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How To Get Rid Of My Sleeping Problem?
For a year I have had trouble sleeping through the night. Usually I go to sleep fine, but wake often and then after 4:00 am can not get back to sleep even though I go to bed and 11:00 pm. Can hypnosis help? I have tried lots of different things like magnesium, 5HTP essential oils. Why can t I sleep all night and what will help? Janice
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your symptoms and they are suggestive of sleep disorder.
Early awakening is among the commonest sleep disorder, also called as terminal insomnia, and it leads to decreased sleep quantity and duration.
It is most likely a primary insomnia, as you do not have any other medical problems, other than insomnia.
You would benefit from medications such as stilnoct/stilnox (zolpidem sustained release).
This medicine acts for 6-8 hours and is non-addicting.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your symptoms and they are suggestive of sleep disorder.
Early awakening is among the commonest sleep disorder, also called as terminal insomnia, and it leads to decreased sleep quantity and duration.
It is most likely a primary insomnia, as you do not have any other medical problems, other than insomnia.
You would benefit from medications such as stilnoct/stilnox (zolpidem sustained release).
This medicine acts for 6-8 hours and is non-addicting.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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