How do you Fall into Sleep Easily?

If you ever laid for hours a night staring at the ceiling willing yourself to fall into sleep, then you know what it’s like for a third of adult Americans who suffer from insomnia.

The question is ‘what is being done to counter this epidemic?’ Unfortunately for 40% of insomnia sufferers the answer is in sleeping pills, whether they’re prescribed or over the counter sleep aids.

Is this really the answer to insomnia? Are sleeping pills really an effective solution to insomnia? Do they really work? And what are the downsides to taking sleeping pills? All these questions will be answered shortly.

Did you know that the pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable in the world? Can you guess how much they make a year? The combined gross profit of the major pharmaceutical companies in 2004 was 550 Billion Dollars!

Considering how much they make and considering that only a handful of new drugs to combat insomnia are released each year, how much do you think of those billions go back into research?
How much do you think goes back into their advertising campaigns? On average how many pharmaceutical adverts do you see on TV a day? It wouldn’t surprise me if you saw at least half a dozen a day. In fact many of these pharmaceutical drugs have become household names.

But before you go out rushing to your doctor (although I do recommend that you seek professional medical advice) be aware of the following facts; Since the majority of the pharmaceutical industries profit comes from prescription medication, they have been targeting doctors as well as advertising that you ‘Ask your doctor’ about their brand medication; secondly in a recent survey it was revealed that only 10 % of doctors rated their sleep knowledge as good.

Sleeping pills are generally bad news as they will break down your body’s natural sleep cycle and make sleep very difficult in the long term. It may also affect the amount of deep sleep you attain during the night as most major sleeping pills interfere with normal brain wave patterns. You should also avoid taking them for more than 2 or 3 nights in a row, as prolonged use can cause ‘rebound’ insomnia.

You may find that you wake up feeling groggy, drowsy or tired. Other Side effects include urinary retention, blurred vision, dizziness and palpitations. Sleeping pills may help you get to sleep but with continual use your body will build tolerance, and you may find that you need to ‘up’ your dose to attain the same affect.

So you have to ask the question; do these big corporations have our health and wellbeing in mind? Considering that an estimated 100,000 deaths occur in America alone due to adverse drug reactions and we never seem to be informed of this, I’ll leave you to decide.

But don’t despair there are far more effective solutions out their besides sleeping pills. In fact if you really knew the truth about sleep ad sleeping pills, you probably wouldn’t touch sleeping pills with a barge pole.

So you maybe wondering, what are the alternatives? Firstly insomnia should not be treated as a cold or cough. Sleep is a complex process and the idea that you can just pop a few pills and be rid of your problem for good is ridiculous. It’s one thing being able to fall into sleep one night, but a completely different thing being able to sleep well every night.

When tackling insomnia, the underlying problem needs to be dealt with as well as the symptoms. The easiest step to take in correcting your sleep cycle is by paying attention to your sleep habits.
Other therapies and practices such as acupuncture, reflexology and hypnosis are all highly effective and drug-free. If you really have to consider taking something to fall asleep, try herbal and natural remedies.

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