Is Guilt Interrupting Your Sleep?

by Christian Goodman | May 27, 2011 | 2 comments

I was looking over a news story (really it was more of an editorial blog posting) that was blasting a drug and technique for treating Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. While the focus of my article today isn’t on PTSS, it does touch on this controversial treatment. The...

Insomnia Caused by Lack of These Minerals

by Christian Goodman | May 16, 2011 | 0 comments

Tossing and turning at night may have less to do with stress and more to do with a deficiency of the essential minerals magnesium and calcium, according to a study conducted by the Human Nutrition Research Center in North Dakota. These researchers tied low magnesium...

Shut Eyes Shuts Down Hypertension

by Christian Goodman | May 9, 2011 | 0 comments

If your out of control hypertension keeps you up at night, you may be making things worse, a study published in the May 20011 issue of Repertory Medicine found. The link between lack of quality sleep and high blood pressure is well known. However, the results of this...

Insomnia’s Tunnel and the Bright Light at the End of It

by Christian Goodman | May 2, 2011 | 7 comments

With the weather finally starting to make a change for the warmer and longer days of spring, many readers write in this time of year because they notice that with the longer days they have better sleep habits. One gentleman asked a while back why it is that he feels...

Lyme Disease Won’t Let Me Sleep!

by Christian Goodman | Apr 4, 2011 | 4 comments

Some time ago, an avid reader wrote in reporting sleep issues. Unlike many people who suffer from insomnia, he knew when and very likely why the problem started. He had acquired Lyme disease. Sleep disturbances as well as chronic fatigue complaints are not uncommon in...

Pain in the Morning-Is it the Way I Sleep?

by Christian Goodman | Mar 28, 2011 | 4 comments

Today I would like to take another question from the files of reader polls: What in the world can cause waves of pain upon waking? This comes up from time to time as people write in about the Stop Snoring and Insomnia programs. However, this question is a bit more...