. So when a sufferer of
insomnia loses or lacks appetite, it denies the body the fuel it needs
to create energy for both physical and mental activities.
loss: Lack of quality sleep due to the effects of insomnia can alter
short term memory. These effects could possibly be
attributed to the
fact that the brain is deprived of proper sleep for a period of
shows that when a person is asleep the brain goes through a
process of sorting and storing information, learned or observed
throughout the day.
If suffering from
insomnia, the brain does
not get the required time it needs to complete this
process so some of the information that should have been catalogued and
stored can be lost or forgotten.
are quite a few known treatments such as medication
lifestyle changes, exercise and behavior therapy, but no conclusive
cure has been found yet. All of these treatments have the ability to
work in individual cases but most will depend on trying to discover the
cause of the problem, as insomnia is not usually the original problem
but one of the side effects of often deeper rooted traumas or
appointment with a sleep specialist, possibly at a sleep
often be the first step on the road to recovery and a way of getting
back a decent quality of life.