Insomnia

Are you tired of tossing and turning at night?  Do you wake up in the morning wishing you could get another 3 hours of “good” sleep?  You are not alone!  Frustrations with poor sleep are all too common.  Sleep medications can work for a short time but often lose their effectiveness.  Sometimes medications don’t work at all…then what do you do?

If you want to know how to get to the underlying cause then you have to know the reason you can’t sleep in the first place.  Medications just don’t address the underlying problems, they, at best, cover up your symptoms. Do you experience a hangover from sleep medications?  Does your mind race and you are unable to turn it off?   Are you having to consume coffee, sodas or other caffeine beverages to get going and keep going through out the day?  Do you have jerky or restless legs or a feeling to continue to move your legs and feet?  And does this feeling continue throughout the night?

You suffer, your relationships are strained, your work performance decreases allowing depression to set in.  You don’t have to take it anymore.  There are real solutions.

There are several very common problems that can rob you of a satisfying nights sleep…

#1: An area in the brain known as the Mesencephalon can be over firing.  The mesencephalon is a small area partly responsible for keeping you awake (don’t worry about this big word just what it does).  The mesencephalon should be firing at its highest during the day and at the lowest in the middle of the night.  If this “wakefulness” area of the brain is over-firing you will often wake up throughout the night.  Oh, by the way, those with a high firing mesencephalon often have chronic pain.  Let’s face it…when you sleep…you heal and just feel recharged.  If your brain doesn’t know how to slow down and drift into dreamland (and stay there all night), you could be facing more problems than just poor sleep.

#2: Your Adrenal Glands (aka the stress glands) (small hormone producing glands on top of your kidneys) may not be working properly.  If your adrenal glands don’t produce enough cortisol, your blood sugar can drop too low causing you to wake up.

#3: Hormone imbalances (Thyroid, Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone and others) can play havoc with your sleep patterns and must be evaluated as part of a comprehensive approach.

#4: Immune system, blood work, digestive and other metabolic imbalances can all lead to problems with sleep.  Any of these can leave you anxious, unable to relax and yet chronically tired.

Bottom line: We must address both the metabolic and neurologic reason you are unable to sleep.  Has anyone else ‘really’ done this for you?  If so, you shouldn’t need to read this now.  We leave no stone unturned when it comes to evaluating your condition, rooting out the problems and delivering a comprehensive solution to correct everything possible.

Imagine what your life will be like when you can wake up refreshed and bubbling over with energy!  Nobody wants to rely on drugs that often don’t work over time and can leave you feeling “out of it” in the morning.  At best you may sleep but what is the real underlying reason this is happening?

Wouldn’t it be nice to know why you can’t sleep?  There was a point in your life that you slept like a baby.  You woke up knowing your mind and body had gotten the recuperative rest it needed.  You could then charge forward and have a productive enjoyable day.  But, something changed.  We need to find out “what happen” and do everything possible to fix it.

Brain Based Therapy (BBT) and Functional Nutrition allows us to target and address the metabolic and neurological reasons you can’t get a good nights sleep.  Once we have this information, we can take charge of this extremely important aspect of your life.

If you would like to have more information on Metabolically Enhanced Brain Based Therapy or to set up a consultation and see how it can help you (or someone you know), fill out the form to your left and see if you are a candidate for these breakthrough procedures.