Co-Morbid Insomnia

Insomnia is a sleep disorder that prevents the afflicted from going to sleep or going back to sleep once woken up (Nevid, 2015). It disrupts the restorative properties of sleep that makes us alert and refreshed. Insomnia in of itself is a broad term because there is chronic insomnia; more than six months, short-term insomnia; which is one to six months, and transient insomnia; less than one month (Insomnia). It can further be broken down to either primary or co-morbid insomnia. Primary insomnia is when it is not a side effect of another disease while co-morbid insomnia occurs with another disease.

There are various causes of insomnia that range from worrying too much to being a side effect of another illness; either physical or psychological.