Acute Insomnia: When Bad Sleep Won't Become Chronic
Acute insomnia affects 75% of adults but usually resolves within weeks. Learn when to wait it out vs. intervene, and why aggressive treatment can backfire.
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Acute insomnia affects 75% of adults but usually resolves within weeks. Learn when to wait it out vs. intervene, and why aggressive treatment can backfire.
The 15-minute rule and why lying in bed awake makes middle-of-the-night insomnia worse. Evidence-based strategies to fall back asleep fast.
Racing thoughts keeping you awake? Learn why your mind won't shut off at night and the science-backed techniques that actually work for hyperarousal.
When your bed triggers anxiety instead of sleep, you've developed conditioned arousal. Here's the science behind bedtime anxiety and proven methods to break the cycle.
Racing mind at night keeping you awake? Sleep medicine research reveals why your brain won't shut up and the specific techniques that actually work to quiet it.
Sleep restriction therapy forces you to sleep less to sleep better. Here's how this CBT-I technique rebuilds your sleep drive and ends chronic insomnia.
Evidence-based guide to prescription sleep aids: DORAs, Z-drugs, benzos, and off-label options. Dosing, side effects, and when each works best.
Evidence-based review of relaxation techniques for sleep. Progressive muscle relaxation, body scan meditation, breathing methods - what works and what doesn't.
Learn what chronic insomnia really is, why it persists, and evidence-based treatments that work. From the 3P model to CBT-I solutions.
CBT-I has a 70-80% success rate for chronic insomnia. Here's the six-component breakdown, timeline, and how to access this evidence-based treatment.