Category: Anti Depressants-Sleeping Aid

It is important that we consider the matter of depression carefully. Depression may be caused through anxiety, in which case it can be relieved by the techniques which I am about to describe; on the other hand it may result from a quite different type of nervous illness which is best treated by other means. [...]

The most important hurdle is to identify why you cannot sleep. Is it stress? Is it situational insomnia? Is it pseudo-insomnia? Knowing the cause of your insomnia is half the battle. From my experience, over 50 per cent of the general population who are taking sleeping pills are in fact suffering from pseudo-insomnia. Pseudo-insomnia is [...]

So much for ordinary everyday stress, but what about extraordinary stress. This is like a hammer hitting an apple. We do not expect much of this stress in our lifetime, but when it comes, even if we are coconuts, we cannot help feeling the impact of the stress.

Loss of loved ones, loss of possessions, tragedies [...]

There are two biological clocks that govern our sleep-wake rhythm, the circadian rhythm and the ultradian rhythm.

(1) Circadian rhythm

This is the familiar 24 hour rhythm. Chronobiologists have demonstrated that if we lock ourselves underground, away from all time cues and in free running conditions, our natural endogenous biological clock is about 25 hours. Hence [...]

Insomnia is not a new disease. The ancient Egyptians remarked that one of the worst things in life is to be in bed and be unable to sleep. The word ‘hypnotic’ comes from the name of the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos. Throughout the centuries, drugs have been available to help with sleeplessness. However, as [...]

Why do we have a biological clock? It has been suggested that, during the course of evolution, organisms have maximized their use of the environment so as to maximize their chances of survival. It has been shown that man’s efficiency varies during the 24 hour period. We perform best between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. [...]