Cognisleep Consent for treatment
Cognisleep is a sleep therapy program that is used to treat Chronic insomnia. Cognisleep is based on the ioral therapy for insomnia, also called CBT-I.
CBT-I has been found to improve insomnia symptoms in up to 80% of individuals with Chronic insomnia,and 90% of the patients have been able to reduce or stop using sleep medications (Sleep Health Foundation publication Feb 14, 2023).
CBT-I has been found to improve insomnia symptoms in up to 80% of individuals with Chronic insomnia,and 90% of the patients have been able to reduce or stop using sleep medications (Sleep Health Foundation publication Feb 14, 2023).
Sleeping pills are associated with significant side effects, and they don’t address the core problem of Chronic insomnia. Sleeping pills are best used for a short time and not for an extended period of time. Sleeping pills have been linked to memory loss, daytime grogginess, or sleepiness, and in some cases, addiction, to name a few. The longer sleeping is taken, the more likely you may develop significant side effects (Sleep Foundation publication July 17, 2023)
Chronic insomnia is developed over time due to a combination of predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors. Predisposing factors include advancing age, family history of insomnia, female sex, a certain lifestyle, and stress or worry. Precipitating factors include Acute stress, illness, jet lag, or a psychiatric condition (such as an episode of depression) that may lead to poor sleep. The result is that the patient develops Perpetuating factors which include behaviors and negative thoughts as well as negative emotions that maintain the poor sleep cycle. Behaviors involve poor sleep habits, primarily napping and spending extended time in bed trying to force sleep, which dysregulates the sleep–wake cycle and disturbs the sleep drive.
Negative thoughts and emotions often include unhealthy beliefs about sleep and undue worries, which perpetuate sleep problems. To break the cycle for good, it requires a step-to-step approach that deals with the core of Chronic insomnia. (Spielman AJ, et al. A behavioral perspective on insomnia treatment. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 1987; 10:541–553
Cognisleep addresses the factors that contribute to chronic insomnia. Cognisleep consists of 6 weekly treatment sessions. While You may go at your own pace, we strongly encourage our patients to finish the program within 6-8 weeks, as it is more effective when used this way
The therapy has five main components: Consolidation of sleep, Stimulus control, Cognitive therapy, Instructions on Sleep hygiene, and various uses of Relaxation techniques.
Certain people may experience a temporary increase in drowsiness at the initiation of treatment, but it is short-term. We encourage patients undergoing Cognisleep treatment to avoid operating a motor vehicle or any other heavy machinery during this period if feeling sleepy
