What to do about insomnia and depression? Treatment for insomnia and depression

Patients with insomnia and depression often cannot sleep at night, which will affect their life for the whole next day. In fact, this situation can be alleviated through self-adjustment. Everyone should pay attention to maintaining a positive and optimistic attitude and can also participate in more sports appropriately.

1. Maintain a positive, optimistic, contented and happy attitude . Have a full understanding of social competition, personal gains and losses, etc., and avoid psychological imbalance due to setbacks. Can maintain harmonious interpersonal relationships with neighbors.

2. Carry out more self-regulation and self-suggestion activities. This can be done by playing some relaxing activities, counting repeatedly, etc. Sometimes, a little relaxation can help you fall asleep faster. Take your family out for a trip often to relax, communicate with your family often, and talk to your family when you encounter unhappy things.

3. Try to reduce the time of sleeping during the day, and have a good sleep when you are tired at night. Taking a nap may be a treat for some people, but it is not allowed for those who can't sleep at night. Anyone who sleeps during the day should not complain about not being able to sleep at night. Except for the elderly who can take a short nap during the day, naps or power naps should be avoided, otherwise it will reduce sleepiness and sleep time at night.

4. Participating in more sports and regular activities can help you sleep, but it should be noted that you should not do strenuous exercise within two hours before going to bed.

5. Develop good habits before sleeping and avoid thinking about problems. In order to distract your attention, you can count or watch TV with a timer to fall asleep.

6. Auxiliary drug treatment . For some more seriously ill patients, sleeping pills or small doses of anti-anxiety and anti-depressants should be used in a short period of time and in appropriate amounts under the guidance of a doctor. This may lead to faster and better treatment results.