
Insomnia can negatively impact your day
Most people think insomnia only affects you at night, but insomnia can also impact your day in the following ways:
Trouble falling and/or staying asleep
Waking up earlier than you want to

Not feeling refreshed after sleep
Excessive sleepiness during the day
Fatigue

80%
of people 65 or older taking prescription medications for insomnia reported experiencing effects that continue the next day in one US study.
Participants reported effects, such as:
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Drowsy
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Grogginess
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Trouble concentrating
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Difficulty remembering
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Sleeping too much
Insomnia’s unexpected impact
Symptoms related to frequent awakening and trouble getting back to sleep can negatively impact your overall health and quality of life.
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Poor Physical Function
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Poor Social Function (limited ability to perform social activities due to physical health or emotional problems)
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Emotional Health problems
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Poor Mental Health
According to research,
people with insomnia may
be at greater risk of:
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Type 2 diabetes
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Heart disease
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Stroke
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Dementia
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Parkinson’s disease
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Breast cancer (only those people who concurrently experience difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, and having feelings of nonrestorative sleep with their insomnia)
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Chronic pain
*AASM Morin CM, et al. Lancet. 2012;379:1129-41, Shekleton JA, et al. Sleep 2014; 37(1):107-16