Comments on: Sleep Solutions

By: katarina

katarina — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:41:38 +0000

I have a question for all who is using these CDs. I have had insomnia for 20 yrs. I want to ask what do I do if I fall asleep during/after the playing of the CD? The ipod or the lights on my CD player will wake me up after a couple of hrs, no? Do you all have a solution/answer? thanks so much
Rating: 4 / 5

By: txstudent

txstudent — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:16:35 +0000

I had such high hopes when I read all the great reviews for this cd, and after giving it too many tries, I am terribly disappointed. (I'm the type of insomniac that falls asleep easily, but after 4 or 5 hours, wakes up continuously. I also need earplugs, so even if this cd was starting to work, I still have to sit up, turn it off, put in earplugs, and try to fall asleep again).

Shapiro's repetitive instructions just annoy me (I heard you the first time!), and tracks 3 and 4 (to lull you back to sleep after you've woken up) were much too short and hard to visualize. As track 2 progresses, her voice gets too soft to hear, making me strain to hear it and waking up again.

I give it 2 stars because I like her mind-clearing technique; I use it along with some mini-moves from "The Insomnia Solution," a book that's finally helping me calm my mind and get some rest. Forget the cd and try the book. Rating: 2 / 5

By: E. Smith

E. Smith — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:01:34 +0000

I have not found this CD helpful in getting to sleep. Roberta Shapiro’s voice is not all that soothing to me, and she repeats phrases, which I find annoying and want to respond to with “Yeah, I heard you the first time!” Sorry, I really wanted to like this CD but I don’t. I use Steven Halpern’s “Sleep Soundly”, which is all music, or one of the “Detaching from the World” CDs. I’m considering getting “Pillow Music” too.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: Su R.

Su R. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:31:44 +0000

Well I thought this CD was a waste of my money. I found it strange that the last two “songs” on the CD were too soft to hear after the initial 30 minute hypnotic guide was done. Since I had it in my cd player I had to find my remote and turn it clear up which defeated the purpose of trying to relax and sleep, also the introduction didn’t need to be on the CD since it was already on the insert with the cd. After awhile I even found her voice to be irritating but that was probably because I still wasn’t asleep and had to replay it and then turn it up to hear the last two “songs”. Grrrr!
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Jeff A. Stier

Jeff A. Stier — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:46:16 +0000

On Family Guy (I think), they had a CD to help you sleep– it was supposed to be “the sounds of nature” or something like that. When they played it- instead of hearing the leaves rustling in the wind, or the waves breaking in the ocean, you heard a grizzly bear attacking other animals, and other frightful sounds of nature.

This CD works A LOT better!
Rating: 5 / 5