Sleep Disorders

Each ebook brings together 50 first-person accounts of one sleep problem or approach. The collection covers insomnia and the slow work of sleeping again, including the newer sleeping tablets and what people made of them; restless legs and the urge that ruins bedtime; hypersomnia, where too much sleep becomes its own problem; and circadian rhythm disorders that leave a person permanently out of step with the working day.

Others describe the stranger side of sleep: sleep paralysis, sleepwalking, night terrors that carry on into adulthood, and the night spent wired up in a sleep lab. A few follow things people try for themselves — mouth taping, tracking and optimising every part of the night, and couples who moved into separate rooms and slept better for it. Partners and family members appear throughout, because broken sleep is rarely a solo problem. These are experiences rather than instructions, offered so the small hours feel less lonely. Every book downloads instantly as a PDF and an EPUB.

Where to start

• Awake No More: Insomnia Recovery Stories — the first read for most people here.
• Still Legs: RLS Treatment Stories — for legs that will not settle at night.
• Watched While Sleeping: Sleep Study Stories — if a night in the lab is booked.
• Reset: Circadian Rhythm Recovery Stories — for body clocks out of step.
• Frozen Nights: Sleep Paralysis Experience Stories — frightening nights, described by those who have them.
• Sleeping Apart, Sleeping Better: Sleep Divorce Stories — for couples whose sleep clashes.