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Insomniac | 
 enlarge | Author: Gayle Greene
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 98833
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 520
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6 x 1.7
ISBN: 0520246306
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8498
EAN: 9780520246300
ASIN: 0520246306
Publication Date: March 10, 2008
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I can't work, I can't think, I can't connect with anyone anymore. . . . I mope through a day's work and haven't had a promotion in years. . . . It's like I'm being sucked dry, eaten away, swallowed up, coming unglued. . . . These are voices of a few of the tens of millions who suffer from chronic insomnia. In this revelatory book, Gayle Greene offers a uniquely comprehensive account of this devastating and little-understood condition. She has traveled the world in a quest for answers, interviewing neurologists, sleep researchers, doctors, psychotherapists, and insomniacs of all sorts. What comes of her extraordinary journey is an up-to-date account of what is known about insomnia, providing the information every insomniac needs to know to make intelligent choices among medications and therapies. Insomniac is at once a field guide through the hidden terrain inhabited by insomniacs and a book of consolations for anyone who has struggled with this affliction that has long been trivialized and neglected.
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 incredible information here August 15, 2008
On every page, I kept saying, this is my life. Her information on the whole problem of insomnia and the sleep medicine industry was eye opening and right on target. so much useful information. And it reads like a novel! Fantastic book that should be read by all MDs in the field, as well as all people who have sleep problems. and all politicians as well.
This book is much needed and long overdue August 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am so glad I found this book. This book is practical, informative, and gives a voice to insomniacs. The research in this book is very thorough, and the personal perspective balances out scientific information with human experience. I have been disappointed and frustrated with the medical community's treatment of insomnia, and it was such a relief to read that I am not the only one. In fact, we learn from this book how this a fundamental barrier to effectively researching and treating insomnia.
As an insomniac, this book has helped me tremendously. I recommend it for anyone suffering from insomnia, as well as anyone who knows someone with insomnia, or anyone interested in the fascinating subject of sleep.
 Important book but too long, even for an insomniac July 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book made important points in clear, enjoyable, passionate prose. Greene discusses possible physical causes of insomnia, the financial disincentives for scientists and pharmaceutical companies to develop new remedies, and the need for insomniacs to organize into a patients' interest group. Likewise, her personal stories and discussions with other insomniacs underscore how often insomniacs are blamed rather than helped by health care professionals.
Nevertheless, the book goes on at such length about these points that it develops an overwrought tone. Moreover, because it focuses so much on Greene's problem, sleep maintenance rather than sleep onset, this other form of insomnia gets little discussion or consideration.
As a fellow sufferer, though, the best thing this book has done for me is
lead me to accept my condition. In fact, after reading this book, I think I don't suffer nearly as much from my sleepless nights as others do, so henceforth I will look at my tossing and turning time as a gift, and slink out of bed and into an armchair with more books!
Fantastically Helpful Book July 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What did I like best about this book? It did not blame me for my insomnia. It did not patronize me for one minute. It did not tell me that I had obviously not tried to solve my sleep problems, or not tried hard enough. This is a book that works for people having their first insomnia problems and for those of us who have struggled for years. Gayle Green has undertaken a very thorough study of the science and business of sleep as they stand today, given a review of the history of insomnia, and presented many avenues for future research and experimentation. I now have more hope than I have had in years that I might improve my sleep. Heck, just knowing that there are other people out there going through the same experience I am gives a great deal of comfort. This book confirms the logical conclusion that insomnia is a complex, multi-faceted problem that needs a great deal more attention than it now receives. I can only thank her for having written it. Anyone who has trouble sleeping-- or knows someone who does-- should read this book.
More Thanks To Gayle Greene July 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Finally, research that supports the "truths" about insomnia. I am a lifetime sufferer and I took copious notes. Other reviewers have nicely summarized the author's helpful hints, her empowering research, the validation readers will get from reading this book and the interesting and easy read the author has accomplished. I want to add two things. First, I finally have a VOCABULARY and a language to use when discussing my affliction. For example: broken sleep-switch, a defect in the sleep system, need for a paradigm shift, cumulative effects of disturbed sleep, ratcheting up. Second, the reality that other people have insomnia as seriously or even more seriously than I do amazed me. I have achieved a better level of acceptance just knowing this. What a gift this science and this validation have been to me. I wish this book had been available years ago when I first starting trying to "find the cure."
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