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Causes of Sleep Loss

November 29, 2010 on 7:11 pm | In cpap | No Comments

Sleep has proven to be crucial for the brain to consolidate the day’s memories, for the body to detoxify, and to serve as a period of rest and low energy use which allows organs and tissues to recover from the stresses of the day.

A lack of sleep can occur due to a diverse range of causes. It manifests during the day as decreased alertness, mental function, reflexes, and decreased cognition, as well as negative changes in mood. The changes that result vary widely from person to person.

Although failure to fall asleep as rapidly as a person would like is the most common form of insomnia, waking at odd times of night, or waking too early in the morning, are other common symptoms of sleep disorders. For others, continually waking throughout the night, even sometimes without fully gaining conscious awareness, can also cause a lack of sleep.

While sleep apnea and other sleep disorders can obstruct sleep patterns, most commonly overuse of caffeine or other stimulants such as compounds found in tea are responsible for frequent sleep loss. In other cases, uses of certain types of over the counter medications, such as those used for some allergies, have stimulatory effects which can keep a person awake even late into the night. These problems are usually not extremely serious and can be fixed with simple lifestyle changes or a call to your physician.