In a study conducted by Dr. Gregg Jacobs at Harvard Medical School (funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine), his Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program was more effective than Ambien for the treatment of insomnia. The source I originally heard this from said it was 40% more effective than Ambien (his website doesn’t specify the percent).

Insomnia is often triggered by a stressful event. Regardless of the cause, insomnia can become chronic from worrying and catastrophic thinking.  The act of fretting stimulates the central nervous system, just as much as exercise would. The CBT program works by easing the exaggerated fears, and also uses behavioral and relaxation techniques.

Dr. Jacobs has created an online interactive website to make his program available to anyone. Here is the link:

http://cbtforinsomnia.com/JoinNow.html
SLEEP WELL!