We’ve all been there — staring at the ceiling, reliving every misstep and embarrassing moment of our entire lives. Having trouble sleeping is particularly common among those who have anxiety disorders. Our autonomic nervous system releases the primary stress hormone cortisol to mediate our response when we’re anxious. Research suggests […]
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How to Sleep When Anxiety Is Keeping You Awake: 5 Tips
Anxiety at night is common. If you find it difficult to sleep, there are ways to manage anxiety and get a restful night’s sleep. If you’re lying in bed feeling anxious, chances are you might have a hard time falling or staying asleep. If this tossing and turning is becoming […]
How To Choose Between Sleep or Exercise for Energy
Let’s talk about the F word: fatigue. Even before the pandemic, reports of people feeling exhausted were on the rise. This site’s written extensively about the various reasons for why this is—from astrological explanations, to parceling out the difference between being just plain tired and actual fatigue, to the many […]
Hundreds of Suicidal Teens Sleep in Emergency Rooms. Every Night.
How Matt Richtel spoke to adolescents and their parents for this series In mid-April, I was speaking to the mother of a suicidal teenager whose struggles I’ve been closely following. I asked how her daughter was doing. Not well, the mother said: “If we can’t find something drastic to help […]
National Sleep Day Tips From ‘The Sleep Doctor’
We’ve all read that getting adequate amounts of shut eye is essential to our wellbeing, and yet hitting the sack at a reasonable time can be one of the hardest habits for most of us to maintain. Of course, long working hours, stressful times, and busy family lives all contribute […]
Resistance exercise superior to aerobic exercise for sleep
March 03, 2022 2 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Source: Brellenthin AG, et al. Abstract 38. Presented at: Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions; March 1-4, 2022; Chicago. Disclosures: The authors report no relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS […]
Tired of feeling fatigued? Magnesium could transform your sleep and give you more energy than ever
Nicole Hylan was feeling tired and jaded before discovering Magnesium+ After years of restrictions, uncertainty and frustration, it’s hardly surprising that many of us are eager to take control of our lives again and enjoy them to the full. But after a long period of inactivity, some of us have […]
The 10 minute hack that is as ‘good as 40 minutes extra sleep’
Not all of us can squeeze in a mid-afternoon nap to keep us going. But a 10-minute hack could offer the same benefits, experts say, and will help ease sleep deprivation. Most Brits fail to get enough shuteye, if surveys are anything to go by. A third of people try […]
Diabetic Alert Dog Brings Comfort (and Sleep) to Family
After hearing the phrase “dead in bed,” restful nights for Marc Bullion and his wife, Becki, disappeared. Their daughter, Lelia, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) at age 8, and her low-blood sugar episodes were unusually frequent.
Using melatonin for sleep is on the rise, study says, despite potential health harms
While overall use among the United States adult population is still “relatively low,” the study does “document a significant many-fold increase in melatonin use in the past few years,” said sleep specialist Rebecca Robbins, an instructor in the division of sleep medicine for Harvard Medical School, who was not involved […]
Biological Rhythms Outweigh Sleep Quantity Changes in Peripartum Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms
A recent study found an association between biological rhythms affecting sleep late in pregnancy and postpartum and depressive or anxiety symptoms. During the peripartum period—the 3-month period before and after giving birth—anxiety and depression can lead to lower quality of life for mothers. A recent study connected peripartum depression and […]
Women need extra ZZZs than men! Five ways they can cope with their accumulated sleep debt
Gender differences pervade all areas of our lives, including our sleep. Several studies claim that women are at a greater risk of insomnia than men, and some even propound that the lifetime risk of insomnia is 40 percent higher in women compared to their male counterparts. It has been proven […]