I am 16 years old and suffer from severe clinical insomnia that has been going on for more than a year. I feel cold all the time and have muscle pain.

Question

Sleeplessness is a clinical symptom of some disease process with a cause. Sleeping tablets is not a permanent solution but a temporary measure. This also may not work over a period necessitating increase in dosage or change in medication. Causes of sleeplessness are any illness, depression, anxiety, stress, poor sleeping environment, excessive caffeine intake, alcoholism, heavy smoking, physical discomfort, daytime, napping, pain, cough, itching, hyperkinetic patients, etc. Healthy life style changes, proper nutritional diet, mind relaxing techniques, proper daily exercise, meditation etc may be looked into. A detail workout by a physician for any clinical cause or health issue is to be done first. When these issues are explored and attended you should see a psychiatrist for further help regarding psycho analysis and mind relaxing etc. Good physician will have to treat feeling of cold and muscle pain.

Subhash Divekar · Accepted Answer

Sleeplessness is a clinical symptom of some disease process with a cause. Sleeping tablets is not a permanent solution but a temporary measure. This also may not work over a period necessitating increase in dosage or change in medication. Causes of sleeplessness are any illness, depression, anxiety, stress, poor sleeping environment, excessive caffeine intake, alcoholism, heavy smoking, physical discomfort, daytime, napping, pain, cough, itching, hyperkinetic patients, etc. Healthy life style changes, proper nutritional diet, mind relaxing techniques, proper daily exercise, meditation etc may be looked into. A detail workout by a physician for any clinical cause or health issue is to be done first. When these issues are explored and attended you should see a psychiatrist for further help regarding psycho analysis and mind relaxing etc. Good physician will have to treat feeling of cold and muscle pain.