Insomniac
by Gayle Greene
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Author: Gayle GreeneEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-10
ISBN: 0520246306
Number of pages: 520
Publisher: University of California Press
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Book Review: Groundbreaking work from someone who really, truly, finally gets it
Summary: 5 Stars
It's unfortunate that I had to read this book in the first place - I really wish I had no interest in the subject matter. But the reality is that I'm a chronic insomniac.
After receiving so much inadequate, inaccurate, unhelpful and even downright dangerous advice (including from "top notch" doctors who've prescribed various benzodiazepines to me for 18 years), I am grateful that someone finally decided to get to the bottom of the problem and lay out a comprehensive and current state of affairs.
Unlike every other book on this subject matter that I've seen, Gayle Greene doesn't have a vested interest in any one avenue of treatment or research, and as a result, covers them all, with passion, curiosity, empathy and humor. She has a keen intellect, and her excellent prose might have something to do with the fact that her day gig is as a college English professor.
Perhaps the most important function of the book is as a call to arms to the research community to understand that insomnia has a physiological component that has been ignored for far too long, and that the only serious hope of any treatment or cure will lie in that relatively untapped vein.
Oh, and assuming you're a fellow sufferer - there is hope. Although it is not the intent of the book, during the course of my reading it, my sleep has improved markedly. The book does cover a multitude of suggestions on what works for various people, some of which I'd never heard of before and which I've incorporated.
My success is probably mostly due to having successfully kicked all sleeping meds as of a year ago (under a CBT doctor's supervision), and lifestyle improvements. But this inspiring and illuminating work has given me a basis of understanding my condition that has given me great comfort, and reassurance that within these pages may lie the inspiration for the future Jonas Salk of insomnia.
Summary of Insomniac
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.Sleep Disorders Books
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