Sleep aids in medication form often do more harm then good. The idea of popping a pill and falling into a blissful state of heavy rest may very well sound like a dream come true for insomniacs and others with problems sleeping. But it would be naïve to assume that a pill can solve any problem. Rebound insomnia is one of the unfortunate side effects of sleeping pills, and a major reason why when searching for the proper sleep aid, one should look for a healthier alternative than medications.

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Another edition of our popular “Links of the Week” is here to bring you this week’s breaking news about sleep aids and problems during sleep.  Lets dive right into things and get this sleeping informational party started.
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Sleep aids - over the counter pills and prescriptions - are the primary alternatives for people looking for a quick fix to get a good amount of sleep.  However, taking a sleep aid that forces the body to sleep is perhaps one of the worst ways to get an accurate and healthy amount of sleep.  The human brain is not dumb; it can recognize when an artificial sleeping agent is affecting its patterns of functionality.  The result of using taking a pill to get “better” sleep usually comes with multiple negative forms known on the warning labels as: side effects.
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After taking a week off from our famous “better sleeping links of the week”, we’re back with some more great links to keep all of you up to date.  We went with a more global approach for this week’s links because some interesting sleep studies were conducted on the other side of the world, and of course, we love including sleep studies.
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Sleep Problems affect about 40+ Americans, and with the current state of the economy, its most likely going to increase in the near future.  More and more people are turning to prescription sleep aids to help catch up on their ZZZs without fully understanding the effects that they can have on their body.
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Staying up late at night to catch the end of ESPN’s Sportcenter may not be such a great thing for your health.  According to Yu Misao, MD, of the Misao Health Clinic in Gifu, Japan, the fewer hours of sleep that men get at night translate into a higher BMI, blood pressure, and triglyceride levels.  The solution to this sleeping problem trickles down to paying more attention to bed times and the general quality of sleep.
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It’s Friday; you know what that means right? It’s time for Speed Sleep’s “Better Sleeping Links of the Week”.  This week had some great articles that we wanted to share with you, our reader, to help better understand the importance that sleep has on the body.
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Sleep aids are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s worrisome economy.  Loss of sleep from the increased amounts of stress related to one’s financial positioning and job security has sparked a sales spike for sleeping aids, specifically pills.  Mostly unknown to the people who are taking the pills are the side effects and long-term damage that they are potentially causing to their bodies.
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Sleep aids, sleeping problems and sleep news; that’s the general idea fueling our “links of the week”.  We found some great articles for you to read over the weekend so grab a blanket, plug in your computer, make some hot green tea, sit back and enjoy the reading.
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Sleep aids and sleeping problems are the usual topics that we like to tackle in our blog posts.  We feel that the more sleep awareness that we provide for our readers, the more knowledge they will have about the benefits and risks that sleeping produces for the body.  Last week, we blogged about the possible connection between sleeping and diabetes and apparently one of our readers had a deep personal connection with blog post.
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