If you dream that you are awake all night, can that be called insomnia since the results are the same??

insomnia (ĭn-sŏm'nē-ə)::

Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time.

If you are asleep and "dreaming of being awake" you cannot be an insomniac.

If you awake and have difficulty getting to sleep, then your suffering from insomnia, so long as you awake longer than say 20 hours or so.

Adults should have about 7-9 hours sleep a day.

Some people get as little as 5 and other get as much as 10-11

Children need about 8-10 hours, but this also varies.

There is no rules with this.

If you DREAMED you were awake, your not expiering insomnia.

Though, I would imagine that you feel asleep and then woke up briefly.

Assuming you mean the person is asleep while they have these dreams, no. It is at best a pseudo insomnia. Although similar, this is a different health problem and should not be treated as if it was insomnia. Although some treatment may overlap.

No. Because if you were dreaming it, then, you were really asleep. No one dreams while awake unless they are "daydreaming" or experiencing an episode of narcolepsy. Narcolepsy, on the otherhand, is an unnatural state of semiconciousness and may indeed, result in insomnia and the results that accompany it.

Insomnia (sleeplessness) is due to stress,

dietary and medical problems. By making

small lifestyle changes like having a fixed

daily routine, relaxing and eating properly,

insomnia can be cured. I found the information at

maybe you are in a twilight state, I know I do this some nights and it is awful. But I do not think it is insomnia yes the results are the same, no rest

That is a great question...you may be dealing with anxiety. You sound stressed. Talk to your doctor about sleep aids or therapy and not the shrink kind either..lol.

lol, no you are sleeping not awake.