Word: insomnia
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...wait. It might be two or three hours before I drop off. And even then, I might wake up a couple of hours later and go through the whole thing again. I'm not alone, either. According to the U.S. National Sleep Foundation, about 60% of American adults experience insomnia every few days, and about a third go through this torment every night. I've been thinking more and more about asking my doctor for Ambien (known as Stilnoct in the U.K. and Stilnox on the Continent)?the pill that promises a full night of blissful sleep with few side...
...Getting a prescription might not be the best idea, though, says Gregg Jacobs, an insomnia expert with the Sleep Disorders Center at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It isn't that Ambien doesn't work. But in a study published last month in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Jacobs and his colleagues show that another treatment, called cognitive behavior therapy, or CBT, works better...
...wait. It might be two or three hours before I drop off. And even then, I might wake up a couple of hours later and go through the whole thing again. I'm not alone, either. According to the U.S. National Sleep Foundation, about 60% of American adults experience insomnia every few days, and about a third go through this torment every night. I've been thinking more about asking my doctor for Ambien (known as Stilnoct in the U.K. and Stilnox on the Continent) - the pill that promises blissful sleep with few side effects. Getting a prescription might...
...HEALTH: Insomnia remedies; flu shots for kids...
...Jacobs explains in his book Say Goodnight to Insomnia (Henry Holt), CBT teaches tricks that insomnia experts have been recommending for years: get up at the same time every morning; use your bed for sleep only, not for reading or TV (sex is O.K., thank goodness). But CBT also teaches relaxation techniques and helps patients unlearn myths about sleep that contribute to anxiety. For example, don't tense up at the thought that you won't get a full eight hours--plenty of people get by on less. If you worry that lack of sleep is bad for your health...