Will you sleep or not?' .

- Consciousness - Hitendra Gandhi

Most of the patients, when they come with complaints of sleep, say that as soon as they fall into bed, they start thinking whether they will sleep well or not. ? Such thoughts come because the person has trouble sleeping for some days, or falls asleep late. The restless sleep that used to come as soon as you fall into bed has now disappeared. A few conversations with patients will give an idea of ​​the variety of sleep complaints. 'Doctor sir, I have been suffering from sleep problems for two months' when I toss and turn for two or three hours, I barely sleep for two hours. When I wake up in the morning, my head feels heavy and I feel restless. Arvindbhai, 40 years old, is suffering from sleep problems. She takes 1 pill at night to induce sleep, but the medicine does not have the same effect as before, 35 years old sister says that sleep comes on time at night, after drinking water or bathroom after two-four hours, she wakes up all night. Can not sleep. I get some sleep in the early morning, but I have to get up early due to household chores. Sleep does not last. Apart from this, depression, fatigue, restlessness, embarrassment also remain.

Apart from this, many people's sleep timetable changes. No sleep at night. And sleep during the day. Thus sleep complaints can be of many types.

Generally we know that children sleep hours are very long and adults need 7 to 8 hours of sleep.

Sleep is a blessing. But when we violate the normal rules regarding body and mind, sleep and hunger problems arise. Sleep complaints are known as Insomnia in medical language. Insomnia or lack of sleep is not the name of a disease. But any illness related to body or mind is a symptom. Whenever a patient complains about sleep, the first thing to do is to find out the reason for not being able to sleep. The reasons are generally of two types. Any physical or psycho-physiological cause of any body problem or illness causes sleep disturbance. E.g. Pain, when pain occurs in any part of the body, it affects sleep. Apart from this, sleep is lost due to many reasons.

While in mental causes mainly thought disturbs sleep. Sleep does not come easily when the brain is filled with excessive thoughts. We make many efforts to stop the thoughts, reduce them, but sometimes thoughts come against the will. As a result sleep is lost. Besides depression, restlessness, fear, anxiety, etc. It also causes sleep problems.

In general, most sleep problems are due to psychological reasons. Only a few people suffer from physical causes. Whenever sleep problems start, efforts to eliminate them from the beginning can lead to faster sleep. Taking sleeping pills indiscriminately is not advisable at all. Apart from this, taking sleeping pills for a long time without doctor's advice can also cause harm.

Sometimes, if the sleep problem persists for one or two months, the treatment of a psychiatrist becomes necessary. In which a detailed mental examination of the patient is done to determine what is the cause of sleep or which mental illness does not cause sleep. And medicine is given to cure that disease. - As a result sleep starts coming naturally.