Sleep Well, Live Better – 3 Steps To Good Sleep
By Dr Leon Lack PhD and Dr Helen Wright PhD
Scientific surveys find that up to 50% of the entire population have experienced one bout of sleeping difficulty during any given year.
Nearly 10% of the population suffers from severe or chronic insomnia. In Australia chronic Insomniacs could fill the Melbourne Cricket Ground ten times over.
Sleeping difficulty is the third most common problem reported to General Practitioners.
Up to 5% of the population regularly takes prescribed medicines to help them sleep with a lot more using alcohol and over the counter medicines to cure them of their insomnia.
Do these methods work?
The answer is very rarely.
Is there a better way to treat insomnia?
Yes! It is clear that non-drug therapies provide better long term improvement of sleep and wellbeing.
In our book Sleep Well Live Better we will help you identify the type of insomnia you have and provide scientifically proven treatments to help you sleep better and have a new energetic start to the day.
What is a good night’s sleep?
A common misconception is that good sleep is a long deep valley of unconsciousness. Sleep is more like a roller coaster ride.
The amount of sleep an individual requires various from person to person and will also vary with age. The chart show that at birth babies need around 16 hours sleep, children around 10 hours, adolescents 9 hours and becomes shorter and lighter as a person ages.
The prevalence of insomnia and the use of sleeping pills is greater in the older population.
Did you know?
People are divided between Larks and Owls. Larks have a body clock set to early rising and early to bed while owls get to bed late and sleep in. Quite often either types try and beat their own body clock resulting in sleep problems.
There are three basic types of insomnia.
1. Sleep Maintenance Insomnia – difficulty maintaining sleep. In other words the experience of long or many night-time awakenings.
2. Sleep Onset Insomnia – difficulty falling asleep
3. Early Morning Awakening Insomnia – unable to fall back to sleep after an early
morning awakening.
What type of Insomnia do I have?
One of the hardest things is determining the type of insomnia you may be suffering from. Sleep Well Live Better will provide the important answers to your questions and provide the strategies and tools you will need to help you overcome you sleeping difficulties.
Dr Leon Lack and Dr Helen Wright provide a step-by-step program to help you get the “life back in your life”.
Sleep Well, Live Better is written in simple everyday language that conveys the solutions to the problem succinctly and well. The book follows up the success of their previous book “Insomnia, How To Sleep Easy”.
Sleep Well Live Better 3 Steps To Better Sleep will make your dreams come true
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