Desperately Seeking Snoozin’ : The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzz
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John Wiedman is neither a doctor nor a therapist, but the years he has spent in the trenches of insomnia, fighting for an elusive good night’s sleep, has made him an expert in the war against sleepless nights. In conversational tones, John talks about how he has overcome a sleeping disorder that affects about one-third of the adult population in America and lays out a blueprint showing how sufferers don’t have to spend their nights tossing and turning and their days struggling to stay awake. John uses his “on-the-job” experience to guide readers through a program that will help them develop healthy habits that promote a restful and peaceful night of slumber. Desperately Seeking Snoozing is the one book that can boast that it will put you to sleep.Amazon.com Review
“Professional insomniac” John Wiedman isn’t a doctor; he researched and developed this anti-insomnia program in order to overcome his own sleep problems. His recommendation is that people suffering from severe insomnia should actually restrict their sleeping time to the bare minimum they need to function during the day. Some may find this a difficult prescription, but judging from his readers’ testimonials, it can work. Desperately Seeking Snoozin’ also includes general information about sleep medications, lifestyle changes that can affect sleep, and how eating late at night can affect the sleep cycle. The book is rounded out with messages from insomnia chat boards on the Internet, which give a sense of the amount of genuine suffering sleep problems can cause. –Ben Kallen
Desperately Seeking Snoozin’ : The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzz
Mr. Wiedman’s collection and re-packaging of the original thinking of others would still pass for a decent book – kind of a “Dummy’s Guide to Insomnia” or “Why Bubba Can’t Sleep!” – were it not for the openly hostile attitude of the author to the whole of the mental health community, practitioners and patients alike. His book reinforces the stigma against mental illness so prevalent in our culture, a stigma that contributes to the gross under treatment of mental disorders across all segments of our society. Given that sleep disorders are highly concurrent with other neural problems Mr. Wiedman’s attitudes perpetrate a grave disservice to a majority of insomniacs.
Perhaps if Mr. Wiedman had not been so psycho-phobic and had pursued a program of behavioral and cognitive therapy with a good mental health provider he could have solved his sleep problems years ago. Instead he chooses to give the sleep clinic that knew this all along “two thumbs down” for not holding his hand and making sure he followed their advice. I’ll try to be a bit fairer in my review and at least give the author one digit up!
I urge you to pass this one by – there are better books from competent researchers on understanding sleep disorders and applying behavioral modification approaches for their treatment. Spend your money on the original thinkers instead. I found nothing novel here!
Rating: 1 / 5
Unbelievably poorly written but does have some good ideas.
In the appendix there is a comment from someone who claims they’re a literary agent and that the writing is superb. I would surmise the person is not a successful literary agent.
Rating: 2 / 5
As one other reviewer notes, it’s incredibly poorly written. The info is not new, not helpful, not… well, let’s just say I saw it a conventional (offline, independent) bookstore, thought it was a cute title, and, being as short on time that day as I almost always am short on sleep, I didn’t leaf through it before buying it. MISTAKE!
I really resented paying money for this piece of self-congratulatory-ness. I’m glad the author found something that worked for him, I’m glad he suffered and then interrupted the cycle: hooray for anyone who does that, in any area of life. But it sure didn’t do anything for me, and didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know.
Aggravating waste of trees.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’ve had insomnia for many years & have taken many different anti-depressants for all those years. I received the book not long ago. I agree this is a book with both serious and humorous sides of sleep disorders. There are different things people can do to help with sleep problems-easy to understand and follow.
Rating: 5 / 5
As is the case with so many self-help books, the heart of the matter lies hidden somewhere in the middle, buried in many layers of padding and filler. The good news is that the meat, once you get to it, is very good and seems to be working for me. This could easily have been issued as a pamphlet, but I think if you’re sleeping poorly enough this little idea is worth the price of admission.
Rating: 4 / 5