Unfortunately drug commercials tout a simple clear cut answer for insomnia problems. In 2005 almost $300 million was spent promising the public better rest and a fuller life, and America bought it. A record 43 million sleeping pill prescriptions were filled in 2006. Television commercials have managed to reduce insomnia to a simple message, "Can’t sleep? Take a pill." But this disorder is very complex and can have multiple and varying causes and cannot be dismissed with a cure all approach. Insomnia often presents major challenges to treatment.

Do you feel fatigued? Do you have trouble losing weight? Do you experience trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? You are suffering from stress!