INSOMNIA

After heart trouble and depression, sleeping disorder is the most common problem worldwide. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Earlier this was prevalent mainly among the elderly, whereas off late, even kids and teenagers have become its victims. The culprit is the fast paced lifestyle that has all the attributes of rendering a person 'nocturnal.'
According to the National Institude of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, the amount of sleep each person requires depends on many factors, including age. Infants require 16 hours of sleep in a day, teenagers nine hours while most adults need seven to eight hours. This, however can increase or decrease, depending on the 'sleep debt' one owes to his/her body clock. 'Sleep debt' is the amount snooze one has lost out on. Eventually your body wil demand that the debt be repaid, as sleep appears necessary for our nervous system to work properly. Too little sleep leaves one drowsy and unable to concentrate on work or play. Hence every hour of lost sleep can be compensated by three hours of complete sleep!
A survey of BPO's and Call Centers, which have people working in night shifts, revealed that alonost every second person working there develops insomnia, a condition wherein a person does not feel sleepyat all during nights. While many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous since it effects both body and mind in the form of poor concentration, irritability, body aches etc, yet little heed is paid to rectifying it Instead an offshoot of the problem is addiction to sleeping pills and antidepressants, which ultimately result in neurological, psychological as well as heart problems. So before you join the league of the nocturnal; addicts, start paying your sleep debt!