Sleep
What to do if you cannot sleep! When you can’t sleep all you want to do is sleep. As simple as this sounds, it is anything but. There are several behavioral strategies you can implement to help with sleep, however, you may want to begin your journey with a trip to your doctors office. As a general practice it is a good idea to consult with your healthcare provider first about any medical conditions you may be experiencing and whether these are contributing to your insomnia.
You also want to include your pharmacist in this conversation as sometimes people are unaware that a medication they are taking contributes to or even causes insomnia.
Your clinician may recommend a sleep study which can determine if there are physical aspects to your sleep disorder, if so you may be referred to a doctor who specializes in sleep disorders. Most medical doctors who treat “sleep disorders” do not treat insomnia.
Often times sleep disorders/insomnia occurs alongside mental health issues; so it can be helpful to see a psychotherapist or a psychiatrist who may prescribe psychiatric medications to treat a depression or anxiety disorder. For example, after major surgery many people experience a depression and insomnia can be a symptom of depression or an individual may be experiencing the manic phase of a bipolar disorder and may not feel sleepy, and therefore may not want to go to bed; usually a psychiatrist will treat these disorders with psychotropic medications in conjunction with a psychotherapist providing counseling services.
Words2results can help you develope stratagies for coping with and improving your particular type of insominia.
What to do if you cannot sleep! When you can’t sleep all you want to do is sleep. As simple as this sounds, it is anything but. There are several behavioral strategies you can implement to help with sleep, however, you may want to begin your journey with a trip to your doctors office. As a general practice it is a good idea to consult with your healthcare provider first about any medical conditions you may be experiencing and whether these are contributing to your insomnia.
You also want to include your pharmacist in this conversation as sometimes people are unaware that a medication they are taking contributes to or even causes insomnia.
Your clinician may recommend a sleep study which can determine if there are physical aspects to your sleep disorder, if so you may be referred to a doctor who specializes in sleep disorders. Most medical doctors who treat “sleep disorders” do not treat insomnia.
Often times sleep disorders/insomnia occurs alongside mental health issues; so it can be helpful to see a psychotherapist or a psychiatrist who may prescribe psychiatric medications to treat a depression or anxiety disorder. For example, after major surgery many people experience a depression and insomnia can be a symptom of depression or an individual may be experiencing the manic phase of a bipolar disorder and may not feel sleepy, and therefore may not want to go to bed; usually a psychiatrist will treat these disorders with psychotropic medications in conjunction with a psychotherapist providing counseling services.
Words2results can help you develope stratagies for coping with and improving your particular type of insominia.