Is economy causing you to lose sleep?

 
BY JESSICA YADEGARAN
Published: January 12, 2009

WALNUT CREEK , Calif. — There are no sheep keeping Mari A. company at bedtime. Rather, she counts thoughts of layoffs, mortgage payments and plummeting stocks. Her insomnia started in November, when the economy hit a critical low.

Restless, she manages to fall asleep but wakes up in the middle of the night. Instead of lying in the dark, she gets up and reads the newspaper or watches television as a retreat.

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