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When you don’t get enough sleep, your whole day is ruined. You feel slow and irritable, it’s tough to focus and remember details, and all you can think about is going home. Essentially, sleep rejuvenates your body and mind to leave you refreshed and ready to attack another day’s work, stress, chores, emotions and hopefully fun times.

The Common Causes of Insomnia

There are quite a few causes of insomnia, including stress, anxiety, family issues, financial troubles, excess caffeine or sugar, and even side effects of medications. Taking drugs for a medical condition can have a massive impact on the amount or quality of your sleep. If you’re on a medication for the long haul, you could experience gradual decrease in sleep quality, and a gradual increase in the side effects of insomnia.

The leading cause of insomnia is stress, which usually leads to some level of depression or anxiety. In order to treat anxiety or high levels of stress, many people are prescribed Zoloft.

The Connection Between Zoloft and Insomnia

Zoloft is quite simply an anti-depressant administered through prescription, and it can work wonders in a very short time frame. It balances the serotonin levels in the patient’s brain which reduces stress. Zoloft and insomnia are connected because when dealing with sleep disorders, one’s stress and anxiety levels increase, and vice versa. But when Zoloft steps in, stress and anxiety are reduced, eliminating the root cause and a side effect of insomnia!

Learn More About Zoloft and Insomnia

It is essential to talk to your doctor about getting on Zoloft, only after you have tried other simpler methods that prove ineffective. While Zoloft is not primarily administered for insomnia, your doctor should recognize the connection and prescribe it to you if appropriate. One thing to watch out for is that Zoloft can be habit-forming, so be careful not to become dependent on it.

Stress, anxiety and depression are very serious disorders, and insomnia is only one side effect. In order to decrease your stress and anxiety levels, take action to follow the 4 A’s as recommended by the Mayo Clinic: Avoid, Alter, Accept or Adapt. Choose your response to stressful situations from these 4 alternatives.

Avoid
This is simply getting yourself out of the stressful situation altogether in whatever way possible.

Alter
This is changing the actual source of stress itself so it has less stressful effect on you.

Accept
This is coping with the stress as unavoidable fact, and moving on.

Adapt
This is changing your mindset or environment to decrease the negative impact the stress has on you.

By choosing one of these 4 simple techniques, you’ll find stress is much easier dealt with. If this method does not work for you, consult your doctor about a Zoloft prescription.