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After the birth of my second child, I was given an injection of Depo-Provera [Jan. 24]. I immediately began to bleed and to experience depression and insomnia. The side effects did not abate for a year. More research is needed before this drug is used as a contraceptive in this or any other country...
Circadian dysrhythmia, the medical name for jet lag, is a recognized disorder. Zooming through time zones upsets biological clocks and desynchronizes functions such as sleep, hunger, elimination and sex. The body resists its forcible relocation in the external world with numerous warning signals: sleepiness, insomnia, dimmed vision, throat discomfort and irritability. A pack-a-day smoker, Haig also would be affected by high altitudes more than the nonsmoker. Some studies indicate more disturbing effects of jet megatravel: a diminution in mental ability, and mild amnesia about recent events. The heart undergoes a special series of reactions during intercontinental travel. Levels...
...proclaimed last December, Walesa's walrus mustache has been engulfed by a full beard, which he promised his wife he would shave off when he was allowed to resume a normal life. Otherwise, she has been telling friends, he has suffered no ill effects except for occasional insomnia. He keeps busy by reading and, to Danuta's distress, continues to smoke heavily. The lack of activity has given him a bit of a paunch...
Here also is the connection to insomnia and the way that worry keeps us awake, examined below in a creepy revision of Rene Descartes' idea that the only real place is what passes through our minds...
...business of this intricately designed yet simply stated movie is to turn obsession into irony. This is always a useful enterprise. In life, it is the great antidote to insomnia; in movies, it is the alternative to melodrama and an excess of gunshots in the final reel...