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Explaining Insomnia

March 2, 2010

Jonah Lehrer on why we can’t sleep, an affliction that has me thrashing around every night:

Because insomnia is triggered, at least in part, by anxiety about insomnia, the worst thing we can do is think about not being able to sleep; the diagnosis exacerbates the disease. And that’s why this frustrating condition will never have a perfect medical cure.

Filed Under: Odds & Ends Tagged With: insomnia, Jonah Lehrer

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  1. Elsie Frank says

    April 3, 2011 at 11:14 am

    Definitely, there may be no perfect medical cure for insomnia but we can still overcome insomnia little by little by taking supplements like 5-HTP, it helps to increase serotonin level at the brain and triggers human to be focused and helps to promote good sleep after all.

    Elsie Frank,
    5-HTP
    WholeHealth

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