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Long-term sleep trouble a byproduct of anxiety

Posted: Nov 4th 2007 2:54PM by Brian White
Filed under: Healthy Habits

Long-term sleep trouble issues plague millions of Americans. Whether it be the lack of sleep ability of even the act of falling asleep when your body is exhausted, stress and anxiety probably play a role somewhere in there outside of sleep apnea issues.

Major stresses like death, illness, divorce or financial woes are all biggies when it comes to daily anxiety -- and problems with sleep.

But, in a long-term twist noted by researchers this past week, anxiety before a major life stress event can cause sleep troubles can even last for up to six months after the stress even subsides.

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