Chronic insomnia - Why Can not I Sleep?

Chronic insomnia, or a long-term patterns of insomnia may be a result of many factors and is only rarely by a factor. It is important to an investigator and detail your diet, lifestyle and concerns, so that you can identify what the cause or causes may be. If you can identify a medical condition or event, then with the onset of chronic insomnia is a good start in line, but no more than a simple event like an injury or illness starts a chain reaction of otherFactors that chronic insomnia alive and well, even after the original problem has been resolved to hold.

It is important to keep a diary for a couple of weeks, so you may make to your lifestyle and concerns. Start with the journaling of your time awake during the night - at least you'll feel like you are working on a solution to the problem, and the sheer stress of the investigation of the cause can help you fall asleep. Break the day up in activity, eating, drinking, emotions, physicalActivity, environment and time.

For example:

Sunday 14 June 2009 - 10pm - in bed and tired - but not sleep
11pm - out of bed and journaling
12 clock - back in bed

Monday 15 June 2009 - Work day (not uncommon)
3 - still in bed but awake - worried about how tired I am at 6
5 - get up in bed, but decided too late to try and sleep - and have a shower, dress and breakfast.
Meals: Breakfast - cereal and coffee 5.30, snack - coffee and pastries at10 clock, lunch - tuna sandwich, yogurt, snack - muffins and coffee - 3pm, dinner - steak and salad - 7pm, snack - banana 9.30pm
Drinks: 1 glass of water - 10, 3 cups of coffee, 2 glasses of wine at 7-9pm
Weather - 22 degrees and comfortable day
Physical activity - walking up and down work station - 3 blocks per round at 7.30 clock and 5pm
Emotions - nothing eventful - quiet, but physically tired
Drugs - 2 x Panadol at 7.30 clock, 3pm and 7pm for daythrobbing headache
Physical condition - low level throughout the day headaches, sore neck and back, a little relieved by paracetamol.
Home routine - dinner 7pm, TV-8-10pm, shower 10pm, bed 11pm

Repeat this process for at least 14 days and see if you can identify a routine or lack of routine.