For the Mayo Clinic News Network, I'm Vivien Williams. Vivien Williams: He also suggests keeping your bedroom as dark and quiet as possible. It's not for spreadsheets, it's not for watching TV. The bedroom, the bed is for sex and sleep. Somers: We've got bright lights all over the place, and then we switch the lights off, we lie in bed and expect to sleep. Sleeping pills may have side effects, such as daytime drowsiness and nausea. Research shows that lifestyle and behavior changes are the best long-term choice to help you sleep well. Somers offers the following tips: Avoid alcohol and big meals before bed don't exercise right before bed and turn off all screens, including your smartphone, an hour before bed.ĭr. Sleeping pills work best and are safest if you use them for a short time along with lifestyle changes. This is because certain sleep aids work quickly and wear off fast, and others start slowly and last a long time. Studies have found consistently rising rates of sleep aid use. In addition to the next-day grogginess (which 32 percent of people who take prescription sleeping pills experience ), dizziness. Sleeping pills or other sleep aids are commonly used to treat insomnia and occasional sleeplessness. ![]() ![]() Vivien Williams: Poor sleep may increase your risk of conditions such as heart disease, obesity, depression, dementia. Lipman says sleeping pills create more problems than they solve. Taking a Second Look If you still can’t sleep with sleeping. Somers: Sleep is very much a multidisciplinary specialty for good reason because sleep affects all the organs of the body. Heart disease Stroke A growing body of research suggests sleep deprivation could also play a role in the development of dementia. Virend Somers is a cardiologist who studies sleep.ĭr. ![]() Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D.: When you don't sleep well, bad things happen.
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