Advice for Insomniacs - Gayle Greene

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/15/Gayle_Greene_Discusses_Insomniac

"Insomniac" author Gayle Greene offers advice for people who suffer from chronic sleep deprivation.

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Gayle Greene discusses her book Insomniac.

Part memoir, part scientific reportage and analysis, a book for all of us who wish to know more about sleep, the condition which consumes one third of our lives. Greene - a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the patient representative on the board of the American Insomnia Association - addresses head on the neglect of this disorder that affects millions.

Herself an insomniac, she weaves together the story of her personal journey through a lifetime of sleepless nights; the experiences of other insomniacs; an in-depth study of sleep science and current research; and a detailed examination of what can be done to help those afflicted. You might call her work, as she notes, "a field guide to insomnia".

Billy Collins writes, "The good news is that Greene's book is all you ever need to read on the subject." Green is a professor of literature and women's studies at Scripps College - Cody's Books

Gayle Green has published dozens of articles in scholarly journals such as Signs, Contemporary Literature, and Renaissance Drama, many of which have been reprinted in anthologies (e.g., Blackwell¹s Shakespeare: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory, 1945-2000,2004). She's also published in more popular venues such as Ms Magazine, The Nation, The Women's Review of Books, and In These Times.

She's a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a professional medical society for researchers and clinicians, and a board member and the patient representative of the American Insomnia Association, an organization within the American Academic of Sleep Medicine.

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[Urza26]

I'm in the same position as you, except I've had it since adolescence. If you can take it medically, do hard exercise at noon everyday, or if you're too tired, just take a walk at noon or close to it. Idea is to expose yourself to bright light.

It worked for me for about a week, until my body resisted it (don't ask me how that's possible)..

[jennwoo725]

i have been suffering from this for years...

i have been awake for 3 days.. i have tryed pills, diet changes,even music even trying to train my body to sleep at the same time...

can anyone suggest anything for me

[teemuruskeepaa]

Rhythm is one of the key things. Go to bed at the same time every evening 22.30. Get off in the middle of the night for not more than 45 minutes and try again for 1-2 hours to sleep. If not in sleep, get off every morning at 9.00. A sleep rhythm can be achieved with 4 nights of same sleeping time, after which you might not even need an alarm to wake up at 8.5 h after you fell asleep.

[teemuruskeepaa]

I didn't watch the video, but here's my recipe. Give up all stimulants, cofein and nicotin. Fix your food diet, with enough real vitamins and no fat, sugar, salt, roasted food, low nutrient foods, pills. Start to exercise 3 times a week. Go to bed only if you feel like sleeping. If not, get up in the middle of the night and do something. Take a vacation from stressful work for this overworking period. You will fall in sleep almost automatically without medication. Go back to work with a rhythm