That’s the holy grail. An actual cure for insomnia. Most of the “traditional” community will tell you that the way to treat insomnia and sleeplessness is with a sleeping pill. Of course they always start out with “try valerian tea” or “take some kava root”, but they often end up with “just take a pill… Read More…
I’ve asked for permission to repost this Psychology Today article, but haven’t received any. So here it goes anyway. I thought the content was so interesting, from a certified sleep specialist, that it was too good to paraphrase. Paradoxical Insomnia Sometimes people really are getting more sleep than they think. Published on June 18, 2012… Read More…
You could take weeks, months or years to research your sleep. But the information you really need is distilled here. In about five minutes, you’ll get a crash-course on sleep and insomnia. I’ll also tell you about treatment – what works and what doesn’t. What Is Insomnia? Insomnia is defined as either having a hard… Read More…
Joe Penniston via Compfight I’m sure this post will raise some anxiety if I dismiss an insomnia treatment that happens to work for you. I’m sorry, but as you’ll read later, I wonder if it’s really doing anything. I generally put most primary insomnia treatments (secondary insomnia is a whole other thing) into one of five… Read More…
Ludovic Bertron via Compfight I read in the paper a couple of weeks ago that recently deceased Junior Seau (All-Pro Linebacker with the San Diego Chargers) was taking Ambien for his horrendous insomnia. One of the known side effects of Ambien is suicidal thoughts. This, in combination with the multiple head trauma’s he must have… Read More…
jasleen_kaur via Compfight A study was “pre-announced” on June 7 from the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit regarding the link between hypertension and insomnia. It’s kind of vague, and relied on an “internet survey” for its results. A what?? This isn’t science. An internet survey about sleep that can draw relevant conclusions. Granted, I haven’t seen the… Read More…
Emilio Garcia via Compfight One of the most basic (and one of the most successful) of any kind of insomnia management is to change the way that you think about it. “Cognitive Behaviour Training” (CBT) is just another way of saying this. It’s all about reprogramming yourself to think and act differently about sleep. CBT… Read More…
Patrick Hoesly via Compfight I’m writing this post shortly after the news broke about a University of Alabama study led by Meagan Reuter (Postdoctoral Fellow with a Speciality in Sleep and Health Outcomes Research) regarding the link between elevated stroke risk and lack of sleep. Try as I might (and this might change in the… Read More…
Photo Credit: Chuck Patch via Compfight There are some fascinating results from a British study of insomnia (BMC Family Practice), and the treatment thereof by primary care physicians. Seems that your are more likely to still suffer from insomnia after 12 months if you went and saw a doctor, rather than handling it on your own:… Read More…
I really thought that insomnia was primarily a first world problem. Everyone is stressed out and can’t arrange enough time in their schedules for proper sleep. And even if they do, there’s so much going on that you can’t sleep anyways. Well, in addition to all the jobs we’ve exported overseas, it seems we’ve exported… Read More…
