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May 24, 2013

The man who has not slept for 37 years

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“When my children were babies, I’d hold them in my arms and watch them drift off peacefully – it was like watching a miracle.” – Neil Epstein, in the Guardian.
As an erstwhile and occasional insomniac (I hope the term has not changed to “person with the condition of insomnia” just yet), the only thing more horrifying than imagining a lifetime of sleeplessness were the Google ads at the bottom of the page selling remedies and advice that prey upon the desperate.
(Does anyone else, who uses Googlemail, either deliberately use keywords to see what ads they can get to appear, or avoid keywords so that Big Brother does not know what you’re up to? Perhaps the latter has something to do with my insomnia.)

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  1. Melissa says:

    Dr. Mike Steinberg has a new site that offers education, tools and even downloadable relaxation music for insomnia. http://www.insomnia123.com

  2. Neil Epstein says:

    LOL..nice to see this link here to the article in the Guardian.
    Hmmm..perhaps I should start drinking.
    In fact, regarding the doctors’ comments about being overweight…I was overweight…and then in June I started a major health regime in the hope that as a byproduct it would help me get to sleep….result ?..I am 5 stone lighter (i did all that in 4 months !)…I have one more stone to lose and it does not help me sleep any better !..but…at least I can get into all my old clothes !
    Thanks
    Neil Epstein

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