Say Good Night to Insomnia

Say Good Night to Insomnia
by Gregg D. Jacobs

Say Good Night to Insomnia
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Author: Gregg D. Jacobs
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-15
ISBN: 0805089586
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Book Reviews of Say Good Night to Insomnia

Book Review: Pragmatic, and really works
Summary: 4 Stars

I've been suffering from insomnia for about six years, and I've tried many things to cure it, including relaxation exercises, sleeping pills, acupuncture, and herbal remedies. This book has given me the best relief of any method I've tried. I attribute this largely to the sleep diary, and to the progressive six-week program. Each week you focus on a couple of new issues. You pay more attention to that issue in your sleep diary, and you try to change your habits in that area.

For example in week 2 you focus on "sleep efficiency". You try to tailor your sleep habits so that you don't go to bed too early or get out of bed too late. You allot only a certain amount of time per night for sleep: you allot the average amount of real sleep you've had per night, calculated over the previous couple of weeks.

As you can see from this example, the sleep diary allows you to know the facts about your own sleep habits, e.g. how much sleep are you really getting, how many hours are you just laying in bed, etc. It turns out that before I began keeping the sleep diary I had very distorted ideas about how much sleep I was actually getting, and about how much sleeping pills actually did for me.

The only downside to the book is that the author does come off as being a bit overconfident. He has a kind of absolutist tone which I sometimes find irritating. He bandies the name of Harvard about quite a bit too.

Overall though this book has been very useful to me, and I am fairly certain that anyone who follows it seriously will have great improvement in their insomnia. The approach recommended by the book is based on education. The idea is that if you know more about yourself, and about sleep physiology, you'll be able to overcome insomnia. You can re-train yourself to get out of the bad habits that have caused insomnia. And it's remarkable how true this is.

Summary of Say Good Night to Insomnia

The bestselling guide to curing insomnia without drugs by "a pioneer" of the field, now updated with the latest research (The Wall Street Journal)

For the past ten years, sleep-deprived Americans have found natural, drug-free relief from insomnia with the help of Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs?s Say Good Night to Insomnia.

Jacobs?s program, developed and tested at Harvard Medical School and based on cognitive behavioral therapy, has been shown to improve sleep long-term in 80 percent of patients, making it the gold standard for treatment. He provides techniques for eliminating sleeping pills; establishing sleep-promoting behaviors and lifestyle practices; and improving relaxation, reducing stress, and changing negative thoughts about sleep.

In this updated edition, Jacobs surveys the limitations and dangers of the new generation of sleeping pills, dispels misleading and confusing claims about sleep and health, and shares cutting-edge research on insomnia that proves his approach is more effective than sleeping pills.

Say Good Night to Insomnia is the definitive guide to overcoming insomnia without drugs for the thousands of Americans who are looking for a healthy night?s rest.

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