subject: Anxiety and Insomnia Important Facts and Cures [print this page] Anxiety and Insomnia seem to go together in some cases. Whether you know you're suffering from anxiety or not, you do know that you have insomnia and need to find a way to fall asleep faster. In order to see if your anxiety and insomnia go together, this article will help you discover the exact causes of anxiety.
There are two things that may cause anxiety. First there are biological or medical reasons, and then there are emotional factors. Each are very different symptoms of anxiety and insomnia and should be considered carefully.
A biological cause of anxiety is essentially a chemical imbalance. This means that the brain or body is not producing enough, or alternately producing too much, of certain chemicals or hormones. In the case of anxiety and insomnia, the body is not producing enough melatonin. This imbalance can be caused by many things. It may be caused by the medications you're taking, or it may be an inherited factor. It may also be caused by an illness, a surgery, or any other traumatic event.
Emotional causes of anxiety and insomnia can also be numerous. However, the number one culprit of anxiety brought on by emotional causes is stress. The stress may be minor, but lasts a long time, or it can last a shorter time but be more extreme. Either case could cause anxiety and insomnia. Stress is another thing you may have that you may not be aware of, and is the number one reason most people suffer from insomnia. If you think stress is a factor, there are many natural methods that can help, including Meditation, Hypnosis and NLP CD's
Anxiety and insomnia that result from an emotional causes may also be delayed. For example, if you are the victim of a traumatic crime, you may not experience feelings of anxiety immediately after the crime. Those feelings may crop up months, or even years, after the crime has been committed. Or they may sit in your subconscious and creep up on you as you try to fall asleep fast.
Anxiety can even be caused by just the thought that you might have an anxiety attack. For example, if you have one anxiety attack, you may fear another attack, which could increase the amount of anxiety that you feel, making matters worse. The mind is very powerful, and it can work with you or against you. If it is working against you, you will likely experience anxiety and insomnia at the same time.
Anxiety and insomnia can even occur due to other problems. For example, if you have had an asthma attack, you may also suffer with an anxiety attacks because you fear not being able to breathe. If you've had a heart attack, you may experience an anxiety attack just thinking about it because you fear that you are dying. Again, the mind is very powerful.
When you suffer from anxiety and insomnia, you should seek natural treatments and/or work closely with your health care professional to find the cause of your anxiety.
