As a sleep specialist I often get referrals from neurologists such as Dr Guy Leschziner, a sleep medicine neurologist, with people who have been prescribed sleeping medications. Sleeping medications can actually be quite helpful in the short term. They can help alleviate some of the symptoms of insomnia such as anxiety… But at the end…
What causes chronic insomnia? Well in clinic as a sleep clinician I often get told, “my sleep problem has been caused by menopause”, or by high stress at work, or an illness, or a life event. It doesn’t really matter – there are many things that could cause you to have asleep problem, but the problem…
Why is it that over 90% of insomnia treatments fail? I’m a sleep clinician and in the clinic I hear my patients list all the things that they have already tried. Things like CBD oil, relaxation, magnesium, other herbal supplements, massage, different types of therapy and hypnotherapy, CBT, sleep sprays… Tech stuff to help them…