Would anyone be interested in starting an insomnia patient advocacy group? Given that this condition seriously affects millions of people, the $20 million that NIH is spending for researching insomnia seems grossly inadequate. There is little understanding or research on the underlying biology of insomnia. And according to a number of sleep researchers quoted in Gayle Greene's book, "Insomniac", other sleep disorders increased their funding due to advocacy of patient run groups.
I recently had to switch health insurance (job loss). The only health insurance I could afford was to be on my wife's. Unfortunately, the prescription plan isn't very good. My provigil prescription (400mg a day) now costs me $177 a month! This after…