Chronic Insomnia In Adolescents Costs More Than Their Sleep!

According to the Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, it has been proved that adolescents who are suffering with chronic insomnia not only lose their sleep, but also their health.

There are several types of health problems which affect the adolescents if they are prone to chronic insomnia.

Insomnia is common and chronic among the adolescents.

It has negative impact on the adolescents who are aged between 11 to 17 years.

The research has also found that out of 100 percent, 70 percent of adolescents who are aged between 11 to 17 years have this problem of chronic insomnia. Therefore, it is the most common problem among the adolescents.

The studies also showed that adolescents who have this chronic insomnia are affected with some psychiatric disorders like anxiety, mood, substance abuse and disruptive disorders. Other than this psychiatric health, normal health of your adolescent will also be affected.

The impact of the chronic insomnia in the future health cannot be determined at that adolescence stage itself because in some cases it will have severe impact, where as in some other cases it will have much less impact.

According to APA (American psychological association), diagnostics and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM), the various symptoms which can be seen in adolescents, who are suffering with chronic insomnia, are:

• Feeling difficulty in obtaining initial sleep
• Not being able to maintain good sleep for more hours
• Early morning awakening
• Feeling tired for little bit of work and easily getting irritated for simple things
• Not paying much interest on the simple things which have to be performed in their daily routine like eating, reading, playing, etc
• Awakening easily for small disturbances or sounds, etc

Your adolescent should be given necessary treatment once you identify these symptoms of chronic insomnia [Treating insomnia].