Insomnia
What it is
Insomnia is a difficulty getting off to sleep or in maintaining sleep.
Most people need less sleep as they get older. While the average adult
sleeps for between 7 and 8 hours per night, those over the age of
70 often only need 5 hours. Symptoms that can result from insomnia
include tossing and turning without being able to get off to sleep,
waking unusually early in the morning and not being able to get back
to sleep, feeling tired and listless during the day, yawning a lot,
and feeling unusually irritable or snappy. Insomnia will also cause
poor concentration and increase the risk of accidents.
Self help measures:
Take regular, brisk daily exercise but avoid strenuous exercise in
the evening.
Avoid napping during the day
Avoid over-indulgence in substances that interfere with sleep such
as caffeine (coffee, tea, chocolate, colas) nicotine, alcohol and
rich or heavy food - especially close to bed-time.
Make sure your bedroom is comfortably warm, quiet and dark.
Applying magnetic patches
Apply a magnetic patch in the centre of the forehead, and another
patch behind each ear (on the bony, hairless point two fingerbreadths
behind the earlobe). The patches behind the ear can be left on continuously
for up to 7 days, with the forehead patch just applied at night if
you wish.
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