Insomnia: why can’t I sleep?

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 ► Support the Guardian ► For more information about treating insomnia ► Sources: Waking up to the health benefits of sleep Sources ► 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 Sources ► The natural history of insomnia: focus on prevalence and incidence of acute insomnia. Epidemiology of insomnia: a longitudinal study in a UK population Sources ► Today in Focus podcast ► Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► The Guardian ► The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ► Guardian Culture ► #insomnia #sleepdeprivation #nosleep #sleep #insomniac #sleepproblems