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Summary: great book for us insomniacs
Review: I've had insomnia for many years & have taken many different anti-depressants for all those years. I received the book not long ago. I agree this is a book with both serious and humorous sides of sleep disorders. There are different things people can do to help with sleep problems-easy to understand and follow.
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Summary: The best advice for getting a good sleep
Review: I've read many books on curing insomnia, and they all have helpful advice, but this is the one with the tip that worked the best of all for me: Don't try to force yourself to sleep when you're not sleepy. You'll just become frustrated and even more wide awake. Get up at the same time but make going-to-bed time late enough so you'll be sure to be sleepy. If you still can't fall asleep go do something else until you are sleepy. The reason your cat doesn't suffer from sleeplessness is that she sleeps when she's sleepy and prowls when she's not. Insomnia is a byproduct of our civilization's insistence on schedules. You can't force yourself to sleep. Don't try. It is better to try to understand what your body wants to do and go along with it.
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Summary: A sleep bible for all insomniacs!!
Review: It's 3-4am & you can't sleep, that's why you've ended up here. I can relate to this but now there's a cure for all insomniacs. I got this book & immediately put it to use. I found it to be educational, entertaining & most importantly it worked for me. I used to be a chronic & conditioned insomniac but now I get my ZZZZ's that I desperately sought, found & now get thanks to this book. Kudos to Mr. Wiedman for coming up with a easy to follow & most importantly a drug-free cure to end all those long restless tossing & turning nights. I no longer have any problems falling asleep or staying asleep now. If you want your ZZZZ's too then I highly recommend that you get this book. This is a sleep bible that every insomniac should have by their bed!!
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Summary: This could be the drug-free answer for your insomnia!
Review: John Weidman has been a dear friend of mine for many years, and I have watched him suffer with insomnia throughout our friendship. Determined to lick this problem without the use of drugs, he researched and experimented with different approaches until he found one that worked for him--and it does work. His behavior modification approach makes so much sense and is so simple to incorporate into anyone's lifestyle. Do yourself a favor by investigating his recommendations. This book may truly offer an answer to your problems!Sarah Black Memphis, TN
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Summary: Excellent book! Down to earth with practical advice
Review: John Wiedman has written an excellent book. First I turned to my primary care physician. He had nothing to offer but sleeping pills. Then I went to the sleep clinic at St. Peter's Hospital in New Brunswick. A resident took my history and the doctor handed me a yellow sheet with sleep hygiene items on it. It appears that unless one has sleep apnea, there is nothing that an insomniac can do. Unless one is a millionaire, and the cost of a doctor is not an issue, there is no where to go. John Weidman's book gives the average person who is an insomniac hope and discrete actions that can be taken. I recommend the book highly. In addition, John is available via email and will respond very quickly. Other authors, especially the one in Harvard, refuse to answer emails. Buy John's book...you won't regret it.
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Summary: Insomnia Cured
Review: John's common sense approach to overcoming insomnia worked for me. After years of suffering from insomnia, I was able to teach my body to sleep again. I no longer take medication to sleep at night or suffer from sleep deprivation. I have fully rejoined the ranks of those people who enjoy the benefits of a good night's sleep. John's book gave me a clear step by step approach for successfully overcoming my insomnia. My doctor is now recommending John's book to other patients who also suffer from insomnia.
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Summary: An Insomniac's Guide to Getting a Good Night's Sleep
Review: Last year I cured my lifelong chronic insomnia and wrote Desperately Seeking Snoozin' about my experience and cure. In order to get feedback, I sent early drafts to insomniacs that I found in the Internet. As I am neither a writer nor a medical professional, I was amazed by their responses. I was even more surprised by the reaction of the medical community. I was particularly pleased with the quote by Dr. Peter Hauri, considered by many to be the world's leading authority on insomnia. Dr. Hauri is Director of the Insomnia Program at the Mayo Clinic and author of "No More Sleepless Nights". Please refer to my web site for a sample of the book as well as comments by readers of my early drafts.
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Summary: Problem with Sleeping? Buy This Book!
Review: Mr. Wiedman's book has really helped me in achieveing a good night's sleep, period. Quite honestly, that's all he ever aimed to achieve by writing this book. I don't think he's here to say that he's the only one to have found a way to beat insomnia. Rather, I feel he's writing a book to reach out to a lot of people who haven't gotten the help from sleep clinics in a practical and straight forward manner. Most importantly, he's a strong voice for getting people off of this whole roller coaster of pills and "quick fixes", which too often the medical industry pushes on people, and that tends to threaten individuals in that cartel. He's achieved that goal with myself and that's quite important for me. That's a success, and if it can work for me, then it can quite possibly work for anyone with a problem sleeping. It's really no more difficult than that. I think that if more "professionals" in this sleep industry could feel more secure and keep their egos at bay they could see that his book has helped many overcome an often devastating problem.
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Summary: Desperately Seeking Alternative
Review: Mr. Wiedman's collection and re-packaging of the original thinking of others would still pass for a decent book - kind of a "Dummy's Guide to Insomnia" or "Why Bubba Can't Sleep!" - were it not for the openly hostile attitude of the author to the whole of the mental health community, practitioners and patients alike. His book reinforces the stigma against mental illness so prevalent in our culture, a stigma that contributes to the gross under treatment of mental disorders across all segments of our society. Given that sleep disorders are highly concurrent with other neural problems Mr. Wiedman's attitudes perpetrate a grave disservice to a majority of insomniacs. Perhaps if Mr. Wiedman had not been so psycho-phobic and had pursued a program of behavioral and cognitive therapy with a good mental health provider he could have solved his sleep problems years ago. Instead he chooses to give the sleep clinic that knew this all along "two thumbs down" for not holding his hand and making sure he followed their advice. I'll try to be a bit fairer in my review and at least give the author one digit up! I urge you to pass this one by - there are better books from competent researchers on understanding sleep disorders and applying behavioral modification approaches for their treatment. Spend your money on the original thinkers instead. I found nothing novel here!
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Summary: Finally. Something to read that puts you to sleep.
Review: Since I have had trouble sleeping (and it has been about ten years), I've visited just about every kind of doctor you can to help find "the cure." I wish that just one of the physicians had recommended a book called "Desparately Seeking Snoozin'" It could have saved me many doctor bills and many anxious nights. The book brings comfort from the fact that there are many others who feel like they are at wits end and don't know what to do. Insomnia is kind of a personal problem and it was very interesting to read the various sleep disorders that others had. But the real benefit to the book is the practical guide to helping you address how to solve your sleeping problem. It is very easy to follow, costs nothing, and put me back on the road to sanity. I have passed along the book to others I know who have experienced similar problems and it has worked for them. Now if it's 3 a.m., quit reading this, buy the book and get some sleep.
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