Living

I went from getting very little sleep to sleeping all the time. Despite these extra hours (yes, hours) of sleep, I still feel exhausted. In fact, I find myself feeling...

The Person Before Patient Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! What makes us the people we are? Living with a serious health condition like insomnia can mean...

If I sleep just 3 hours in the night, it would be logical to think I have 21 hours in the day to be productive. I have not found this...

Watches. Trackers. Apps. Monitors. You name it; I used it. I loved gadgets. And there were so many to play with and compare! When I had insomnia, I monitored my...

If you’re reading this, you likely know what it’s like to struggle with sleep (or, you know someone who knows what it’s like to struggle with sleep). That means that...

June has some of the shortest nights of the year, but every night can feel long when you live with insomnia. We will be highlighting the importance of sleep on...

In Part 2 of this series, I talk about all things medical, some medications and therapies I have been doing since my hospital stays, and how hard it has been...

My sleep schedule is not much of a schedule, but if I had to compare it to anything, I would say it is a hybrid third-shift schedule. This cuts down...

The other day I was talking to a friend who asked how I was. It had been a particularly “awake” night prior, 1 where I’d slept only in short bursts...

It has been a rough couple of months at home for my family. I'm not talking about run-of-the-mill COVID-19 rough, but we have struggled through unimaginable things over the past...

I hold a controversial opinion about insomnia. It's an opinion formed by my experience as a person with insomnia and my professional experience as a person who treats people with...

I’ve lived with insomnia for a long time. For the most part, I have developed tools and skills to manage my sleep disorder. That doesn’t make me exempt from struggles!...

There seems to be no rhyme or reason to my sleep patterns. I would not even call it a pattern. Sometimes I sleep. Sometimes I do not. Occasionally, I sleep...

I decided to write an article about preparing for my return to full-time work outside of my home. Doing a brief Google search, I looked for suggestions I could share...

I recently had a pretty major shift in the status of my health in a pretty awful way. I was living and loving "normal life," as I had just recently...

Living with insomnia is a unique and intensely personal adventure. Let me tell you about my experience. When I was a little girl, I used to run around a lot...

I'd like to dedicate some words to those in the sleep disorders community. Words, that if you'd like, have the option that you can come back to, read aloud or...

I’ve loved coffee my whole life. It’s normal for children to drink coffee in my family’s culture. I vividly recall having a mug every morning alongside my bowl of Cocoa...

If there is 1 thing you can count on when you have insomnia, it is that you cannot count on anything. Sleep schedules vary wildly. The only constant is that...

I’ve shared before that I began struggling with signs and symptoms of insomnia as a child. From frequent movement during the night to blankets strewn across the floor in the...