11 States in 7 Days Means Many Different Beds...Traveling with insomnia can lead to sleepless nights or tossing and turning all night. Changing beds every night for a week could...reactionscomments
Mental Health, Physical Health, and Insomnia: A Perfect Storm...I have bipolar disorder and panic disorder. I am going through perimenopause and have IBS. If that were not enough, I also...reactionscomments
My Insomnia Remedy: Shower, Couch, Bed...Our fall break trip is coming, and my family did not vacation this summer. To say we are excited to step out...reactionscomments
Stress-Induced Insomnia...Stress: a word that almost certainly goes hand in hand with our modern-day life. I am sure that there are very many...reactions15comments
TK Sellman...Tamara was previously a patient leader on Insomnia.Sleep-Disorders.net. Tamara Sellman, RPSGT, CCSH is a career journalist (Columbia Chicago, ’90). She was diagnosed...
Insomnia: A Shift in Sleep Patterns...I have spent a lot of time complaining that I felt like I was missing out on life because of my sleep...reactionscomments
Buffering Your Sleep With a Buffer Zone...A buffer zone period is a period of time before going to sleep where it can be helpful to some to reduce...reactions1comment
Getting off the Midnight Hamster Wheel of Thoughts...When I had insomnia, my problem was waking in the night and finding my mind spinning like a hamster on a hamster...reactionscomments
Sleeping Through the Silly Season...Insomnia is a bugger of a thing all year long, but when the holiday madness starts to settle around me, it can...reactions1comment
What Is the Social Health Network Community?...Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health...reactionscomments
Nighttime Irrationality: How I Went From Baking to Brain Tumor...Yesterday morning, I woke up knowing I just had to tell this story. I had my own real-life example of what I...reactionscomments
A Closer Look at Situational Insomnia...I met Deb at the gym a couple of years ago and the gym, being a very friendly and social place, brought...reactionscomments
How Changing Time Zones Affected My Insomnia...I recently returned home after spending a week in a different time zone. This time zone was just 1 hour ahead of...reactionscomments
Conscious Daydreaming...I don’t always exercise as often as perhaps I should. My gym membership is current but my attendance is sporadic. My mind...reactionscomments
Living in a New Space With Insomnia...Moving – even when it is a good move – is one of the most stressful things to do and go through...reactionscomments
Jolted Awake Just As You Fall Asleep?...One very common experience that my clients share with me is the very frustrating experience of becoming sleepy, going to bed, and...reactions1comment
Melatonin: What's This About a Vampire Hormone?...Melatonin is a curious thing. Over the last few years, I have tried it occasionally when I had trouble sleeping with mixed...reactionscomments
Insomnia and Binaural Beats...Recently, I have been fielding questions from providers and patients alike about the treatment of insomnia with binaural beats. “Binaural beats” or...reactionscomments
My Experience With Dysautonomia, POTS and Insomnia...In a previous article related to insomnia, I briefly wrote that my post-orthostatic syndrome (POTS) affects my sleep, and lack thereof. My...reactionscomments
Insomnia and Dream Déjà Vu...Since I have insomnia, it’s rare that I sleep deep enough or long enough to have memorable dreams. Now that my sleep...reactionscomments