Scientists have long proved the fact that during the working day, those people who get enough sleep at night are energetic, cheerful. The importance of a night's rest is colossal. Every day a person should devote about eight hours of sleep. If you can not get enough sleep at night, it is advisable to compensate for the time of sleep during the day.

Periodic lack of sleep leads to fatigue, provokes the development of general discomfort, weakness. Gradually, this condition leads to the development of many pathologies associated with both mental and physical health of a person.

Causes of poor sleep at night with frequent waking up

You can talk about the causes of poor sleep with frequent waking up for a long time. Coming to specialists for help, the patient says that I often wake up at night, for no apparent reason, how to fix the problem, what to do, it is not clear. In fact, sleep will not just be restless, something definitely provokes it. There are two possible reasons for this phenomenon:

• internal, related to the physiology of the human body;
• external, when nocturnal anxiety is provoked by external stimuli, the environment, during a night's rest.

In each case, the condition can be normalized in different ways, but first of all it is desirable to eliminate the irritating factor, after which drowsiness will become a common occurrence in the evening.

Physiological causes of poor sleep

Many people periodically wake up at night only due to internal stimuli, factors produced by the body itself:

• Insomnia. Often a person cannot fall asleep in the evening, wakes up in the middle of the night, closer to the morning, without properly resting, because he is “tormented” by insomnia. The problem is widespread, associated with emotional disorders, the mental state of a person as a whole. It happens that in the evening a person gets excited, emotionally aroused, or just watched a scary movie, which actually provoked the excitation of the cerebral cortex, which means waking up at night.
  However, along with this, insomnia entails a poor physical condition of a person - the development of certain diseases, their painful condition, causing general discomfort, problems with rest.
• Snore. Many people snore at night, and over the years the phenomenon develops so strongly that apnea attacks begin, sounds coming from the oral cavity, nasopharynx can be so distinct and loud that they simply frighten the snorer, he suddenly wakes up, often even shuddering with fear.
• Pregnancy. At one stage or another of gestation, many women often wake up at night. Internal changes in the body, changes in the hormonal background lead to a similar phenomenon. Anxiety of the baby, who begins to move, awakening the mother. Ailments associated with pregnancy.
• Uncomfortable sleeping position. People with a lot of weight often wake up at night, as well as at the moment when they manage to unconsciously take the wrong position in a dream. So the hand becomes numb, presses in the side, the back begins to hurt, which awakens, causing pain, discomfort.
• development of pathology. People who have mental and physical illnesses often wake up in the middle of the night. The course of any pathology at a particular stage of development may not yet be noticed by the patients themselves, but the body during such a period is already actively fighting, which unconsciously at a subconscious level does not allow you to sleep fully at night.
• Restless legs syndrome. Rarely, there are people who unconsciously constantly move their legs at night. Such movement often interferes with proper rest.
• Circadian disruption. Unfortunately, some part of the world's population is forced to work at night. Gradually, such hard work leads to failures of the internal systems of the body and a person simply “confuses” day with night, the state of rest-wakefulness is not respected. An unexpected change in the time zone leads to the same phenomenon.
• The man ate a lot, drank water before going to bed. Many people suffer from real gluttony and in the late afternoon, while watching TV, they simply “stuff” their stomachs with foods that make them get up and go to the toilet at night.

Each of these factors can cause systematic sleep disturbance. Poor sleep at night, frequent awakenings, provoke chronic fatigue, exhaustion of the body. Against the background of constant lack of sleep, chronic intractable pathologies develop.

External stimuli

Along with physiological factors, disturbing nighttime rest with frequent awakenings can be caused by external irritants that simply interfere with sleep, for example, very poor sleep can be caused by:

• Unsanitary condition of the premises. The temperature in the room should be such that a person feels comfortable during sleep, it is not hot, but not cold. Sleep will be especially good when the room is ventilated shortly before rest, and even better, the window remains ajar at night. It is important to maintain the humidity allowed by the SANPIN standards. Perform timely cleaning, as there will be no good rest in a dirty, stuffy room.
• Uncomfortable bed. In fact, it is important on which bed a person sleeps, for example, if pathologies of the musculoskeletal system are observed, it is better to sleep on a hard bed. A soft bed will cause discomfort, and even pain, which will definitely prevent you from sleeping at night.
  Bed linen in this regard is also desirable to choose the right one. If you sleep in night pajamas, then it should not be hot, in addition to the usual thin shirt, it is best to pick up warm blankets. Recently, in order to take a comfortable posture during sleep, doctors advise purchasing orthopedic pillows and mattresses. Such products allow you to make a night's sleep more comfortable, which means eliminating nighttime waking up.
• Extraneous noise. In a dream, a person is especially sensitive to the perception of extraneous sounds. He hears noisy neighbors, drops of water falling from a faucet, cars passing by. The one who snores nearby, tosses and turns in his sleep and simply interferes with sleep, this can cause you to wake up at night.

Understanding what can cause frequent nighttime awakenings, it becomes clear that until the provoking factor is eliminated, there will be no proper rest.

What to do

Faced with sleep disturbances at night, you first need to visit a good specialist. You need to find out if you have any physiological problems leading to a similar phenomenon. To this end, you need to go to the therapist, who, in turn, will refer you to narrower specialists. You will have to pass a series of tests, because it will not be possible to find out the pathology in other ways.

After that, if no problems with physical health are found, you will have to consult a neurologist, psychiatrist, or somnologist. Perhaps the reasons are hidden in the emotional state, mental disorders, hence frequent waking up. Analyzing the general condition, the doctor will try to find out when bad sleep occurs: in the morning, in the evening or in the middle of the night, which is quite important and has its consequences.

Having determined the cause, the specialist will give some tips on how to fix the problem. Usually, in such cases, the provoking factor itself is initially eliminated, and only after that, in addition, to alleviate the condition, sedatives, sleeping pills, and even tranquilizers can be prescribed.

It is impossible to cope with such disorders on your own, if we are not talking about a one-time short-term phenomenon. When a person wakes up at night for several days, or even months, this is already a serious problem that requires the attention of good specialists, otherwise, the consequences can become very serious.

Night sleep prevention

In order to sleep carefree during the night, relax, gain strength and energy for the next day, you need:

• Arrange comfort on your bed where you sleep.
• Ventilate the room before going to bed. Keep the room clean.
• Not much to eat at night.
• In the early stages, identify all health problems, deal with their treatment, eliminate symptoms.
• When there is constant noise “outside”, and it is impossible to eliminate these factors on your own, you can use earplugs at night so as not to hear the coming noises.
• Walk more outdoors.
• Lead a healthy lifestyle.

If you can’t cope with nighttime waking up on your own for several days, the state of the body is already painful. The body is weakened, exhausted, more serious measures need to be taken, in which only a doctor will help. The specialist, given the problem of frequent nighttime restlessness, will help eliminate it by prescribing a course of sedatives and other pills for sleep disturbance. It is impossible to choose such drugs on your own.