September 30th, 2007 by Phil

You think with all these top scientists and advance technology that someone could beat insomnia with a magic pill. But what you need to understand is that insomnia is not a disease or a virus, it’s not a cancer that can be surgically removed or treated with kemo-therapy and it’s not a headache or a cough that can be bettered with a little medication.

Like with depression and anxiety disorders it needs to be treated in the mind. Although mental disorders tend to manifest physical symptoms, the source is in the brain. But like breathing, the mind already knows how to sleep. It’s the sub-conscious that is the key to unlocking your ability to sleep, that’s the ‘sleep in a bottle’.

Our ability to naturally fall asleep has developed over thousands of years, it’s been ingrained into our DNA. It’s our conscious mind that has hindered and counteracted our ability to sleep. Even if you have suffered from insomnia for years, there is hope and it can be overcome.

Relying on sleeping pills to fall asleep will only make conquering insomnia even more difficult in the long term. Insomnia sufferers often turn first to sleeping pills for a quick fix solution, to help them fall asleep. Sleeping pills may seem to help the problem at first, but they do not treat the underlying cause of insomnia and often lose effectiveness over the long term.

Many insomniacs who depend on sleeping pills become chronic users and will often change from one brand of sleeping pills to another as they begin to lose their effectiveness. Another danger is that many sufferers will increase their dosage without seeking professional medical advice. It has been estimated that there are over 1000 deaths a year due to overdosing on sleeping pills alone.