If you have ever lain in bed, as so many people have, tossing and turning, trying desperately to get just a little bit of sleep in before the sun starts to rise, you may not have tried one of the many cures for insomnia recommended by doctors, homeopath or even by your closest friends.
Most of the cures that people recommend are actually great temporary stop-gap, but if you really want to improve your sleeping patterns and make sure that you will not have to suffer from insomnia ever again, you will need to dig a little deeper and figure out what exactly is causing your insomnia every night.
Usually insomnia can be caused by either psychological problems, medication, medical problems or sleeping disorders, which is often, a physical problem.
Each of these problems needs to be dealt with in different ways and if you are hoping to deal with a real medical disease with the help of some lavender and a quiet room, you will sadly come up short.
However, if you want to really analyze why you can't fall asleep or stay asleep, you will have a better chance of getting a high quality sleep, not just tonight, but for the rest of your life.
Psychological problems We know that stress, pain and even depression can cause some pretty severe sleeping problems, but for the longest time, physicians and psychologists have prescribed sleeping pills for these ailments, and not digging to the root of your problem that's causing your insomnia every night.
If you do stay awake worrying, or find yourself spending hours on end analyzing your day, why not use the power of your mind to quiet your thoughts? This is almost an instant cure for sleeplessness although it does take some time before it becomes integrated into your daily lifestyle.
This is a method that involves the act of talking yourself out from worrying too much about your problems so that you can get to sleep easily.
So how can I use this method to cure my insomnia? All you need to do is just imagine that you are packing all your problems into a paper bag and then you simply imagine tossing away them away into the rubbish bin like you are tossing away a piece of used crushed paper and stop thinking about them until you wake up in the morning.
Medication There are many tablets and treatments that can cause insomnia, from antidepressants to corticosteroids.
For those who have been prescribed such medications, a trip to the doctor to search for an alternative may be the best bet for curing your insomnia.
The worst thing you should not do in this case is to ask for another sleeping tablet that adds on to your medication cocktail as this will likely cause a spiral of side effects that can cost you from getting a high quality sleep every night.
Medical problems Asthma, reflux and allergies are all problems that need to be treated before you can actually get a good night's sleep, but by speaking to a doctor, you can get the right medication you need to deal with these problems so that your daily insomnia will no longer be of a side effect to your medical problems.
Sleep problems This is a difficult category to explain in detail as problems such as sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome (RLS) are not as easy to treat as compared to a mild headache you have occasionally in the day.
However, it is important that if you are experiencing any of these problems, you should not resort to traditional medications before you explore other therapy techniques, homeopathic remedies and even hypnosis for curing your insomnia effectively.