Insomniac - Tapa dura

"Greene's book is the best available on the subject."--New England Journal of Medicine "Insomniac is far too interesting to lull you into dreamland."--O: the Oprah Magazine "A harrowing memoir."--Wall Street Journal "Provides ... insights that many sleep researchers and doctors have lost track of... Among the best books of its kind."--Nature "Greene imparts a feeling of solidarity to fellow sufferers."--Library Journal

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.