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Sleep Problems - 4 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Sleeping Pills to
Treat Your Insomnia
By Emma Martin
If you’ve already spent a couple of weeks suffering through sleepless
nights, getting some over the counter sleeping pills may seem like the
answer to your sleeping problems, but ultimately they won’t satisfactorily
resolve your insomnia and may even create more problems than they help.
Here are just a few reasons why you should consider other alternatives to
over the counter sleeping pills to treat your sleep problems.
Sleeping pills are dangerous if you have certain health conditions - the
sleeping pills that can be bought over the counter are basically just
anti-histamines and, as such, there are a variety of other conditions for
which anti-histamines are contraindicated, including glaucoma, high blood
pressure, heart disease, ulcers and other stomach problems, and diabetes,
among others.
Sleeping pills don’t play well with other drugs - over the counter sleep
aids often interact poorly with other drugs, including allergy
medications, heart medications and muscle relaxants. While your pharmacist
or doctor may indicate issues to be aware of for prescription sleeping
aids, most people aren’t aware they need to be careful of over the counter
remedies. If you do decide to try over the counter sleeping pills, at
least talk to your pharmacist about interactions with any other medication
you may be taking.
Sleeping pills often make you drowsy during the day - the residual effects
from sleeping pills, especially if you take them late at night, often mean
that you spend the following day feeling drowsy and lethargic. In
addition, they can affect your driving ability, making you a hazard to
both yourself and others on the road, due to dulled reflexes and muzzy
thinking.
Sleeping pills only mask symptoms - while over the counter sleep
medication may allow you to get to sleep tonight, they don’t treat the
root of your insomnia and as soon as you stop taking them you are back to
where you started — lying awake and staring at the ceiling. In order to
cure your insomnia, you need to tackle what is causing it, whether it is
simply a habit of poor sleep hygiene or anxiety that is keeping you awake
every night.
In addition to the problems listed above, over the counter sleep aids just
don’t provide a very good quality of sleep. They can also lead to
addiction over the long term and if you suffer from chronic insomnia,
higher doses are often required in order for you to continue to use them
to fall asleep. The best solution to resolving your sleep problem
permanently is to tackle the root issues and to re-learn how to fall
asleep naturally every night.
One excellent way to train your brain back into the habits of sleeping is
Sleep Tracks. In addition to using brainwave audio technology to help you
fall asleep in the short term, it is a complete sleep training course
designed to permanently cure your insomnia.
Emma Martin spent most of her life struggling with chronic insomnia, but
now she’s happily used to sleeping through the night.
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