For more than 14 months, Marilyn Kenoly struggled with chronic insomnia. It started on a beautiful fall night after a comedy show in 2009. It grew into days, then weeks and months of pure torture. In search of a doctor that could determine the problem, Wide Awake chronicles the journey of studying insomnia, insomniacs, menopause, hormones, hormone specialists, hormone treatments, pharmaceutical drugs, naturopathic doctors and treatment modalities. There were insomniacs that had not slept in 3 years, 5 years, even 15 years. They accepted the quick fix of Ambien, Lunesta or anti-depressants Zoloft, Effexor, and others to sleep on a daily basis. If they did not take these drugs they could not sleep. Kenoly was finally referred to a naturopathic doctor and an anti-aging specialist, who packed a one-two punch on the hormonal deficiencies and healed her; Wide Awake explains the sleep cycle and how it’s controlled by hormones. 

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