Woman Who Couldn''t Wake Up - Hypersomnia and the Science of Sleepiness

Despite multiple alarm clocks and powerful stimulants, an Atlanta lawyer could sleep for thirty or even fifty hours at a stretch. Quinn Eastman tells her story-and the broader story of her diagnosis, idiopathic hypersomnia.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Anna Sleeps a Lot, and We Don’t Know Why
2. The Doctors and GABA
3. The Antidote
4. Rye Versus MSLT
5. Behind the Curtain
6. The Essence of Sleepiness
7. My Favorite Mistake
8. The Atlanta Sleepers Club
9. The Story of Flumazenil
10. Weird Drugs
11. The Heart of the Brain
12. Immobilized by Happiness
13. Frustrating and Mostly Fruitless
14. Everything Off Label
15. Knock Yourself Out
16. Biomarkers of Sleepiness—and IH
17. The FDA Opens a Door
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

About the author

Quinn Eastman is a technical editor at Emory University School of Medicine. He was trained as a biochemist, receiving a PhD from Yale University, and has worked as a journalist, covering local government and environmental issues as well as sleep research.

Summary

Despite multiple alarm clocks and powerful stimulants, an Atlanta lawyer could sleep for thirty or even fifty hours at a stretch. Quinn Eastman tells her story—and the broader story of her diagnosis, idiopathic hypersomnia.

Product details

• Authors: Quinn Eastman
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2023
• EAN: 9780231194648
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19464-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Sleep disorders & therapy, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sleep, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Neurosciences, Sleep disorders and therapy, MEDICAL / Sleep Medicine, Coping with / advice about sleep problems, medical; science; health & fitness; hypersomnia