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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 - intro00:57 - Difficulty Falling Asleep01:06 - Low Melatonin01:27 - Sunlight in the morning01:46 - Screen Free time before bed02:02 - Magnesium Deficiency02:28 - Iron Deficiency02:59 - Not getting physical activity03:23 - Pain03:35 - High Histamine04:27 - Waking up in the Night04:42 - High Cortisol
05:08 - Nighttime cortisol spikes05:43 - Blood sugar06:28 - Nighttime Anxiety07:34 - Restless Legs08:02 - Histamine spikes caused by alcohol08:31 - Waking to go to the bathroom
By Dr. Amy Neuzil4.9
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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 - intro00:57 - Difficulty Falling Asleep01:06 - Low Melatonin01:27 - Sunlight in the morning01:46 - Screen Free time before bed02:02 - Magnesium Deficiency02:28 - Iron Deficiency02:59 - Not getting physical activity03:23 - Pain03:35 - High Histamine04:27 - Waking up in the Night04:42 - High Cortisol
05:08 - Nighttime cortisol spikes05:43 - Blood sugar06:28 - Nighttime Anxiety07:34 - Restless Legs08:02 - Histamine spikes caused by alcohol08:31 - Waking to go to the bathroom

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