At what level of insomnia do you need medication? Here are some tips for a good night's sleep

Unit: Pharmacy Department, Xinlong Town Central Hospital, Huangpu District, Guangzhou Name: Fang Yongxiang

With the acceleration of the pace of social life and the increase of people's work and life pressure, more and more people are beginning to suffer from insomnia. Many people do not pay enough attention to insomnia, but in fact, insomnia is the beginning of serious human diseases! So, do you know at what level of insomnia you need to take medicine? In daily life, how can we ensure our sleep quality?

What is Insomnia?

Insomnia refers to a condition in which people are unable to fall asleep or maintain a normal sleep state due to certain factors. It is also called a disorder of falling asleep and maintaining sleep. After insomnia occurs, people will not only be exhausted in their daily lives because their bodies cannot get enough rest, but long-term insomnia can also cause patients to suffer from neurasthenia and depression. In severe cases, it can even endanger the patient's life safety. For example, patients who cannot accurately judge the external state due to insomnia are prone to accidents when walking on the road, etc.

At what level of insomnia does medication become necessary?

Many people believe that although sleeping pills can help insomnia patients sleep better, they will have a certain impact on the health of patients. For example, long-term use of benzodiazepine sleeping pills such as diazepam, estazolam, clonazepam, and alprazolam, which are common in clinical practice, will form drug dependence. Therefore, many patients refuse to take sleeping pills after insomnia. But in fact, whether to use sleeping pills needs to be analyzed in combination with the severity of the patient's insomnia and the specific cause of insomnia: among them, if the occurrence of insomnia is not related to human physiological or psychological factors, then this kind of insomnia can be improved through behavioral training therapy, and the patient's sleep state can be improved even without the use of sleeping pills; and when the occurrence of insomnia is related to the influence of physical or mental diseases, and the patient's primary condition cannot be controlled in a short time, then the patient can use sleeping pills under the guidance of a doctor to help fall asleep. In addition, if the patient's insomnia lasts for a long time and the patient's mental and even physical state is affected by insomnia, then this kind of sleep needs to be controlled by medication in time regardless of the cause.

How to get a good night's sleep? Try these sleeping tips!

1. Create a bedtime ritual

In order to maintain good sleep, people can try to do some fixed actions before going to bed, such as reading, meditating or stretching, etc. and gradually develop a habit. This behavior can suggest to your brain that "it's time to go to bed", thereby making people fall asleep faster.

2. Optimize the sleeping environment

In order to improve the quality of sleep, people should adjust the bedroom environment before going to bed to ensure that the bedroom environment is quiet, dark, cool and comfortable. Using blackout curtains to block light and using air conditioning to adjust the temperature can greatly improve people's sleep quality.

3. Adjust electronic devices

The blue light released by electronic device displays can inhibit the secretion of melatonin and affect people's sleep. Therefore, people should also pay attention to the use of electronic devices before going to bed. For example, turning on the night mode in advance to reduce blue light exposure or stopping the use of electronic devices one hour in advance are both good choices.

4. Pay attention to controlling dinner

In people's daily life, dinner is the key to provide energy for the human body during sleep, and it is also the main factor affecting people's sleep quality. Eating too much or eating spicy or greasy food may affect people's sleep quality. Only by choosing easily digestible food and controlling the amount of food eaten during dinner can people better reduce stomach discomfort at night, so that the quality of sleep at night can be effectively guaranteed.

In many people's minds, insomnia is just an insignificant problem, but long-term insomnia will seriously affect people's normal life. Only by taking appropriate measures to adjust their sleep quality can people make every night a gentle harbor for people to restore vitality and welcome a new day.