Effects of insomnia

 

Sleep is any poor man's physician. It refreshes the sinews and makes you kick start the day with zest and energy. It erases the stress of yesterday and recharges your body as you lead a new chapter of your life. It keeps you awake at important moments of the day, lets you be mentally active, and puts your body agile and nimble.

Indeed, sleep is like having a doctor around without coughing up any cash.

That is why, the effects of insomnia are really insidious and horrific. Insomnia, a sleeping disorder that lasts for more than three weeks, is like driving that free doctor away and keeping an uninvited health tormentor in. And as the person is deprived of sleep, he or she is exposed to a range of physical, behavioral, and mental hazards.

One can  see the physical effects of insomnia immediately. Sleeping disorder is a fast ticket to aging. Patients often complain about eyes appearing bloodshot and dark. Around the eyes, one can see unsightly eye bags forming. The face withers, looks aged, and wrinkles.

 

The patient will see subtle health changes. As long as this condition continues, the immune system suffers and weakens. For example, simple colds can become a full-blown and incessant sneezing. A sore throat becomes a coughing bout. Simple, manageable diseases cannot be medicated and develops to more serious forms in a moment's notice. Thus, patients loses weight, and becomes a shadow of their former self.

With failing health, they will also be suffering from behavioral effects of insomnia. The disorder sucks out happiness from their life. They become withdrawn and distant. With diminished self-confidence, outgoing people becomes introverts overnight. They detest people and being in public. They want to be kept alone.

Their personality also transforms. They become irritable and tend to have shorter tempers. Patients flare up on tiny mistakes and slightest provocations. They are likely to be depressed on slightest misfortune. They also have unfounded anxiety; they become suspicious and worry on small things. They become angry at other people and are likely to hold grudges. Their personal life unravels and is severely affected.

 

Mentally, the patients would see their career deteriorating. Their performance at work becomes sloppy. They cannot concentrate on a single task at any given moment. Efficient colleagues become lazybones. Reliable officemates transform to couch potatoes.

More than a liability in the office, they are also a risk to themselves. They become bad drivers and are a hazard on the road. Because of less concentration, they disregard traffic signs and lights. They also have disoriented sense of direction. Because insomnia exacerbates amnesia and short-term memory failure, they forget important details like destination, routes, and road signs.

When the effects of insomnia worsen, patients feel sorry, helpless and powerless. Insomnia is alike an ever increasing bubble that wrap them in despair and sickness. A timely and prompt medication is the answer, as well as uncovering the cause of the problem. If left untreated, patients' lives are wasted, their health deteriorates, and  their mental abilities impaired.