Books - Insomnia

Snoring from A to ZZZZ Proven Cures for the Night's Worst Nuisance
By Derek S. Lipman, M.D.
Are you one of the millions forced to endure sleepless nights because of your bedmate's thunderous snoring?

Here is the practical relief guide; the first book by a medical specialist to describe every available modern weapon in the Snore Wars arsenal! It will explain:

HOW snoring is produced and what makes it worse...
WHY snoring can signal sleep apnea, a condition causing sleepiness, weight-gain, depression, high blood pressure, impotence and headaches...
WHEN to seek medical help for snoting, through a Personal Snore Score Test...
WHERE to find physicians who can diagnose, assess and treat snoring and sleep apnea...
WHAT modern treatments are now available, including weight control, dental appliances, special breathing machines, the latest in office laser surgery and the new radiofrequency treatment for snoring...

Available in Paperback

No More Sleepless Nights
By Peter Hauri, Shirley Linde, Phillip Westbrook
Over 60,000 copies sold of the first edition of this book on insomnia. Revised edition features information on new drugs and treatments, including herbs, amino acids, tryptophan and melatonin. Dr. Peter Hauri developed his easy-to-use approach at the Mayo Clinic. Hauri shows readers how they can become their own sleep therapists as he explores such root causes for insomnia as diet, environment, stress, smoking and drinking. Available in Paperback

A Woman's Guide to Sleep : Guaranteed Solutions for a Good Night's Rest
By Joyce A. Walsleben
How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Five? Six? None? You're not alone. Most women get far less sleep than they need -- in any given month more than half report symptoms of insomnia. Women's sleep problems are different from men's because they have a different biology, psychology, and sleep patterns. A Woman's Guide to Sleep is the first book to address your unique needs, and offer proven solutions that work. Available in Hardcover

Desperately Seeking Snoozin' : The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzz
By John Wiedman
John Wiedman is neither a doctor nor a therapist, but the years he has spent in the trenches of insomnia, fighting for an elusive good night's sleep, has made him an expert in the war against sleepless nights. In conversational tones, John talks about how he has overcome a sleeping disorder that affects about one-third of the adult population in America and lays out a blueprint showing how sufferers don't have to spend their nights tossing and turning and their days struggling to stay awake. John uses his "on-the-job" experience to guide readers through a program that will help them develop healthy habits that promote a restful and peaceful night of slumber. Desperately Seeking Snoozing is the one book that can boast that it will put you to sleep. Available in Paperback

Good Nights: How to Stop Sleep Deprivation, Overcome Insomnia, and Get the Sleep You Need
By Gary K. Zammit
Can't sleep? A noted sleep disorder expert has the answers to overcoming insomnia, ending sleep deprivation, and getting the proper amount of sleep to stay alert, even in some cases stay alive. Dr. Zammit is a clinical psychologist and the founder and director of Manhattan's largest accredited sleep disorders center. Available in Paperback

Restful Sleep: The Complete Mind / Body Program for Overcoming Insomnia
By Deepak Chopra
A new addition to the popular Perfect Health Library series--now available in paperback. Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of life, is ideally suited to help with the problem of insomnia, in which the mind is known to play a considerable role. In this volume, Dr. Chopra shows readers how to fall asleep easily, feel rested upon arising, identify and eliminate the imbalances causing insomnia, and more.

Hardcover, Paperback and Audio Cassette

The Sleep Rx: 75 Proven Ways to Get a Good Night's Sleep
By Norman Ford
The author's description: One of my assignments as a health reporter was to find the best drug-free ways to enjoy a sound night's sleep. By combining the latest scientific breakthroughs at sleep disorder centers with safe, proven all-natural remedies, I soon found that you don't have to go on living with poor sleep. Step-by-step, my book describes how to become your own sleep doctor and diagnose which of the six common types of insomnia may be sabotaging your sleep. Then I place powerful natural sleep-restoring tools in your hands: such as the ideal diet for perfect sleep; deep relaxation; do-it-yourself biofeedback; therapeutic imagery; nightmare reprogramming, and other easy-to-use ways to help you restore sound sleep. I also discovered that you have a lot more to gain than restful sleep. Virtually everything you can do to improve your sleep also benefits your health by drastically reducing your risk of heart attack, cancer, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis and similar ailments and diseases. Available in Hardcover and Paperback

The Sleep Solution : A 21-Night Program to Better Sleep
By Nigel Ball, Nick Hough
This anti-insomnia workbook offers a 21-night plan to improve the quality and quantity of sleep. Ball, the clinical director of a Seattle sleep-disorders center, and Hough, an advertising marketing director, are the founders of a consulting group called Sleepwell International, which provides sleep information to corporations and individuals.

