Say Good Night to Insomnia
Say Good Night to Insomnia
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The bestselling guide to curing insomnia without drugs by “a pioneer” of the field, now updated with the latest research (The Wall Street Journal)For the past ten years, sleep-deprived Americans have found natural, drug-free relief from insomnia with
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Review by Beanhauer for Say Good Night to Insomnia
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I bought this book based on a recommendation from a February 22, 2005 article on Slate by Amanda Schaffer. If it wasn’t for this recommendation, I’m not sure I would have kept reading after the first chapter. The book is full of exclamation points, oversimplification and glib promises. Very “self help”y.
So why 5 stars? Because I have slept deeply all night every night since I read the book. I was coming off the worst bout of insomnia of my life…several weeks at 3 hours or less per night. I planned to start the first week of the program, a sleep diary, the next night I slept badly. It hasn’t happened. For me, just having read the program and realizing the simple changes I could make seems to have done the trick. And if my sleep problems resume, I feel confident that pursuing the six week program faithfully would solve the problem.
The author is condescending, overly perky, and seems to be writing for an IQ level of about 87. But if you have a serious insomnia problem, I recommend you get past the style and try out the substance. I’d read a lot more annoying books if I knew I’d sleep well afterward.
Review by M. Freeman for Say Good Night to Insomnia
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This book has been immensely helpful for me and my understanding of why I have always had so much trouble with sleep. Dr. Jacobs sets the record straight on a number of sleep myths but can be repetitive when he is trying to make a point. For example, he drones on for 16 pages about how sleeping pills will do more harm than good. This may be an effort to extend the length of this book.
Instead of providing us with a 200 page verbose browbeating the author would have better served us with a concise text that could have easily been less than 100 pages. And also, when he is trying to prove a point, Dr. Jacobs will cite some vague statistic. When trying to prove the effectiveness of his “Relaxation Response,” or “RR” for short, the author says, “Dozens of scientific studies have proven that the RR is an effective treatment for insomnia,” and that is it. If he’s not going to be specific, why bother mentioning it at all.
As for the “6-week solution” this book provides, it seems to have been added as an afterthought. The 6 week program consists of keeping a sleep diary for 6 weeks. That’s it. The point, of course, is to try to find a connection between what you did to help yourself sleep and how much you slept, but don’t buy this book looking for a miracle 6 week cure.
In the end I still recommend this book to anyone with sleep trouble. There are some incredibly useful things in this book that make trudging through it worthwhile.
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This book is wonderful–I finished it in 2 days! It is a very easy-to-read explanation of the physiology of sleep, why we lose it, and how we can get it back. The techniques Dr. Jacobs describes to stop insomnia are easy to follow (although they do take patience and persistence) and really make sense. And, best of all, this program works!!! I suffered from insomnia for over 16 years, and I never thought I would be free of endless days and nights worrying about sleep. To my amazement, the night following the day I started reading the book, I fell asleep within 10 minutes! Unheard of for me! And, I wasn’t even employing any of the techniques suggested in the book yet. I whole-heartedly recommend this book to all insomniacs who suffer from constant anxiety about sleeping as I did, and wish you endless nights of restful sleep!
Review by Snowbrocade for Say Good Night to Insomnia
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Jacobs does an excellent job of coherently outlining the causes of insomnia and barriers to sleep. He provides a concise outline of the physiology of sleep along with a nicely designed 6 week program to cure insomnia.
Following this program will require some motivation–but if you are not sleeping then you should have some extra time to devote to eliminating insomnia.
Of particular interest is the explanations for why sleeping pills don’t work and actually make insomnia worse. There is a recommended program for weaning off of sleeping pills. Another important aspect of the program is learning to eliminate negative thoughts about sleep.
Highly recommended!
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I used to suffer from only slight but chronic insomnia, and when I got up in the mornings, I used to feel like I had been run over by a truck. I bought this book thinking that I’ve got nothing to lose except a few dollars. Yet after only a few days of following the expert advice contained in this book, my sleep improved “drastically”, and I was finally able to function normally again during the day. This book has all the information you need in order to develop a healthy sleep pattern that will inevitably improve the quality of your life if not save it. If you depend on sleeping pills or tranquilizers to sleep, this book will show you how to get off them and to stay off them for good. Finally, I would recommend this book not only for the desperate insomniacs out there, but for EVERYONE, since it contains lots of useful and expert information that we ALL can use from time to time.