Converse of object

• relieve: These natural approaches can help normalize hormone levels, diminish hot flushes, and relieve the insomnia and anxiety that many women experience.

• cure: Scientists have concluded that exposure to a bright light source for 30 minutes in the morning or evening may be able to cure insomnia.

• treat: The use of melatonin to treat insomnia in cancer patients is under evaluation.

• combat: Combating insomnia is a daily struggle for people like David.

• suffer: Sleeping problems - insomnia - are very common and most of us suffer some insomnia at some point of our lives.

• cause: Anxiety can cause insomnia, making jet lag worse.

Adjective modifier

• chronic: In a trial involving eight infants, chronic insomnia was traced to an allergy to cow's milk.

• severe: One patient, for instance, complained of severe insomnia.

• primary: People who have primary insomnia ( see above ) may need to see a hospital specialist.

• fatal: Fatal familial insomnia ( FFI ) was described in 1986.

• familial: Fatal familial insomnia ( FFI ) was described in 1986.

• short-term: Acute, or short-term insomnia may not require treatment.

Modifies a noun

• cure: THANKS to several readers who came up with insomnia cures following the last Ward's World.

• treatment: How to stay asleep once you get there Perhaps the most interesting recent development in insomnia treatment is the herb chaste tree.

• sufferer: For instance, some abnormally high mains frequency fields are found in the bedrooms of very many insomnia sufferers.

Noun used with modifier

• rebound: Rebound insomnia, rebound anxiety, severe hangover and impaired functioning, including anterograde amnesia.

• combat: Amethyst is said to be an aid to spiritual awareness and healing, and it is believed to help combat insomnia.

Preposition: in

• patient: The use of melatonin to treat insomnia in cancer patients is under evaluation.

• regulation: Psychological treatment for insomnia in the regulation of long-term hypnotic drug use.

Preposition: for

• time: Depression If you have been suffering from insomnia for some time you may be depressed.