Surviving Without Sleep, and Then With Too Much

How my diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia changed my self-perception

Julianne Will
Elemental
Published in
7 min readDec 4, 2018

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DDuring one of the lowest moments in my year without sleep, I remember watching some silly Disney Channel sitcom where the kids were all settling in for a sleepover. They told each other good night, lay down in their bunk beds, and went to sleep.

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Julianne Will
Elemental

I'm a professional writer with deep experience in journalism and marketing. I'm also a world traveler and the cofounder of Journey Here Travel. Fernweh is real.