Over the first nights of the program, the authors ask you to fill out worksheets to help you find out whether or not you are getting enough sleep each night. Subsequent chapters discuss ways to reorganize your bedroom and your bedtime schedule, issues such as alcohol, lack of exercise, worries, and medical problems that could interfere with your sleep, and how eating the right foods at the right time can help induce a good night's sleep. With its workbook format, The Sleep Solution will be especially helpful to readers who are tired during the day but don't know exactly why they aren't sleeping well at night.

Available in Paperback

Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir
By Bill Hayes
Bill Hayes grew up in a family in which the question "How'd you sleep?" was as much a staple at the breakfast table as orange juice or coffee, a question that encouraged genuine reflection and, as it turns out for the author, a legacy of life-shaping implications. If there's such a thing as an insomnia gene, he tells us at the outset of this beautifully written memoir, my father passed it on to me, along with his green eyes and Irish melancholy.

Bill Hayes' life as an insomniac is rooted in the wry trappings of irony: his father ran a Coca-Cola factory, of all things. I've often wondered if all that sugar and caffeine altered my neurochemical makeup. Moving seamlessly to and from his present vantage point in San Francisco, Hayes' narrative affords an intimate look at one man's singular journey through contemporary life -- from his sleep-disturbed childhood through his sleepwalking in adolescence to the height of his insomnia, when his partner struggles with AIDS and Hayes must face an increasingly troubling and debilitating sleep disorder.

Along the way, armed with an infectious curiosity and an obsession with the mysteries of his personal demons, Hayes leads us on a fascinating exploration of disorders such as sleep-talking, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea and contends with all manner of theories and experimentation, from the conceptions of sleep in ancient mythology to today's state-of-the-art sleeping aids and clinics.

As with desire, sleep resists pursuit. It must come find you. Nevertheless, I look for it. This powerful book is the result of Bill Hayes' lifelong search for sleep. Available in Hardcover

How to Sleep Soundly Tonight: 250 Simple and Natural Ways to Prevent Sleeplessness
By Barbara Heller
America is sleep deprived, and the consequences are serious. A good night's sleep may be all that most people need to build energy, improve mood, and even increase lifespan. Focusing on natural and herbal remedies, HOW TO SLEEP SOUNDLY TONIGHT offers more than 250 easy-to-implement tips to help you change the habits that hinder sleep. Readers will learn how to relax with deep breathing, meditation, nutrition, exercise, visualizations, and other calming techniques. This handy reference also offers a resource list of organizations and products.

Author Barbara L. Heller, M.S.W., is a psychotherapist with more than 25 years of experience in the areas of women's health care and complementary medicine. Available in Paperback

The Sleep Book: A Bedside Companion
By Jody Grant-Gray
From the earliest effective remedies to the latest scientific discoveries, THE SLEEP BOOK is a guide for your personal journey into the art and pleasures of sleep.

From the Author: I wrote this book out of my frustration with looking for a cure to my own sleeplessness. The books about sleep I found had somewhat helpful information, but it was often presented in a dogmatic or scientific manner that didn't speak to my personal sleep needs. "The Sleep Book, A Bedside Companion" was written as a response to what was currently available on the subject. It takes the scientific jargon and translates it into layperson's terms. In addition I tried to make it entertaining, and a resource for discovering the cure to your own personal sleep needs. Sleeplessness is as individual as fingerprints, and I take the reader on a journey where they can discover the cause(s), and thereby the cure(s) to their sleeplessness. It is laid out in an easy-to-use fashion, since the goal was to make the subject of sleep accessible to everyone. I hope it works for you. Available in Paperback

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