When I was working at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS hospital I saw thousands of cases of insomnia. And it would present differently with everybody. I saw people who had menopause and then they got insomnia. People who went through illnesses, took new medications, had a lot of stress in their lives… Others having the…
The important element when fixing the problem One of the keys to fixing a sleep problem is timing, which is often overlooked… We talk a lot about changing the duration and quality of our sleep, but we miss out the timing. Why is this important? I worked for Harvard Sleep Labs on a NASA funded…
Another type of sleep disorder is parasomnia. Parasomnia is any abnormal activity that happens to us when we are sleeping. For instance things like sleep talking, sleep walking, sexsomnia, and sleep eating. Also night terrors, where people are terrified of something they feel they have seen. They may not even remember it and it can…
One big question I get asked a lot is around menopause and sleep. Is there anything that can be done if the menopause is causing you sleep issues? It’s a big subject. Menopause can 100% cause insomnia and it can be the trigger of lots of different types of sleep issues. It’s something horrible where…
It’s funny how a lot of people that have insomnia feel like they are very unique. They think there might not be a lot of people that understand what they’re going through. But the reality is in clinic I see so many different types of people. From entrepreneurs to doctors, nurses, surgeons, and all sorts…
So the first thing you need to do is go to the doctors and they need to give you a blood test. One of the main causes of restless leg syndrome can be iron deficiency. The first thing you want to rule out is low iron levels. Even if you don’t have low iron levels,…
Homeostatic sleep drive One of the biggest systems we have to help us sleep is our homeostatic sleep drive. When you spend more time awake, you build up a sleepiness which makes you want to sleep. The more time you spend sleeping, the more you build up a wakefulness. This makes you want to be…
Problems with the timings of sleep, (which is what circadian rhythm disorders are) don’t always mean broken sleep. They might sleep a full night but they just do it at a different time of day. If you don’t get to sleep until 3am every night but can’t get up earlier than 9/10/11am, you are getting…