What should I do if I suffer from insomnia due to staying up late for a long time?

Modern people are under great pressure at work, so they often work overtime and stay up late, have irregular diets, and have irregular rest time, which will inevitably lead to the occurrence of some diseases in the long run. Especially young people, they will have various social engagements at work, so they stay up late for a long time. So what should they do if they suffer from insomnia caused by staying up late for a long time? Insomnia will affect our normal life, and we will not be able to work normally the next day. Insomnia can also lead to other diseases, such as headaches, and constipation caused by toxins in the body, so it must be treated in time.

(1) Improve sleep quality and/or increase effective sleep time; (2) Restore social function and improve the patient's quality of life; (3) Reduce or eliminate the risk of physical diseases related to insomnia or comorbid physical diseases; (4) Avoid the negative effects of drug intervention.

2. Intervention methods

Intervention measures for insomnia mainly include drug treatment and non-drug treatment. For patients with acute insomnia, early drug treatment is recommended. For patients with subacute or chronic insomnia, whether primary or secondary, psychological and behavioral treatment should be used in addition to drug treatment, even for those insomnia patients who have been taking sedatives and hypnotics for a long time. The main effective psychological and behavioral treatment for insomnia is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-I).

Other non-drug treatments other than psychological and behavioral therapy, such as diet therapy, aromatherapy, massage, homeopathy, light therapy, etc., lack convincing large-sample controlled studies. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating insomnia, but due to its unique individualized medical model, it is difficult to evaluate using the modern evidence-based medicine model. The importance of sleep health education should be emphasized, that is, psychological behavioral therapy, drug therapy and traditional medicine treatment should be carried out on the basis of establishing good sleep hygiene habits.

3. Drug treatment for insomnia

Although there are many types of drugs with hypnotic effects, the primary use of most of these drugs is not to treat insomnia. Currently, the drugs used in clinical treatment of insomnia mainly include benzodiazepine receptor agonists.

4. Physical therapy

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is a new non-drug treatment for insomnia. Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a new technology that provides magnetic stimulation to specific parts of the human skull. It refers to the process of repeatedly stimulating a specific part of the cortex.

The above are some ways to treat insomnia caused by staying up late for a long time. We still need to change our lifestyle, not stay up late often, and try our best to develop good living habits. You can use medication to treat it, but it should be done under the guidance of a doctor and not by yourself blindly. Also pay attention to eating more nutritious foods.