An insomniac is characterised by
Insomnia refers to difficulties with falling asleep, restless and discontinuous sleep, or waking up too early. Almost all people have passing and short-term sleep disorders at some stage during their lives. This type of short-term insomnia is one of the possible ways in which people react to the events occurring in one’s life. Insomnia could return, remain for an extended period, make you tired, or disrupt your life. An insomniac no longer wants to see familiar faces, is unable to engage in his hobbies.
Insomniac’s Feeling
An insomniac is not sleepy, he is exhausted, understands he has attention deficit disorders, trouble concentrating, absent-mindedness, cannot decide, and that working speed has decreased. Some insomniacs sometimes cannot go to work. If insomnia persists, the trouble increases: they think about insomnia during the daytime, are afraid of going to bed at night. The insomniac understands that he is more anxious, worries more, and has mood swings, while some insomniacs are irritable or unstoppable. After a bad night, the insomniac has heavy eyelids, a stuffy head; some also experience palpitations or pain around the heart. Chronic insomnia does not heal on its own, it must be treated.
Different Insomnia Disorders
Insomnia could manifest itself in a number of different forms. Medicine recognises the following forms of insomnia:
- insomnia as an adaptation disorder
- psycho-physiological insomnia
- paradoxical insomnia
- idiopathic insomnia
- insomnia caused by a mental disorder
- insufficient sleep hygiene
- insomnia caused by using a substance, including alcohol
- insomnia caused by a bodily disorder
- non-organic insomnia (not caused by a substance nor a physiological condition, non-specific)
- physiological (organic) insomnia
For instance, the following could cause insomnia:
- sleep-wakefulness rhythm disturbances, late bedtime syndrome
- early bedtime syndrome, irregular sleep-wakefulness rhythm
- free-running type
- sleep disorder caused by a change in time zone (jet lag syndrome)
- sleep disorder caused by shift work
- sleep-wakefulness rhythm disorder caused by a health disorder
- unspecified sleep-wakefulness rhythm disorder
- other sleep-wakefulness rhythm disorder from a medication or substance