Taking sleeping pills when you can't sleep? The doctor reminds: blind medication, the harm may be greater than the effect!

We all know that human life is just a few decades, but even so, we still spend 1/3 of our time sleeping.

　　The significance of sleep is to allow all organs and tissues of the body to be fully rested and adjusted to lay the foundation for the next day's work and life. Generally, the optimal sleep time for adults is about 6-8 hours a day.

　　However, it is not easy to want a healthy sleep. According to the data surveyed by the China Sleep Research Association, the insomnia rate of Chinese adults has reached about 38.2%, and insomnia disorders have reached nearly 300 million people . in constant refresh.

　　In addition, some studies also show that the Chinese post-90s sleep time is about 7.5 hours per day, but nearly 60% of the post-90s feel that they are not getting enough sleep, and after waking up, they are fatigued and want to continue to sleep .

　　In life, many people have wrong interpretations of insomnia, thinking that insomnia is simply not being able to sleep.

　　But in fact, insomnia refers not only to the inability to fall asleep , but to frequent or persistent difficulties in falling asleep and maintaining sleep despite having appropriate sleep opportunities, sufficient time, and a perfect sleep environment . The patients themselves feel dissatisfied with the time of insomnia and the quality of sleep, and it has affected their normal life during the day.

　　Clinically, the diagnostic criteria for insomnia mainly have two cores, the first is the abnormal sleep symptoms, and the second is the daytime effects related to insomnia .

　　If you have insomnia and early awakening for 3 consecutive days, difficulty in maintaining sleep, insufficient sleep time , and fatigue, anxiety, and decreased concentration and memory during the day . These symptoms lasted for more than 3 months , which basically met the diagnostic criteria for insomnia.

　　There are many patients who do not seek medical treatment scientifically after insomnia symptoms, but directly choose the simplest method, which is to take various sleeping drugs.

　　However, in clinical view, sleeping pills are not the first choice of treatment, but cognitive behavioral therapy . The so-called cognitive behavioral therapy refers to the reconstruction of conditioned reflexes for insomniacs through correct guidance and conditioning . At present, both China and other countries have identified cognitive behavioral therapy as the first-line treatment for insomnia.

　　And if the patient chooses sleeping pills directly, it can indeed let you get rid of the pain of insomnia for a short time, but this is not a long-term solution. According to the current clinical data, long-term use of sleeping pills may aggravate sleep disorders and lead to the emergence of drug resistance in the body .

　　At the same time, patients will also have multiple physical symptoms, such as lack of clarity of mind, decreased concentration and memory, long-term repeated nausea and dizziness, long-term drowsiness, drug addiction, and severe withdrawal reactions .

　　Moreover, not all sleeping pills are suitable for those who use them, such as pregnant and lactating women, the elderly, people with breathing and sleep disorders, people with cardiac dysfunction, and those with liver and kidney dysfunction. Sleeping pills should be used with caution. If you use drugs blindly and increase the dosage of medicines, not only will you not be able to treat the disease, but it may even cause serious side effects.

　　In a word, there are many ways to treat insomnia. Patients do not have to take medication. They should first find the root cause of insomnia, and then make behavioral adjustments as recommended by doctors.

　　After the adjustment is invalid, the patient cannot buy sleeping pills by himself, but should choose the medicine that is really suitable for him according to the doctor's suggestion, and must have certain medication compliance.