When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Anyone who has experienced insomnia will know how utterly overwhelming it ...

Insomnia is often used as a catch-all term to describe a whole slew of sleep problems. Trouble falling asleep, waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to fall back asleep, and waking ...

Sleep is something you may take for granted — until it becomes elusive. While an occasional sleepless night is nothing to worry about, chronic insomnia is a different story altogether. Affecting an ...

Having trouble sleeping? You’re not alone. The Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit, academic medical center, reports that every year up to 70 million Americans say they suffer from some type of sleep ...

In the previous post, we considered why insomnia is not the same as sleep deprivation. But what is insomnia, then? The question as to the underlying cause of sleeplessness is very common in clinical ...

Insomnia can be short-term (acute), or it can last a long time (chronic). It can also come and go, with periods of time when a person sleeps fine. Acute insomnia can last up to 3 months and often has ...

Everyone has trouble sleeping from time to time, especially when things are stressful. But some people lie awake night after night, silently suffering from chronic insomnia. Losing so much sleep can ...

Doctors say pills are not the best way to treat lasting insomnia. Jan. 20, 2012— -- Editor's Note: The original published text of this story began with an anecdote about a man who claimed to ...

Leigh Weingus is a New York-based freelance writer and former senior editor at HuffPost, Elite Daily and Mindbodygreen. Her work has been featured in Well+Good, Glamour, Parade, Bustle, NBC News and ...

In the previous post, we considered why insomnia is not the same as sleep deprivation. But what is insomnia, then? The question as to the underlying cause of sleeplessness is very common in clinical ...