#3 Medication
Numerous prescription drugs, including certain antidepressants and treatments for asthma or high blood pressure, can disrupt sleep. Several over-the-counter medications, including some pain relievers, allergy, and cold remedies, and weight-loss drugs, include stimulants like caffeine, which is known to keep you awake.
For a very long time, beta-blockers have been linked to sleep problems like nightmares and nighttime awakenings. They are believed to accomplish this by obstructing melatonin’s nightly release, a hormone crucial to controlling sleep and the circadian rhythm of the body. Chronic sleeplessness has occasionally been linked to low levels of melatonin.
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I am 76 years old. I had triple by-pass surgery in July of 2019 in which my esophagus was damaged when they had to inject a breathing tube since my lungs were being by-passed. Then I have had three major disabling strokes. I seemed to be recovering and I had another stroke that has made me re-dependent on my walker. The insomnia was evident while I was in the hospital so they gave me narcotic level prescription. Eventually I stopped that and switched to a variety of OTC supplements especially Melatonin.