Monitoring your sleep can actually lead to insomnia, says a sleep expert

Using an app to track your sleep can result in insomnia following an obsessive check of your stats, said an expert on sleep disorders.

According to neurologist Guy Lescziner, more and more patients with insomnia meticulously followed their sleep via smartphone apps and smart watches.

Speaking this week at the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, Dr. Lescziner said the apps were counterintuitive for getting a good night's sleep. "We have seen many people who have developed significant insomnia as a result of sleep monitoring or some reading about the devastating importance of sleep deprivation for you."

He added that the latest willingness to badyze our sleep patterns was part of a larger movement to "metrify our lives," alongside the calorie counting and tracking system. However, although these things can have a positive effect, Dr. Lescziner says that it can not be the same for our sleep because too much to badyze can make it more difficult to disconnect our brain.

"If you feel tired when you wake up and have a restful night's sleep, then you know you have a problem," he said.

"If you wake up every day and feel refreshed, if you are awake all day and you are ready to sleep at the same time each night, you probably sleep enough and you do not need to sleep. 39, an application to tell you. "

Healthy adults aged 18 to 65 are advised to sleep between seven and nine hours a night. However, according to the latest statistics, nearly 90% of UAE residents suffer from sleep deprivation, with 47% of them reporting having less than seven hours a night.