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The Blessings of Insomnia

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Michael Patton

  Though insomnia is painful to me… …I thoroughly enjoyed reading the poetry anthology Acquainted with the Night: Insomnia Poems, edited by Lisa Russ Spaar. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that so many poets have written about insomnia.  Poetry … Continue reading →

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Sleep (R)aid

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Michael Patton

    A TV commercial for the prescription sleep-aid Rozerem says, “If you can’t sleep, you can’t dream.” In that ad, a talking beaver, a deep-sea diver, and an Abraham Lincoln impersonator tell an insomniac that his dreams miss him. … Continue reading →

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Insomnia Causes Insomnia

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Michael Patton

  “When things go bad things go bad.”   — Bill Russell According to an article by Lori Miller Kase in the November 2007 Reader’s Digest, insomnia causes insomnia: “People with insomnia produce higher rates of stress hormones than others, according … Continue reading →

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