Why can’t I sleep? My mission to understand insomnia

Millions of people in the UK have trouble sleeping, and Guardian reporter Leah Green is one of them. Like many insomniacs, she has tried all the at-home remedies, sleep hygiene and gadgets designed to cure her sleep problems. She finds out why it is so difficult to conquer insomnia, and why good treatment is so hard to come by Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► http://bit.ly/2G1wx4T For more information about treating insomnia ► http://bit.ly/2UvPV32 www.sleepio.com/nhs Sources ► Waking up to the health benefits of sleep http://bit.ly/2G8sWAR Increased Prevalence of Insomnia and Changes in Hypnotics Use in England over 15 Years: Analysis of the 1993, 2000, and 2007 National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys http://bit.ly/2UvTCWc The natural history of insomnia: focus on prevalence and incidence of acute insomnia. http://bit.ly/2G4DtND Epidemiology of insomnia: a longitudinal study in a UK population. http://bit.ly/2Us4y7s Today in Focus podcast ► http://bit.ly/2VlqjTf Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► http://bit.ly/2feoDdN The Guardian ► http://bit.ly/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► http://bit.ly/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://bit.ly/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://bit.ly/16bR6H2