clock through the night?
•How many hours did you sleepsolidly?
•Did you get out of bed anytime during the night? If so, what activity did you engage in to get back tosleep? Did it help?
•At what time did you wakeup to start the new day?
•Do you wake up at the sametime every day?
•How did you feel when youwoke up?
•How did you function throughoutthe day?
When visiting with your Doctor, you might want to ask some questions to be better informed about insomnia and how it relates to you specifically. Here are some helpful questions to pose to your personal physician during your visit:
• I understand that individuals need different amounts of sleep depending on their age group. How many hours of sleep do those in my age group receive on average? How much sleep should I be getting every night? How will it change as I get older?
• Is it possible that I have a medical condition that is preventing me from getting the proper amount of sleep? If so, what types of medical treatments are out there to help me? If my sleeping disorder stems from an emotional or psychological problem, what avenues do I need to explore to find a solution?
• I understand that some decongestants and high blood pressure medications can cause sleeplessness. Is there anything in my prescriptions or over-the-counter drugs that have been causing my insomnia?
• Aside from caffeine,alcohol, and cigarettes, are there any other foods or medications that I shouldn’tconsume while I’m taking a sleep aid?
• Not including the modificationof diet and exercise, do I have to make any other extreme lifestyle changes inorder to sleep better at night? If so, what would you recommend?
• How are doctors able to diagnose insomnia? How are they able to discover the causes of insomnia? How is insomnia treated?
• If I learn to functionnormally on less sleep, will I readjust my sleeping patterns and make my sleepdisorder go away? If I don’t seek treatment after diagnosis, what are the chancesmy insomnia will go away?
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