Nearly everyone experiences a little insomnia every once in a while. Studies show that less than one in four adults regularly gets a good night’s sleep. For most people having difficulty sleeping is the norm. Stress, long work hours, shift work, excessive worry and just too much to do can cause trouble both falling and staying asleep. For some people it can last a day or two. For others their difficulty sleeping lasts for a month. For the really unfortunate insomnia can last for months on end and turn into a sleeping disorder. No matter how you experienced insomnia, it can diminish your quality of life.

Most people usually don’t take any notice when they first begin to experience having difficulty sleeping. After all, we all have problems sleeping every once in a while. But as the lack of sleep increases its effects begin to take a greater and greater affect on your everyday life.

Insomnia can cause overreactions to small incidents and the stresses of everyday life. Your difficulty sleeping can make you think fuzzy and cause memory loss. If you are having problems falling or staying asleep it can trigger problems at work or school. It can also slow down your reaction time. As you reaction time slows down it increases the probability of you having an automobile, home, or workplace accident. Severe or chronic insomnia can affect a person’s life as much as chronic conditions such as heart failure.

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