Go to sleep. Ok, go the f*** to sleep!

January 18, 2022
go-to-sleep
Commenters on a Washington Post story  about insomnia had some good suggestions to help us go to sleep. Some were actually new to me--and I thought I'd heard every...
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And the sleep study follies continue

December 29, 2021
sleep-apnea
After my sleep apnea study at the Discomfort Inn (which I wrote about here) I had a Zoom to go over results with the sleep neurologist. Here is how that...
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My sleep(less) study at the dis-Comfort Inn

December 15, 2021
sleep-study
Sleep apnea. That's what the anesthesiologist reported after my hysterectomy a couple years ago. And I didn't doubt it: I hadn't slept well for years. Finally, I got...
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Sleep is a waste of time

November 7, 2016
sleep
Yep. That's what I believe. Sleep is a ginormous waste of time. Oh, I'm not against a great nap or two. But the whole night? No. Not when there are books to be read....
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What keeps us up?

September 29, 2016
insomnia
It's reader participation day -- and I have a brief question for you. On those nights when you can't sleep, what kinds of thoughts keep you awake? And what do you do...
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City night beat

February 27, 2015
I awaken in the dark in a hotel on Powell Street and look at the clock. It's the middle of the night downtown and even in the late dark the city throbs and...
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Sing me to sleep

February 25, 2013
Did your mother sing you to sleep when you were a baby?  I don't remember if mine did or not,  although if she did, it would be memorable, since she couldn't...
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How to get a good night’s sleep

May 21, 2012
; That's the question. When am I ever going to get a full night's sleep?   I'm well-past menopause and still, I can't stay asleep easily. After I refused...
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Sleep. Get some.

September 23, 2010
Some people pride themselves on needing just a few hours sleep, but there's no doubt about it--we need at least seven hours. For our health.Sometimes it can be hard to...
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I’ll have what they had

July 10, 2010
I hate it when I can't sleep. But they look pretty damn...
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