{"id":358,"date":"2024-10-06T07:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T07:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muncbiz.com\/insomnia\/?p=358"},"modified":"2024-10-06T07:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T07:04:02","slug":"insomnia-why-cant-i-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muncbiz.com\/insomnia\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":"Insomnia: why can&#8217;t I sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rJ2mkv5GJhc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Millions of people in the UK have trouble sleeping, and Guardian reporter Leah Green is one of them. Like many insomniacs, she has tried all the at-home remedies, sleep hygiene and gadgets designed to cure her sleep problems. She finds out why it is so difficult to conquer insomnia, and why good treatment is so hard to come by<br \/>\nSubscribe to The Guardian on YouTube \u25ba http:\/\/is.gd\/subscribeguardian<\/p>\n<p>Support the Guardian \u25ba https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/contribute<\/p>\n<p>For more information about treating insomnia \u25ba<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/insomnia\/<br \/>\nwww.sleepio.com\/nhs<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\nWaking up to the health benefits of sleep Sources \u25ba https:\/\/www.rsph.org.uk\/our-work\/policy\/wellbeing\/sleep.html<\/p>\n<p>Increased Prevalence of Insomnia and Changes in Hypnotics Use in England over 15 Years: Analysis of the 1993, 2000, and 2007 National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys Sources \u25ba<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3274339\/<\/p>\n<p>The natural history of insomnia: focus on prevalence and incidence of acute insomnia.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22800714<\/p>\n<p>Epidemiology of insomnia: a longitudinal study in a UK population Sources \u25ba https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/17425223<\/p>\n<p>Today in Focus podcast \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/series\/todayinfocus<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2016\/sep\/02\/sign-up-for-the-guardian-documentaries-update<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian \u25ba https:\/\/www.theguardian.com<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian YouTube network:<\/p>\n<p>Guardian News \u25ba http:\/\/is.gd\/guardianwires<br \/>\nGuardian Football \u25ba http:\/\/is.gd\/guardianfootball<br \/>\nGuardian Sport \u25ba http:\/\/bit.ly\/GDNsport<br \/>\nGuardian Culture \u25ba http:\/\/is.gd\/guardianculture<\/p>\n<p>#insomnia #sleepdeprivation #nosleep #sleep #insomniac #sleepproblems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of people in the UK have trouble sleeping, and Guardian reporter Leah Green is one of them. 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