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By Beth Ibarra
 After a long day at school or at work, a person likes nothing better than to go home and relax. This relaxation is usually accompanied by a good night of sleep, which leaves the person rejuvenated to start their day when they wake up. Well, that is the ideal scenario, but the reality is that many people end up not being able to go to sleep at all.
When these symptoms persist for long periods at a time, the person is suffering from insomnia. Some of the more extreme cases of insomnia can lead to hospitalization.
Why? Because without the eight hours of sleep a night the body needs, mental and physical problems start to happen. A person's mental clarity becomes diminished, and the body starts to ache. In fact, in a court of law, those who have not gotten any sleep for three consecutive days are considered incompetent to testify.
All of this being said, insomnia is not actually a sleep disorder, but rather a result of something else. This could be in reference to a health condition. Say, for
example, that a person is having trouble with their heart, and frequent heart pains keep them awake at night.
If the person is already on medication for this heart problem, then this could be a side effect, or it could be a problem with the medication. If the person has not had their heart problem checked, they should immediately seek medical treatment.
Sometimes, causes of insomnia do not have to do with health issues as much as they have to do with lifestyle issues. Take, for example, a person who has a busy career, but also an active social life.
This is the kind of person who will work long hours, and then after their job, go party all night until it is time for work again. Obviously, this is not a healthy lifestyle, because even if the person could sleep, the person does not have time to, and all of the adrenaline from the day/night's events will keep the person awake anyway.
Another thing to keep in mind is coffee consumption. Millions of people drink coffee each and every day, with some people drinking large amounts of it many times a day.
While some health-conscious people will choose to get decaffeinated coffee, most people prefer to get the caffeinated version, because they need something that will keep them awake during work. Caffeine is a stimulant, which, over time, builds up in the bloodstream.
Caffeine is definitely not good for the heart, and it is definitely not good for a person's sleeping habits. It can actually keep a person awake during the night! Caffeine is not just found in coffee, it is also found in many regular soft drinks.
So, rather than ingesting caffeine, people should instead think about getting into the right sleeping pattern so that they will not need the caffeine to keep them awake in the first place. So, the next time you are having trouble sleeping, make sure you find out the causes.
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