"The Sleep Solution is an exciting journey of sleep self-discovery and understanding that will help you custom design specific interventions to fit your lifestyle. Drawing on his twenty-four years of experience within the field, neurologist and sleep expert W. Chris Winter will help you understand how sleep works and the ways in which food, light, and other activities act to help or hurt the process; learn why sleeping pills are so often misunderstood and used incorrectly-and how you can achieve your best sleep without them; incorporate sleep and napping into your life-whether you are a shift worker, student, or overcommitted parent; think outside the box to better understand ways to treat a multitude of conditions-from insomnia to sleep apnea to restless leg syndrome and circadian sleep disorders; wade through the ever-changing sea of sleep technology and understand its value as it relates to your own sleep struggles. -- from publisher's description.