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About Insomnia Resources

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What Causes Insomnia?

Most people have experienced sleep problems at one time or another, but what causes insomnia is very individual. There are actually two different forms of insomnia—secondary (when insomnia occurs as a symptom or side effect of something else)...  Read more

Yoga and You'll Go to Sleep

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 60 million Americans suffer from insomnia each year. Many of these people rely on medication to fall asleep, but research shows that relaxation and meditation exercises can...  Read more

The Sleep Quiz

Snoring is a common problem, especially among men, but it isn’t harmful. (True / False)   You can “cheat” on the amount of sleep you get. (True / False)   It is important to maint...  Read more

Nutrition Tips and Supplements for Insomnia

Is a good night’s sleep eluding you? Tossing and turning the whole night through, Drowsiness, fatigue, a lack of sleep, There is more help than just counting sheep. There are many factors that can cause sleep problems, and even more...  Read more

Keeping a Sleep Diary

Sleeping is just as important to survival as eating, drinking, and breathing. But for people suffering from insomnia, getting enough sleep can range from challenging to impossible. Although the cause may seem elusive, in many cases, simple detectiv...  Read more

Obesity and insomnia?
Updated 3/24/2013 5:04:01 PM

I'm an insomniac, and after reading other peoples' posts I'm wondering if there's a link? Are many overweight people bad sleepers?...  Read more

Insomnia and Fitness
Updated 2/14/2013 4:02:50 PM

I have suffered from insomnia almost all my life. Through research I have seen that this is also a factor in weight gain. Seeing as being up when no one else is makes me bored and then hungry. I know that I have seen articles saying that if you do...  Read more

Insomnia
Updated 11/8/2012 12:24:16 AM

I've suffered from insomnia for as long as I can remember, and generally have at least 1 night per week where I sleep for a maximum of 2 or 3 hours. My dilemma on those days is whether to get up and workout as scheduled, or stay in bed and get s...  Read more

Insomnia and questions
Updated 9/23/2012 11:00:08 AM

Wow, haven't had this in a while. Hasn't been a good day, a lot on my mind. I fell asleep for like three hours and then my boyfriend wakes me up to get me to bed at 230 am. Needless to say I've been up since. One of the things on my mind is my boyfri...  Read more

Working out early due to insomnia?
Updated 7/12/2012 10:40:27 PM

I'm tired of my insomnia waking me up at 4:30 AM. If when I wake up I workout/go to the gym early, will I just be training my body to continue waking up early? Lying in bed awake just gets old, so I feel like I may as well do something else!...  Read more

Try to Reset Your Inner Clock

Even though you're not tired, make yourself get into bed by midnight and switch off all the lights, to break the cycle of insomnia.102...  Read more

Free App for Insomnia sufferers

Hey everyone, was having a bit of insomnia last night and tried this free phone app called Rainmaker. You can find it in the App store as Rainmaker of if you search for insomnia. It's a sound program that creates all different kinds of soothing rain....  Read more

Wired? 7 Tips to Help Tech Addicts Sleep Better

Just about everywhere you look someone is using technology. I find it's actually difficult to go out and not see people texting or playing games on their cell phones. It seems that using our phones and other mobile devices (iPads, tablets, laptop...  Read more

3 Tips to Be Happier in Work and in Life

3 Tips to Be Happier in Work and in LifeGreat advice from Tiny Buddha that anyone can put into practice. VIDEO: Fan Accompanies Billy Joel; 'Greatest Moment Of My Life,' He SaysA feel-good story about a young man who wasn't afraid of...  Read more

insomnia, insomnia, go away, come again another day

Rather funny I keep staring blogs and then deleting them. Trying to decide what areas of life I can or rather should talk about here. And then I realized it is my blog, I can write about anything. It doesn't always have to be about weight or related...  Read more

Insomnia: Give up yet?

So now it's been close to 2mo & 1wk of my insomnia battle. I have had minor victories. Counting them all. As of late I have been getting more sleep. Last night however was a setback. Let me explain why. I went to visit a friend in downtown Phx. For t...  Read more