Lack of Sleep Costing U.S. Economy Up to $411 Billion a Year A lack of sleep among the U.S. working population is costing the economy up to $411 billion a year, which is 2.28 percent of the country's GDP, a new report finds.According to Lawrence Epstein and Steven Mardon, authors of The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night's Sleep: Over-the-counter sleeping pills (usually a form of antihistamine) remain popular too. The problem with most of these medications—especiallyso-called sedative-hypnotics, obtained by prescription and also known as benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepines—is that while theymight seem to give the sufferer some relief, they either disrupt or prohibit REM sleep, the restorative kind that provides great,complicated dreams and a sense of renewed vigor and optimism in the morning. You think you're asleep, but it's light, and there's the chance ofdeveloping psychological or physical dependence, not to mention a host of side effects. In all cases, these pills fail to cure the cause of the insomnia.In some cases, they prolong it. And when abused, these drugs can result in a permanent, deadly slumberThis book help you find out your causes of Insomnia, then treat it, then get better sleep