Can't Fall Asleep and Can't Stay Asleep - But Why?
Description
There are four big categories of sleep disorders and today we'll talk about the first two. Number one is hard time falling asleep and number two is hard time staying asleep. Taking a look at your sleep pattern can help you to figure out what is actually causing your bad sleep and how you can fix it. We'll talk about the most common causes of each pattern including melatonin issues, magnesium deficiency, iron deficiency, sedentary lifestyle, pain, histamine, cortisol, blood sugar, anxiety, and waking to pee.
00:00 - intro
00:57 - Difficulty Falling Asleep
01:06 - Low Melatonin
01:27 - Sunlight in the morning
01:46 - Screen Free time before bed
02:02 - Magnesium Deficiency
02:28 - Iron Deficiency
02:59 - Not getting physical activity
03:23 - Pain
03:35 - High Histamine
04:27 - Waking up in the Night
04:42 - High Cortisol
05:08 - Nighttime cortisol spikes
05:43 - Blood sugar
06:28 - Nighttime Anxiety
07:34 - Restless Legs
08:02 - Histamine spikes caused by alcohol
08:31 - Waking to go to the bathroom