Out of desperation, frustration or even sheer despair sufferers of insomnia often turn to medication to allow them to get some much needed sleep

There is nothing worse than sitting watching the hours, minutes and seconds slowly crawl by while you are lying in the darkness unable to sleep. Everyone from time to time for one reason or another will have problems trying to sleep whether it be due to stress, diet or just one of those things. It becomes a problem when it is night after night you find your body incapable of sleep and you end up either exhausted and sleep deprived or napping on and off during the day.

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It is widely recognised that sleep is essential for your health, general well being, work, home and social life; in fact it is important to one degree or another in all aspects of your life. Lack of sleep in the short term can leave you tired, irritable, unable to concentrate, lacking in positivity and motivation and it can affect your performance at work. In the long term if your body does not have a sufficient amount of time to rest and recuperate it could lead to long term health complications.

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What is insomnia? The general definition of insomnia as 'Insomnia is difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep for long enough to feel refreshed the next morning, even though you've had enough opportunity to sleep (NHS UK, 2010).'

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Out of desperation, frustration or even sheer despair sufferers of insomnia often turn to medication to allow them to get some much needed sleep. Medication is great to initially solve the problem but it is not in most cases a long term solution to overcoming insomnia. In some cases recipients may become overly reliant on the tablets feeling that they are the only way to get some sleep, meaning the start of a viscous circle. It has been reported in the media that one way of overcoming insomnia is through cognitive behavioural therapy which is a more long term solution to battle insomnia. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is as the name suggests a therapy whose aim is to change the way you think and act to overcome psychological disorders, addictions or fears. CBT has recently been named as the proposed most effective method of overcoming and curing insomnia in the long term and has been heralded as the alternative to medication. The techniques used by CBT to help sufferers is sleep restriction, stimulus control, cognitive therapy and relaxation therapy (NHS UK, 2010). One of the main difficulties in providing this service nation wide so that all those suffering from long term insomnia can seek treatment is the lack of specially sleep trained cognitive behavioural therapists. There are of course other techniques that one can try at home to improve their sleeping; getting into a routine, exercise or avoiding caffeine to name but a few. Anyone who feels they are being affected by insomnia should speak to their own doctor or health professional.