Can't Sleep? Let's Find Naturopathic Solutions for Your Insomnia.

Poor sleep can have pervasive effects on our overall health and may include any of the below concerns:

• Fatigue: When sleep is lacking, a foundation of health is missing, and there is no amount of caffeine or B12 that can replace quality sleep.  It’s nearly impossible to have abundant and sustainable energy when you’re not getting sufficient sleep.  Unfortunately, the longer poor sleep patterns continue, the more debilitating the fatigue and negative systemic effects can be.
• Cognitive Issues: Lack of sleep can mimic a hangover for many people, and induce brain fog, impaired memory, and difficulty concentrating, which can make even the simplest tasks seem overwhelming or frustrating.
• Mood Disturbances: When you don’t have a chance to rest and recharge overnight, your mental health can suffer.  Irritability, anxiety, overwhelm, or even feeling blue, blah, or apathetic can all occur more frequently and intensely when you’re not getting proper sleep.  Unfortunately, the stress related to poor sleep patterns can compound these unwanted emotions just as these emotions can potentiate poor sleep patterns resulting in a negative cycle.
• Physical Tension: Instead of resting and recharging peacefully while sleeping, patients who struggle to sleep are often stressed about their sleep (or lack thereof), because their brain focuses on how many hours of sleep they may be getting/missing and what needs to get done the next day.  As their brain wanders and spins out of control, their body feels the inner turmoil and can experience palpitations, night sweats, frequent urination, anxiety, or muscle tightness and tension.
• Weakened Immune Function: Sleep deprivation weakens the immune system and naturally increases cravings for “comfort foods” that increase dopamine (often high sugar options) leaving patients more vulnerable to fatigue, illness, infection, and chronic disease.