Are you struggling with your sleep?

Changes in our sleep patterns are a normal and common part of aging, but there are things you can do if you begin having trouble getting a good night's sleep. Although sleep problems can increase with age due to medical issues and changing circadian clocks, age alone does not cause sleep problems.

As HealthGuide.org puts it: 

Poor sleep habits, untreated sleep disorders, medications, or medical problems can contribute to sleeplessness.

As such, gaining a clear understanding of how your body is changing and using tried and true ways to respond to those shifts can do a lot to help you get a better night's sleep. (Talking to your doctor is a great place to start.)

It's no accident that we spend a third of our lives asleep. Like the rest of the animal kingdom, we humans need sleep for our overall health and well-being. Restorative Sleep is particularly important during our nights of sleep.

Sleep is vital for rejuvenating both the body and the mind. Sleep is an active process that goes through several phases each night of becoming unconscious and being able to be aroused from this unconsciousness quickly.

During the week, you keep a firm schedule for work, with some play time squeeze in here and there.  On the weekends such a schedule might go out the window a bit but hey; it's the weekend.

But when it comes to scheduling enough sleep, you assume that it'll somehow take care of itself.  I mean, you do manage to make it to bed each night so your system of just crashing at the end of the day can't be broken, right?

However there are some nights where you just can't seem to get enough sleep.  Work - or pleasure - keeps you up far too late one night and the next, you're falling alseep in your dinner or dozing during your commute.

Fortunately, you can have much more control over your sleep schedule than you may assume. In fact, you can begin immediately to use strategies that will help you get a better night's sleep and enjoy more of the benefits that sleep offers.