In my mind the only thing worse than Insomnia has to be a screaming toothache.
The one major difference being, toothache comes with an advantage - it can be dealt with a whole lot quicker than Insomnia can.
And even though both have similar effects on what I shall loosely call (what's left of) your lifestyle, i.
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they both leave you ragged and useless, toothache can be here today and, as long as the dentist is working,gone tomorrow.
Unfortunately not so the Insomnia.
Months, years of searching for a solution can leave you empty-handed and even more baggy-eyed than usual.
Even with relief in sight, and like so many health problems, what suits some may not suit fellow sufferers.
What works for one may not work for another.
The lavender scented pillow may come with headaches included and the less said about chemical solutions perhaps the better.
Let's make no bones about this, Insomnia is the devil in disguise.
And then there's what I call the shrapnel effect.
Lack of sleep, Insomnia poisons everything it touches.
It can, and don't we know it,turn a simple health problem into something much worse.
If you haven't got the energy to fight off a simple cold...
Insomnia can and does turn the most mild mannered of person into an unfeeling monster.
Jekyll and Hyde eat your heart out.
Lack of sleep can twist our nerve endings into the human equivalent of an electrical storm.
Our judgments are rendered useless, our behaviour becomes erratic and we break down leaving a trail of wreckage from our workplace to what's left of our marriage.
And that's the truth.
Insomnia can and does ruin lives.