Anxiety disorder can lead to sleep problems.
* Insomnia is the term for people who have trouble falling asleep, difficulty falling asleep or waking up too early in the morning. It can be short term or long term depending on the feeling of patient that sleep loss is a problem.
If a person is having anxiety disorder, insomnia can exacerbate these disorders.
* The causes of anxiety disorders are excessive stress, continuous worry, obsessive thoughts, nightmares and gastrointestinal problems.
* Antidepressants prescribed for the treatment of anxiety disorder can cause sleep problems.
* Chronic sleep problems are associated with an increased risk of anxiety, depression and reduced quality of life. Disorders of sleep such as restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, and narcolepsy interfere with your sleep and contribute to anxiety sleep disorder.
Hence, lack of sleep creates anxiety disorder or the disorder can cause insomnia.
Inadequate hygiene of sleep can cause tiredness. If you don’t sleep for the required amount your body needs, it leads to poor job work, school work performance, poor health, increased risks and wrong judgment.
Anxiety disorder treatment:
Anxiety disorders can be treated with cognitive behavior therapy and medications.
* Cognitive behavior therapy helps you identify and challenge the negative and irrational beliefs that are holding you back from working through your fears. This therapy is conducted individually and groups of people with similar anxiety problems.
Different medications are used in anxiety disorders treatment. Treatments include anti-anxiety drugs, beta-blockers and antidepressants.
Self care:
• To control anxiety disorder, make sleep a priority for you and your family.
• Take seven to nine hours of time for uninterrupted sleep.
• Establish a regular bedtime of going to bed and getting up at the same time.
• You should not engage in stimulating activities right before going to sleep.
• Your bedroom should be quiet, calm and dark. Go to bed when you are sleepy.
• Do not watch television or work on computer before going to bed.
• Use bedroom only for sleep and sex
• After lying in bed, you should not think about problems and worries. Don’t think about what to do next day.
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