Question:
Hypnosis has (so far) cured my insomnia. I was addicted to pills. Have
had sunday night insomnia for 10 years, went to every night 7 weeks ago.
The hypnosis worked. The first few nights it took me awhile to fall
asleep (1 - 2 hours) but I fall asleep earlier every night. Last night
- my 7th night since hypnosis I fell asleep right away. I listen to a
tape of my session for 21 days. It also cured me of smoking. I stay up
later and get up earlier, dont have caffeine after 4 and refuse to look
at the alarm clock. I read a very good book - Say Goodnight to Insomnia
by Gregg Jacobs which has helped a great deal. The main thing is to go
by how you feel the next day and not worry that's it's 2 or 3 am.
Answer:
In all honesty, I don't think that's been adequately researched. From what
I've seen on this website (and that's about as unscientific as you can
get), it appears some things that can trigger insomnia include:
Stress at work / home
Hereditary predisposition
(if you parents struggled with it, you may as well)
Sudden major shift of hormones
(such as puberty and/or menopause)
Brain injuries
Who knows ???
(A lot of times it's hard to determine the cause)
But this certainly isn't intended to be all encompassing, just to give you
the flavor that insomnia is the result of many other problems.
I just had my annual checkup with my doctor and asked him what medical
problems can cause insomnia - he said the only thing he knew of is
thyroid problems. I know menopause can affect sleep and I'm sure there
are some medical problems that can have insomnia as a side effect.
