Meet Three Sorts of Insomniacs

Insomnia is a symptom. Perhaps you have heard somebody say, "I am tortured by insomnia," or perhaps you have said it yourself. Okey, we all know that insomnia means that you can't sleep at night. But maybe you don't know that insomnia can be of different kinds, and all insomniacs can be basically devided into three sorts. Among them are:

1. Chronic Insomniacs. This sort of people suffer from insomnia more that a month. Insomnia can occur every night or most nights or just several nights each and every month. Generally some medical problem leads to this type of insomnia. The medical problem needs to be discovered and tproperly reated, and the insomnia can be gradually eased and eliminated completely.
   
2. Transient Insomniacs. Those who suffer from insomnia a night or two can be called transient insomniacs. Usually transient insomnia is resulted from temporary stress, excitement or some emotional strain. Sickness, some physical or mental disorder, jet lag or a change in the regular sleep schedule can lead to occurence of this kind of insomnia.
   
3. Short-Term Insomniacs. Short-term insomniacs usually suffer from insomnia up to three weeks. Therefore, your health care provider will ask you how long you have had poor sleep or no sleep at all. Short-term insomnia often occurs because of the death of a loved one, a divorce, anticipation of something significant to happen, financial problems, a job change, etc. Short-term insomnia needs to be treated in time or it can develop into chronic insomnia. In some cases the short-term use of sleeping pills or of herbs that provide relaxation can be of help.
   

Once again, transient or short-term insomnianc can improve when the stressful situation is gone. Chronic insomniacs can be alleviated when the medical cause is properly diagnosed and treated. As I have said in the very beginning, insomnia is not a disease, but rather a symptom. It is better to treat the cause rather than the symptom.