Question:
I just want to know the long term effects of Insomnia. If anyone knows
about the subject please, Especially about
chronic insomnia.
Answer:
Death is a feature in the extremely rare disease known as Fatal
Familial Insomnia, which, judging by the original poster's ability to
craft and post a message to the internet, she likely does not have.
The problem with getting fixated on "chronic insomnia" is that it is
like getting fixated on neuropathy if you have untreated diabetes.
Chronic insomnia, in most cases, is a symptom and not the primary
disease, which is often a more fundamental, underlying sleep disorder
such as sleep apnea.
It would behoove primary care physicians to refer patients
automatically to the sleep lab where any complaints regarding sleep
are evident.
I suggest you write away to the US Dept of Health and Human Services for a
report called Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert, the report of the
National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research.
If you suffer from insomnia, I suggest you find the closest accredited sleep
disorders center (
I think Stephen King said it best..."The death certificate never states
cause of death as insomnia. It always says suiside."
