Having Trouble Sleeping? Blame The Recession

medicalnewstoday.com:

Today, millions of Americans can attest to his insight. According to a poll from the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), 27 percent of Americans say personal finances, the economy or unemployment concerns are keeping them awake at night.

"Stress and anxiety can definitely impact sleep," says Sunil Mathews, M.D., medical director of the Sleep Center at Baylor Medical Center at Irving. "And unfortunately, insomnia can turn into a vicious cycle."

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Comments

[Lahonda]

Many people who suffer sleep loss over an extended period of time may be suffering from low-level bacterial infections. We're discovering these little bugs can actually deliver their own cocktail of chemical disturbances to keep us up a lot.

Perhaps a sleepless night or three may be as good an indicator of an infection as any unusual rise in body temperature.

Also, get your allergies checked by a naturopath... you may have an imbalance in trace chemicals or a vitamin deficiency.

[MelanieWatson]

I know the recession and my own no job situations has kept me up at night. Speaking about sleep, I read an interesting article on a melatonin patch that could help people sleep. http://www.citizensreport.org/2009/07/21/melatonin-skin-patch-improves-sleep/