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What Causes Persistent Sleeplessness?
Posted on
Thu, 7 Jan 2016
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Thu, 7 Jan 2016
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Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Question : Over the past 2 weeks I have been unable to sleep. I lay awake until 4 or 5am. My usual sleep pattern is 8 to 10 hrs of sleep a night. I am not tired during the day. Very frustrating
Brief Answer:
Do you have stressful life?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
In my opinion, you are having sleep disturbances.
Most common cause for this is stress, anxiety.
So please let me know
1. Do you have stressful life?
2. Are you sleeping a lot in daytime?
3. Do you have problem in sleep initiation or sleep maintainance?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Do you have stressful life?
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
In my opinion, you are having sleep disturbances.
Most common cause for this is stress, anxiety.
So please let me know
1. Do you have stressful life?
2. Are you sleeping a lot in daytime?
3. Do you have problem in sleep initiation or sleep maintainance?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Not sleeping during the day & have just arrived in AZ to escape Midwest Winter.Don't feel stressed, but there have been some stressful things happening in my life. I have always had a hard time falling asleep. But never like this. I have quit snacking after dinner and also quit using the computer after dinner. Any other suggestions?
Brief Answer:
You need anxiolytic drug before sleeping.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
In my opinion, you are mostly having age related sleep disturbances. And this is further worsening by some stress.
So you will mostly improve with anxiolytic drug before bedtime. This will help you in sleep initiation.
Since these drugs are not available over the counter, you will need prescription for this.
So better to consult psychiatrist and get done prescription of anxiolytic drug.
Hope I have solved your query. If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
You can ask me directly on bit.ly/askdrkaushalbhavsar. Wish you good health. Thanks.
You need anxiolytic drug before sleeping.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
In my opinion, you are mostly having age related sleep disturbances. And this is further worsening by some stress.
So you will mostly improve with anxiolytic drug before bedtime. This will help you in sleep initiation.
Since these drugs are not available over the counter, you will need prescription for this.
So better to consult psychiatrist and get done prescription of anxiolytic drug.
Hope I have solved your query. If you are not having further queries, then please close the conversation and rate my answer.
You can ask me directly on bit.ly/askdrkaushalbhavsar. Wish you good health. Thanks.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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