Insomniacs English Blogs

 CAFFEINE: THE SLEEP KILLER  The most widely consumed ingredient nowadays is caffeine. Caffeine's popularity is driven by taste and because it is a common additive in modern diets. One of the reasons young people don't get enough sleep is caffeine intake, including beverages like coffee, tea, cola, energy drinks such as red bull, which can mess up your sleeping schedule. As coffee is one of the most caffeinated drinks, with 95-165 mg of caffeine per cup, depending on the brew consuming caffeine even six hours before bed can reduce sleep time by more than an hour.    Sleeplessness, anxiety, numerous overnight awakenings, and poor sleep quality may result from consuming coffee to stay up at night. Consumption of caffeine regularly might make it difficult to fall asleep at night, leading to insomnia and tiredness throughout the day. Caffeine can make young adults jittery, and if used in excess or late at night, it might cause insomnia. So why do people take caffeine? As...

  VOICES THAT DON’T LET YOU SLEEP!   Assume you've been working diligently all day long, attending classes, submitting assignments, playing a game of table tennis. You are dead tired, and to end the day, you lay down on your bed to sleep. It's one in the night, sleep is crawling in your eyes, you are almost about to sleep, and then BOOM! Your roommate starts shouting while playing a game of valorant. Does this make you angry, annoyed, and fed up with all the noises in the room while you are trying to sleep? Doesn't this disrupt your sleep cycle and break the flow of sleep in your head?  The answer is yes, it does. Students of my age are in college right now, away from home, alone in a different city, living with an annoying and loud roommate. We need a minimum of eight hours of sleep to live through the day and survive the grueling and tiring schedules. But living with someone who doesn't shut up during the night makes it more and more difficult to sleep.  But n...

  TWO BEST FRIENDS - PMS and Insomnia Attention, Attention, Attention Do you struggle with sleep during your menstrual cycle? If yes, oh girl, you are not alone, and it happens with us too. Let's talk in detail about why your period keeps you up all night? INSOMNIA - It's a sleep disorder in which one faces difficulty falling asleep. Having a good sleep routine and good sleeping hours matters a lot as it can affect how you function in the daytime. You may feel anxious, fatigued, or irritable if you don't get enough sleep, which are all signs of Insomnia. Scientifically, women are 1.25 times more likely to have Insomnia than men. This may be due to hormonal changes during periods.  The two primary hormones that assist control the menstrual cycle are oestrogen and progesterone. A week before your period, the progesterone level in the body increases to prepare the body for pregnancy, but if that doesn't happen, the progesterone level then drops down dramatically. This horm...