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What are the common causes of insomnia?
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Poor Sleep Hygiene: The list is quite extensive but typically it is from poor sleep hygiene or not preparing yourself for sleep correctly. Depression and anxiety are frequent causes as well.
Answered 12/31/2014
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Insomnia: There is acute insomnia or chronic insomnia, acute insomnia is less than 3 months and chronic is more than 3 to 6 months please identify the stressor that caused this, it could be move to a different time zone, financial, relation stress etc. Google sleep hygiene you may need short term meds like ambien cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia works best according to studies.
Answered 12/9/2013
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