Insomniac

Insomniac
ISBN-10
0520932374
ISBN-13
9780520932371
Category
Medical
Pages
520
Language
English
Published
2008-03-10
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Gayle Greene

Description

I can't work, I can't think, I can't connect with anyone anymore. . . . I mope through a day's work and haven't had a promotion in years. . . . It's like I'm being sucked dry, eaten away, swallowed up, coming unglued. . . . These are voices of a few of the tens of millions who suffer from chronic insomnia. In this revelatory book, Gayle Greene offers a uniquely comprehensive account of this devastating and little-understood condition. She has traveled the world in a quest for answers, interviewing neurologists, sleep researchers, doctors, psychotherapists, and insomniacs of all sorts. What comes of her extraordinary journey is an up-to-date account of what is known about insomnia, providing the information every insomniac needs to know to make intelligent choices among medications and therapies. Insomniac is at once a field guide through the hidden terrain inhabited by insomniacs and a book of consolations for anyone who has struggled with this affliction that has long been trivialized and neglected.

Other editions

  • Insomniac
    • 2008-03-10
    • 520 pages
    • Paperback
    • Univ of California Press
  • Insomniac
    • 2008-03-10
    • 503 pages
    • Paperback
    • Univ of California Press

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