You most definitely came to this website because of the fact that you are having trouble sleeping. This is a common issue among many people yet a lot of them don’t even realize that it’s a very serious issue and it causes more harm than good. Right off the top of the bat there are several serious issues that may arise from your lack of sleep (depending on the severity of it) including heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, heart failure and diabetes just to name a few. Some other side effects of lack of sleep (or insomnia) possibly include a lower sex drive (oh no!!), depression, lowered immune system, weight gain, lack of focus and concentration, dry skin, dark puffy eyes, forgetfulness ….. . Lack of sleep can also be called sleep deprivation or insomnia, but they all pretty much mean the same thing, NOT SLEEPING WELL or ENOUGH. The damaging results from lack of sleep may not only hurt you, but may hurt or even kill others; the nuclear accident that took place in 1979 at Three Mile Island was due to employee lack of sleep. The tremendous oil spill by the Exxon Valdez was caused by a sleep deprived driver. The nuclear meltdown back in 1986 which took place in Chernobyl was also blamed on the initial fact of sleep deprived employees. Out in the ‘real world’ people who lack proper sleep also affect everyday life. There’s no doubt that a drowsy person is someone with delayed reactions. A drowsy person driving can easily appear to be a drunk person, when in fact they were never even near alcohol at all. Fatigue is major factor in many car accidents today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that fatigue itself causes over 100,000 vehicle accidents per year (and that includes approximately 1,500 deaths). You may want to blame some of this on ‘senior’ drivers but the fact is that this problem is most prevalent with people who are younger than 25 years old. … Sleep deprivation is a serious issue that needs to be addressed immediately because it can so easily affect your live, and the lives of others all around you. Take our Sweet Dreams Tincture and NEVER have a sleep issue again.