Thesis : Sleep Deprivation also known as insomnia among all ages can have a major impact on the actions and lives of people of all ages.
I. First, what insomnia is and how one gets insomnia
Second,How insomnia affects those diagnosed with it, and surprisingly many other people indirectly
Lastly, The treatments for insomnia
a) Insomnia is the inability to sleep or to stay asleep.
-Insomnia can be cause by almost anything.
b)Most drugs such as nicotine and alcohol, Medications such as antidepressants, heart and blood pressure medications, allergy medicines, decongestants, weight-loss medicines can lead to sleep loss. Other factors: sleeping next to a snoring partner, parasites, genetic conditions, overactive mind, pregnancy. For women: estrogen and other hormone shifts during menstruation
c) More than one-quarter of people in the U.S. report occasionally not getting enough sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the National Center for Sleep Disorders Research at the National Institutes of Health, about 30-40% of adults say they have some symptoms of insomnia within a given year, and about 10-15 percent of adults say they have chronic insomnia.
II. Second,How insomnia affects those diagnosed with it, and surprisingly many other people indirectly
a) The effect of insomnia spreads much further than a mere lack of concentration and focus. Irritability, impaired motor skills, exhaustion, impaired memory, blurry vision, stress intolerance, constant appetite changes, and discomfort.
b) Recent medical studies show that insomnia can increase hunger and affect your body's metabolism in a way that makes weight loss more difficult. Not only do we accomplish less with less sleep, we also don’t burn as many calories. The body’s reaction is to hoard calories as fat, making our weight loss goals more difficult than they need to be.
c) The Institute of Medicine estimates