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Why sleep-is-essential?Sleep-is-essential for your physical and mental well-being. When you're sleep-deprived, recovery from stress takes longer, and you're more likely to develop infections, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
You may have problems with learning and memory, may be depressed and irritable, and apt to make mistakes on the job.
People with insomnia have twice as many car accidents as does the general population. Sleep-is-essential because it's restorative, and it usually provides enough dreaming time (REM sleep) to improve learning, memory and mood. But most sleep experts agree that there are times when sleeping pills, may be of help. Times when there is grief or pain, or when it will affects your job performance. Sleeping pills are a temporary aid and shouldn't be taken for more than a few days to a few weeks. As the weeks goes by, pills become less effective. When taken for long periods or in higher than normal doses, sleeping pills can cause serious problems that far outweigh their benefits. The side effects are: It will mask the real causes such as depression, heart trouble, Parkinson's disease and asthma, also delay treatment of these disorders May cause rebound insomnia — which is worse than the original problem. This occurs when a person quits taking sleeping pills and the insomnia comes back. So instead of being a cure, sleeping pills can become a cause of insomnia.
Will interact with other medications and alcohol, often with serious, even deadly outcome. Lead to high blood pressure, dizziness, short-term amnesia, weakness, nausea, confusion, and bizarre behavior.
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