Insomnia
Insomnia means trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking too early. Start with the basics, then work toward causes, treatments, and practical fixes.
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Insomnia
Understand insomnia symptoms and contributors, how it differs from other sleep problems, and why CBT-I is the leading treatment for chronic insomnia. → 02What Causes Insomnia?
Learn what can start insomnia, what can keep it going, and how to investigate sleep timing, health conditions, medicines and substances without assuming there is one... → 03Insomnia Treatments
A practical treatment map for chronic insomnia, including CBT-I, medication choices, supplements, safety risks, and situations that need adapted care. →Start here
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Understand insomnia symptoms and contributors, how it differs from other sleep problems, and why CBT-I is the leading treatment for chronic insomnia. → 02Recognizing the Symptoms of Insomnia
Insomnia symptoms combine nighttime sleep difficulty with meaningful daytime effects, but a clinician still needs to determine the cause. → 03Types of Insomnia
Learn how current sleep medicine classifies short-term and chronic insomnia, and what common pattern, context, and historical labels really mean. →Causes and risk factors
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What Causes Insomnia?
Learn what can start insomnia, what can keep it going, and how to investigate sleep timing, health conditions, medicines and substances without assuming there is one... → 02Stress and Insomnia
Stress can trigger insomnia symptoms, but persistent sleep trouble needs a wider look and may benefit from CBT-I rather than stress reduction alone. → 03Exercise and Insomnia
Learn how regular and one-time exercise may affect insomnia, how to adjust timing and intensity, and how to build a safe routine without replacing evidence-based ins... → 04Keto Insomnia
Understand sleep trouble after carbohydrate restriction, what else may be causing it, and when diet changes or medical care make sense. → 05Is Insomnia Genetic?
Understand how genes contribute to insomnia susceptibility, what family history can and cannot predict, and why care still follows current symptoms. → 06Fatal Insomnia
Fatal insomnia is a rare prion disease, not severe ordinary insomnia. Learn about its two forms, symptoms, diagnosis, genetic testing, and when to seek care. → 07Paradoxical Insomnia
Learn why experienced and measured sleep can differ, how clinicians assess that mismatch, and why treatment focuses on insomnia and daytime function rather than prov... → 08What Causes Restless Sleep?
Restless sleep can mean waking, moving, breathing trouble, discomfort or unrefreshing sleep. Learn how the pattern points to different causes. → 09What Is Sleep Latency?
Learn what sleep latency means across diaries and clinical tests, why the values differ, and when a persistent pattern warrants care. →Diagnosis
Treatments and therapies
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Insomnia Treatments
A practical treatment map for chronic insomnia, including CBT-I, medication choices, supplements, safety risks, and situations that need adapted care. → 02Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
A practical guide to CBT-I components, results, delivery options, medication context, and situations that require clinician-guided adaptation. → 03Sleep Restriction Therapy
A practical guide to how sleep restriction therapy works, the evidence behind it, early sleepiness, safety cautions, and clinician-guided adjustments. → 04Stimulus Control Therapy for Insomnia
Learn how stimulus control for insomnia works, how to use it without a rigid timer, and when the standard steps need to be adapted for safety. → 05Acupuncture for Insomnia
Acupuncture may modestly improve self-rated insomnia, but objective sleep benefits remain uncertain and it should not replace first-line CBT-I. → 06Non-Medication Approaches for Insomnia
An evidence-based guide to CBT-I, brief and digital care, complementary approaches, safety adaptations, and practical next steps for insomnia. →What to do tonight
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How to Fall Asleep Faster
A practical adult guide to reducing bedtime arousal, using stimulus control safely, identifying sleep-onset patterns, and getting evidence-based insomnia care. → 02What to Do When You Can’t Sleep
Stop forcing sleep, use calm stimulus-control steps when safe, protect the next day, and recognize when persistent or unusual symptoms need assessment. →Life stage and circumstance
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Insomnia in Older Adults
Understand what causes insomnia in older adults and how to choose effective, age-aware treatment while reducing medication and fall risks. → 02Insomnia in Women
Understand insomnia among women through symptoms, life stages, health conditions, sleep opportunity, and evidence-based treatment. → 03Insomnia After Surgery
Understand fragmented sleep after surgery, use a safe tonight-and-tomorrow recovery plan, and recognize medication, breathing, delirium, and surgical warning signs. →Myth-busting
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