Spent four decades not sleeping a wink – until a doctor took my #insomnia seriously.
Insomnia is not a grievance made by difficult women. It’s a life-threatening condition that often stems from a physical issue many doctors refuse to see
This common activity is linked to 59% higher odds of insomnia, study finds
https://www.psypost.org/this-common-activity-is-linked-to-59-higher-odds-of-insomnia-study-finds/
A large study of Norwegian college students has found that spending more time on screens after going to bed is tied to a higher likelihood of experiencing insomnia and getting less sleep — no matter the type of screen activity.
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i slept only one hour so far....but luki is a good company #sleepless #insomnia #mouse #plushies
i cant sleep and i'm spending the night with luki #mouse #sleepless #insomnia #plushies
Lightning at 4am, I want to wear it wild
Insomnia Weather
Sam Calhoun
#Poetry #SamCalhoun #Insomnia #Lightning
https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/insomnia-weather/
Just about the only thing I can do with an #insomnia 'hangover' after being awake all night is doodle, scribble, sketch (dribble & retch?), so here's a 1st draft of today's benumbed effort: a grotesque (though some might say an improvement) self-portrait which tries to capture how mangled I feel.
The insomniac's dilemma: do I keep trying with the self hypnosis/quiet music/white noise/meditation to try to get some sleep or do I give up and watch a movie?
`sed 's/ould/loud/g'`
> Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they cloud, they didn't stop to think if they shloud.
Insomnia strikes again. Who’s up who should not be? #insomnia
Full four hours of sleep on a couch. How delightful. #insomnia
Beauty of #spring & #Sakura in the early morning + advantages of #insomnia & #burnout (being able to leave house at unseemly hour of 5am & following doctors orders of “nixing” / recharging via joyful activities & #cycling for an hour through birds’ #chorus ) 
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#Amsterdam #dawn EDITED: added a link : https://www.amsterdamsebos.nl/bloesempark/
The #NHS should be a beacon of what this country stands for.
But …
My mum is suffering from dreadful #insomnia right now. We got some Nytol, but the leaflet says to check if you have #renal problems. My mum has stage 4 kidney disease, along with being on blood-thinning meds and is currently being weaned off dihydrocodeine.
On her behalf, I sent a request to the docs, and she got an appointment for a month’s time. I sent another request asking for a phone call. She got a reply telling her to go to the walk-in clinic.
Mum is #disabled and needs a lift to the docs. She couldn’t get hold of her neighbour to take her, so I’m going to drive 2 hours to take her. I don’t mind (she’s my mum!) but I hate that this is where we are. And it has to be Thursday as I can’t do tomorrow. And yes, I tried my local pharmacist, and online 111 doesn’t seem to cater for this. All we need to know is if sleeping meds are safe for her to take.
Don’t necessarily need any comments, just needed to vent a bit. ARGH!
Field trip tomorrow. Will be visiting a low carbon brick factory, glass factory and timber mill. Already late to bed. Sigh. Listening to Pink Floyd to wind down “Wish You Were Here” #insomnia #ArchitectureSchool
Is it even worth trying to lie down?
The rest of the house went to bed hours ago. I wish it was warm enough to hang out under the moon
#Insomnia can lead to heart issues. A psychologist recommends changes that can improve sleep: https://buff.ly/l8qSNG0
Chart: As we age, the recommended amount of sleep declines.
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Today the New York Times published "What Is Cognitive Shuffling?" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/well/mind/sleep-cognitive-shuffling.html . In February, BBC Science Focus published an article on the technique: https://www.sciencefocus.com/wellbeing/how-to-stop-insomnia
I was interviewed for both pieces.
The #cognitiveShuffle has gotten a lot of attention in the last 1.5 years.
This tiktok video by Dr. Scott A. Walter has had over 609,000 likes.
https://www.tiktok.com/@denverskindoc/video/7368264490028404014. After that video, a whole bunch of other tiktok and youtube videos were made about it.
For those who want something more in-depth, later this year a chapter of mine and Sheryl Guloy's on the theory behind the cognitive shuffle and a description of the technique will be published in a Cambridge University Press book, Sleep Theories. The chapter is called
"Towards a somnolent information-processing theory: Understanding the human sleep-onset control
system from an integrative design-oriented perspective"
#insomnia #sleep
