Nessun dorma. Insonnia, narcolessia e altre disavventure notturne
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A chiunque è capitato di passare una notte insonne, per effetto del jet lag o dello stress lavorativo, per le coliche del bimbo o un rave al piano di sotto. Al mondo però ci sono persone per le quali dormire male, o non dormire affatto, non è un inconveniente passeggero ma una condizione esistenziale. partendo dalla sua esperienza personale di narcolettico, Henry Nicholls ci conduce nell'affascinante e inquietante mondo dei disturbi del sonno. Incontreremo uomini e donne che si addormentano di colpo in seguito a un momento di gioia, che si svegliano nel pieno della notte per svuotare il frigorifero, che dormono per mesi o rischiano di morire per un colpo di sonno (e che soltanto dopo anni conquistano una diagnosi che cambia loro la vita). Scopriremo perché dormiamo, che non abbiamo sempre dormito come lo facciamo oggi e che con ogni probabilità stiamo usando la luce sbagliata. Soprattutto, impareremo a dormire e a vivere meglio.
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- Pagine: 292
- Data di uscita: 13-09-2018
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For my first meeting with something written by Nicholls, I was very impressed. The author is a science journalist who has talked a lot about animals and their preservation. Here he does the Andrew Solomon thing, where he takes a topic which affects him directly, depression and anxiety in Solomon’s c Leggi tutto
The Science of Sleep. As told by a narcoleptic journalist. This was actually a fascinating book about the hard science of sleep - all the way to the gene and chromosome level of certain sleep disorders. Other than the first chapter and last chapter, the traditional setup and summary, the remaining 1 Leggi tutto
SLEEPYHEAD’s author Henry Nicholls is a science writer and a narcoleptic, so he knows whereof he sleeps! 😀 For his sleep syndrome causes him to fall asleep anywhere at anytime. Nicholls uses his experience as backdrop to explore the neuroscience of disordered sleep, which is a gripping trip. He intr Leggi tutto
If you know someone with narcolepsy, or your only ideas about this disorder come from horribly inaccurate portrayals in fiction (looking at you, Rat Race), you need to read this. This is a fantastic, in-depth discussion of what it's really like to experience narcolepsy, as well as other related sleep Leggi tutto
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.] There’s a wealth of information in this book, sometimes in the text, and sometimes through the references it offers—I’ve picked in those a couple of books I’ll need to read at some point. “Sleepyhead” is probably mor Leggi tutto
Sleepyhead is a great resource for those that either have trouble falling asleep or staying awake. The author suffers from narcolepsy and frequently falls asleep at inappropriate times. He relates his own story and states that the average time before narcolepsy diagnosis is 15 years. However, Sleepyh Leggi tutto
Thank You Net Galley for the free ARC. A book about sleep and what makes it good or bad. I loved the sections on color and timing of light, reminded me of flowering responses in plants. I sleep like the proverbial rock, so it is amazing to see how many different struggles and disorders there are and Leggi tutto
I think where this book stands out for me and others with narcolepsy is the innumerable testimony of patients diagnosed throughout their lifetimes, from childhood to adulthood, and the unanimity of how traumatizing/exhausting/shamed/misunderstood their disordered wake-sleep states were. Most signifi Leggi tutto
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