Express News Service
Being jolted up from sleep in the dead of the night may not be in your control but going back to sleep is. Experts tell you how.
There must have been a time when you found yourself awake in the dead of the night. So awake and active, you could run a marathon. Restlessness grips you as sleep eludes us. After many unsuccessful rounds of trying, you jolt out of the bed, acceding defeat. This inability to fall back asleep has got a name: sleep-maintenance insomnia. And its biggest enemy is anxiety.
Sleep and anxiety don’t go well together. “Irregular functioning of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leads to sleep disturbances, jerking you awake. You may also experience restless legs syndrome, a temporary but uncontrollable urge to move your legs,” says Mumbai-based sleep specialist Dr Mudhulika Shinde, adding, “Waking up suddenly may not be in your control, but going back to sleep can be.” Here’s how.