WHEN she wrote about what she calls her “perfectly healthy” sleeping pill addiction, she knew she’d get flak. Her sister-in-law berated her after finding out she took half a sleeping pill a day and online comments on her story were vicious.
It’s “stunningly irresponsible”, one said. “Making excuses for taking sleeping pills is pathetic, especially considering multiple natural options are available,” another said.
But Hayley Krischer, a journalist who’s written for The New York Times and online news site, Salon, among other publications, isn’t too worried – especially after her doctor gave her the go-ahead.
“Because research shows that women need more sleep than men and that our health suffers without enough sleep, my doctor wasn’t worried when I asked her about it,” she writes. In fact, she points out,…
