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No More Sleepless Nights

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I highly recommend this book to anyone who suffers from insomnia. Dr. Hauri gives you all the facts about what could be causing your sleeping problem. He covers the effects of diet on sleep, including certain vitamins and minerals that promote sleep; the effect of exercise on sleep - how the amount and timing of activity is important; and how you might be upsetting your natural sleep cycle (you may be sleeping too much!) and how to reset this clock. Also, did you know that you may be conditioned to not sleep when you go to bed? He covers the Bootzin technique of overcoming this bad habit of bedtime-induced stress and anxiety.

He discusses medical problems that might be contributing to your insomnia and when to seek a medical professional. He explains why sleeping pills are not a good long term solution and how to kick this potentially dangerous habit. He gives you relaxation techniques to help you manage your stress all day long.

For any of you who were contemplating whether or not to seek treatment at a sleep disorders center, Dr. Hauri explains when it is time for you to seek this kind of help. He also covers what goes on in a sleep lab and what they will be monitoring.

Dr. Hauri gives you all the facts about sleep so YOU can be your own sleep investigator. Easy to read and understand. Highly recommended!

Thank you,Dr. Hauri, for helping me to feel so much more rested and refreshed.

The depth and breadth of this book is impressive. Dr. Hauri is not pushing a particular cause of or cure for insomnia... he covers a wide range of possible causes and cures. With this breadth of information, the reader can explore his/her own causes and possible solutions. If you are a long-time insomniac, you may find info here that you haven't seen elsewhere. I've had insomnia since childhood, have been to a well-known university sleep center, and found info in this book that has not been provided to me by any physician. Very, very helpful book. I've been sleeping well for 9 months nearly every night. Before I would have one good night of sleep every 6 months or so.

The book 'No More Sleepless Nights' is an excellent overall book on sleep disorders. It covers very effective diagnosis of sleep disorders, such as those arising from poor hygiene, poor diet, depression and anxiety.

One of the most useful suggestions is the empirical and very sensible use of sleep logs to moniter your sleeping patterns, in aid of diagnosing possible factors leading to poor sleep. Once you have an idea of what may be causing your sleeping problems, the book gives detailed information on how to possibly remedy the situation. This includes topics such as relaxation techniques, excersise, regular sleeping times, as well as more drastic techniques such as light therapy and chronotherapy. The details of staying in sleep disorders units are also covered. Overall the book is very good, concise and well written, coming from two leading expert MD in the sleep disorders field. The main message you are left with from this book is - don't be scared of insomnia. Highly recommended.

This is the best book I have read yet! And it works.
I have been suffering from insomnia for 9 years and done all I cound think of to cure this problem, light therapy, lavendar, room darkening, no tv, sleep clinic all the usual. 2 years ago I began sleeping pills to function during the day.

This book has been a great source for beginning to cure the problem in very practical and solid steps. I would also recommend getting the sleep timer, it gives you an objective measure of the sleep you are actually getting. I am now averaging 5 to 7 hours of sleep a night with no sleeping pills.

Peter Hauri has written a book full of good information and practical steps you can take to end insomnia. Here are all the basics to improve your sleep. These include keeping a sleep log, sleep hygiene, relaxation and stress management. Diet and exercise are also addressed. There is some help for diagnosing the sleep problem so that proper treatment is obtained. He addresses narcolepsy, sleep apnea, sleep terrors and other sleep disorders. Sleep problems increase around midlife and can be a function of emotional and stress issues, as the author of Women's Midlife Workbook, I have worked with many women who can use help for sleep at midlife and would find this book useful.

I happened into this book in a bookstore several years ago. At the time, I was experiencing sleep difficulties that were interfering with my life and work. This book works methodically through possible causes of sleep disturbance, and provides exercises that the reader can follow to determine the causes of their own sleep problems and how to solve them. Using the book's methodologies, I was able to determine within a couple of weeks the surprising cause that I was trying to get more sleep than my body needed. Therefore I was never sleeping particularly well and always feeling tired. I began to cut down on my sleep time, and almost immediately began to feel better! The point, however, is that this book provides tools for anyone to determine the causes of their sleep difficulties and begin to resolve them. I highly recommend it.

Dr. Hauri has provided us with a very comprehensive book on conquering insomnia. It is a must-read for insomniacs! The treatments for other sleep disorders are the same ones offered in other books that don't have good success rates but that is not what the main focus was of his book. He provides the reader with great information on all other types of sleep disorders that we don't find in too many other books. He ends it with Sleep Disorder Clinics. Great book.

After suffering insomnia for many years and sensitive to sleeping pills which kept me awake, I switched to natural sleep aids. They didn't work either. So, I went to a Sleep Center and was evaluated. I found that I had mild sleep apnea. This book was recommended to me by one of the CPAP technicians. I read it from cover to cover and wished I had found it 20 years ago. It is extremely informative, and should be read before evaluations even take place. Then one would know what to expect. All is well, and I am sleeping comfortably 7 hours a night with a lot more energy during the day. I don't even need my usual nap time in the afternoons. Everyone with a sleep problem needs this book.

Len Peterson
Phoenix, OR

No More Sleepless Nights is a tested and effective book now available in many forms: Kindle book, paperback, etc. It has been perfected over the years. Dr. Hauri started with a softcover for UpJohn. It was distributed to physicians, but quickly became the most widely read source of information on sleep and its disorders. It revealed Dr. Hauri's gift for concise, comprehensive, effective communication. I used its section on sleep hygiene with almost all sleep disorder patients for 25 years. They generally benefitted. Dr. Hauri had one of the world's first sleep disorder centers, so the book he finally wrote is based on experience that dwarfs that of the reporters, people with sleep disorders and nearly all other sleep disorder experts who have written competing books. His book went through two editions and further testing when he became the expert you'd be likely to see at the Mayo Clinic. The book is more comprehensive than its title would indicate. It provides a foundation for reading other, more specialized books or consulting physicians at a sleep disorder center. I've referred many with sleep problems to the book. They've generally been satisfied.

This book is written in a very dry and unencouraging tone. There is a lot of useful information, but the cumulative effect was to make the problem of insomnia seem insurmountable. "Say goodnight to Insomnia", on the other hand, was exceptionally helpful - much more attention to the underlying thought processes and how to break them down, and practical steps to take in a very constructive manner. Get that one first, for sure.