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Health mUr m \ *4 T w RTERICi jwte£ Could lead to anxiety disorder ANXIETY AND depression often bring on insomnia. If you’re depressed, falling asleep might be tough; if you’re anxious, you might wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. But if you can’t sleep for other rea sons, could your insomnia eventually cause anxiety or depression? A new study involving 25,130 Norwegian adults of fers some clues. “Chronic insomnia indicates a vulner ability to developing anxiety,” says study leader Dag Neckelmann, M.D., of Hauke land University Hospital in Norway. “But we found no evidence that insomnia is a risk factor for depression.” The longer your insomnia lasts some people in the study had it as long as 11 years the greater your chance of having or developing a condition known as “generalized anxi ety disorder.” That’s not all. In a large study of how people func tion at work, re- 7 INSOMNIA FIXES' • Get cognitive behavioral therapy. • Avoid napping. • Minimize caffeine, j • Go to bed and get up at the same time daily. ( • Use bed for sleep | or intimacy only. | • Allocate enough | time for sleep. | • Don't go to bed I until you're sleepy. I searchers were surprised to discover that long-term insomnia upped the risk of a permanent disability unrelated to any other physical or psychological illness. What it means? If you have chronic insomnia, get help. “The earlier you get treatment,” Neckelmann says, “the eas ier it is to treat, and the better your outcome.” E 2 Susan T. Lennon USA WEEKEND • Sept 21-23,2007 Brief Most sleep aids only help you fall asleep 'llll * ".V* >*■ *'*' itarV*--- I/;', Ip 13 ■ Bring this FREE #Day Trial Offer • GOOD FOR 7 TABLETS OF GWI.Y 6.25-MG OR 12S-MG ft -£, £-' *'- > . M 6.25-MG ft 12.5-MG EXTEMDH3 RELEASE TABLETS ©2006-2007 sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC. All rights reserved. U5.ACR.07.06.064 June 2007 Printed in USA USA WEEKEND ORDERCARD Trouble sleeping? Take advantage of our •ID #: CDX137012 JSI • BIN «: 610500 - AMBIEN helps you fall asleep and ;rs in clinical studies. be taken for as long iry. Be sure you're ke, with amnesia for >es, sleep medicines you have an allergic ’iness and headache. BENCR" iARHifItEXME/ISEASBG 23-MG EXTENDED RELEASE CABLETS p from start to finish.’" PRINTED IN USA