Sleep Deprivation and Chronic Fatigue
Most people know that you should get a good night’s sleep, but many people are unable to achieve this consistently. Many people also don’t realize all of the physical effects and symptoms of not getting this important sleep. This article will go over the effects of not getting good sleep on a regular basis, as well as, strategies you can use to improve your sleep.
Common symptoms
Symptoms of sleep deprivation, sleep fatigue or chronic fatigue can include any of the following: feeling like you are in a fog, difficulty concentrating, memory problems, vague aches and pains, headaches, muscle tension, tiredness irritability/edginess, inability to tolerate stress, learning and/or social problems, frequent infections, blurred vision, alterations in appetite (wanting or craving sugary foods), depression, breathing disorders, decreased productivity (can’t seem to accomplish anything and/or no interest in doing things). You can see that the list of symptoms is pretty long and varied.
Strategies
There are several strategies for improving your sleep, the first step is to look at why you are not getting good sleep – is it because you are in pain and keep waking up because of the pain, or are you a parent with young children at home who wake you up for help, or have you never had or developed good sleeping habits, or are you thinking about all those stressful things in life and you just can’t get to sleep until you are exhausted?
You must try to correct or manage that instigating issue, as well as work on getting more restful sleep. For many health issues – not getting adequate sleep will in turn worsen your health issue (because the body can’t heal) which usually also makes it more difficult to get good sleep and everything becomes a vicious cycle. So we must try to stop both parts of the vicious cycle.
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