How to treat insomnia?

The very first step in knowing how to treat insomnia is a realistic self diagnosis. The success of treatment of Insomnia or any other disorder depends much upon its correct diagnosis. The wearer only knows where the shoe pinches, therefore it is a time old medical practice that a doctor as a first step towards diagnosis, takes the history of the patient because it is the patient who knows well what the others do not know.

How to Treat Insomnia?

Knowing the true causative factors of insomnia enables the patient and the concerned Medical professional to decide if any medicines are required for the treatment, as they are by no means the panacea for insomnia. It prevails in our society that there is a pill for everything. Considering it as an easy and faster option, people resort to the use of popular pills like commonly known brands of   tranquillizers in case of Insomnia.

While explaining the history, the patients even try to inculcate the medical professional to prescribe their favorite brands or pills for them. Easier though, it is an incorrect approach towards treating Insomnia. Having pin pointed the causative factors, what needs to be done is:

• Learn to relax. It is an art that needs to be learnt and practiced. Try to find out what is the best relaxation for you, it may be a cup of milk, a glass of fruit juice,  

Reading a chapter of your favorite novel or whatever, you are the best judge. You know better, whether message or swimming relaxes you more.

• You are the best judge though, you may at times be wrong on account of some misconceptions. Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, tobacco and some beverages contain alkaloids like caffeine, Theo bromine and nicotine etc. They do not relax you. 
• Don’t try to do impossible. There are in built safety devices in human nervous system to relax you .Keep them intact and let them do their job.If,for example you are a senior citizen, don’t try to artificially rejuvenate you, rather reschedule your routine. Avoid or sleep less in daytime to treat insomnia. 
• Quite useful information and guidelines about treatment of insomnia are available easily. Try to get yourself well informed of your symptoms and their appropriate treatment. 
• Meditation is an effective treatment of insomnia. 
• Overeating, irregular meals, the in between snacks like brunch cause sleeping disorders. Try to be regular but don’t be too formal a martinet. Just enjoy your meals. There is nothing more relaxing than having a nice company. 
• The intrinsic problem with insomnia is that it needs ‘nerves’ to relax nerves and this is why that at times self devised methods don’t work. It is advisable in this to seek assistance from an expert, a swimming coach, a message expert, a nutritionist, a physiotherapist or in the worst case scenario just visit your doctor.  

In addition to medication, meditation, taking regular meals and doing learnt relaxing, consumption of seafood particularly mussels and prawns is recommended to treat insomnia.