Scientists are working hard to address the management of chronic insomnia. Check out the latest reports below.
Chronic insomnia is addressed by experts
In the new Annals called ‘Beyond the Guidelines,’ a clinical psychologist and sleep physician debate the management of a patient with chronic insomnia.
It’s important to note the fact that he has been treated with medications. All ‘Beyond the Guidelines’ features are based on the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston and include print, video, and educational components published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
“Insomnia, which is characterized by persistent sleep difficulties in association with daytime dysfunction, is a common concern in clinical practice. Chronic insomnia disorder is defined as symptoms that occur at least 3 times per week and persist for at least 3 months,” according to the notes,
It’s also important to note the fact that recent guidelines published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) recommended multicomponent cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and a limited number of medications that might be useful for insomnia.
A new insomnia cure?
Dr. Karan Raj is famous on TikTok, and he’s now sharing an important message to those suffering from insomnia: you can overcome it by using reversed psychology. At first, surely the idea sounds absurd, but Raj claims that it’s exactly what cured his insomnia.
In a nutshell, you lay down in bed, saying to yourself that you won’t fall asleep. That’s right, you’ve read it correctly!
Dr. Karan Raj explains everything, as The Jerusalem Post quotes:
When I started working as a doctor, I struggled with insomnia. There’s one thing I thought wouldn’t work but it did.
Basically, you say to yourself ‘I’m not going to sleep’ and you stay awake. You don’t read a book, play with your phone or watch TV, anything. You just lie in bed with your eyes open. You force yourself to stay awake, tell yourself ‘Don’t go to sleep, don’t go to sleep.’ In many cases, you’ll feel tired and fall asleep. It works for me.
In the comments, the doctor added, as the same source quotes:
By the way, this is called ‘paradoxical intent.’ If I tell you not to think about a polar bear … guess what you’ll think of first? Works the same way!
Stay tuned for more news.
