The very notion of someone seeking treatment for sleeping disorders might at first seeking frivolous to those of us who have either never gone through any of these sleeping disorders, or lived with someone who was going through them. But the truth of the matter is that sleeping disorders can be extremely distressing both to the person who is afflicted of them, and other people close to that person, as the worst of these sleeping disorders tend to affect one's performance in all areas of life, not least in their social interactions.
Incidentally, when we talk of sleeping disorders, we must not limit our perspective to the 'inability to fall asleep' or insomnia, which is what tends to come to mind for most of us when we hear of the term 'sleeping disorder.' In actual fact, there is a great variety of other sleeping disorders besides the inability to fall asleep, including those where a person is able to fall asleep, but has difficulties waking up in the morning, or those where one has problems following socially acceptable sleeping patterns; like the cases where one finds that they can only sleep during the daytime and not at night.
Depending on the diagnosis made with regard to the sleeping difficulty one is going through, treatment can involve anything from rehabilitation (through focused change of sleeping habits) to psychotherapy and onto the use of medication.
Psychotherapy is used in the treatment of some sleeping disorders out of the understanding that a number of psychological problems like depression (that can be adequately addressed through psychotherapy) manifest through such sleeping disorders, and unless such an underlying psychological disorder is addressed, there is very little chance of dealing with the sleeping disorders adequately.
Psychotherapeutic treatments sleeping disorders, on the other hand, get their efficacy from the fact that many sleeping disorders occur due to psychological illnesses such as depression (which typically manifests as either too much sleep or inability falling asleep), and which is best treated through psychotherapy as a first line of treatment, before resorting to medication if psychotherapy proves inadequate.
The use of medication in the treatment of sleeping disorders is reserved for those cases that are clearly rooted in things like biochemical in-adequacies, where the use of treatments like rehabilitation and psychotherapy would only lead to frustration as these (psychotherapy and rehabilitation) would not be reaching deep enough to the core of the problem.
Incidentally, when we talk of sleeping disorders, we must not limit our perspective to the 'inability to fall asleep' or insomnia, which is what tends to come to mind for most of us when we hear of the term 'sleeping disorder.' In actual fact, there is a great variety of other sleeping disorders besides the inability to fall asleep, including those where a person is able to fall asleep, but has difficulties waking up in the morning, or those where one has problems following socially acceptable sleeping patterns; like the cases where one finds that they can only sleep during the daytime and not at night.
Depending on the diagnosis made with regard to the sleeping difficulty one is going through, treatment can involve anything from rehabilitation (through focused change of sleeping habits) to psychotherapy and onto the use of medication.
Psychotherapy is used in the treatment of some sleeping disorders out of the understanding that a number of psychological problems like depression (that can be adequately addressed through psychotherapy) manifest through such sleeping disorders, and unless such an underlying psychological disorder is addressed, there is very little chance of dealing with the sleeping disorders adequately.
Psychotherapeutic treatments sleeping disorders, on the other hand, get their efficacy from the fact that many sleeping disorders occur due to psychological illnesses such as depression (which typically manifests as either too much sleep or inability falling asleep), and which is best treated through psychotherapy as a first line of treatment, before resorting to medication if psychotherapy proves inadequate.
The use of medication in the treatment of sleeping disorders is reserved for those cases that are clearly rooted in things like biochemical in-adequacies, where the use of treatments like rehabilitation and psychotherapy would only lead to frustration as these (psychotherapy and rehabilitation) would not be reaching deep enough to the core of the problem.
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