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...book as a symbol of the true artist, the estate to which Grade aspires: "He was the first real writer I knew, because he was the first to have the midnight disease; to have the rocking chair and the faithful bottle of bourbon and the staring eye, lucid with insomnia even in the daytime...
...Stuart Kleinman, medical director of the Victims' Services Agency in New York City. "You can take action that makes you the powerful one, and that tends to counteract feelings of helplessness and can be very therapeutic." Kleinman describes a 45-year-old man who recently came to him with insomnia and feelings of overwhelming rage after having been severely beaten in his office by a gun-wielding intruder. After speaking at the sentencing of his attacker, the victim reported that his rage had finally begun to ebb and that he was sleeping more soundly...
...return. Every once in a while, when the stress of Harvard keeps me from sleeping and I find myself with a few unaccounted for hours in the wee morning, I return to my old habit. I face down a blank screen and churn out a letter. I have productive insomnia. I have victims...
Anti-depressants may also cause insomnia,stomach problems and decreased sexual desire. ButRothschild points out that only about five percentof people experience sideeffects, which usuallycease after a few weeks...
...patronage helped ensure that our cultural plate would overflow with options, as it still does. Although rock and country dominate radio airwaves, listeners in most cities can tune in a variety of other music, including classical. Decent bookstores stock James Joyce's Ulysses somewhere along with Stephen King's Insomnia...