Are You Waiting Up For Santa Or Is It Insomnia?

Dr. Gino Tutera 

Remember being a little kid trying to stay up to hear Santa and his sleigh on the rooftop?    Do you even remember fighting the urge to fall asleep but you always did anyways?  As you aged, the anticipation may have dwindled listening for reindeer hoots, as you find yourself unable to fall asleep. 

As men and women age, their testosterone and estrogen levels naturally decrease. This affects your body in a number of ways. Unfortunately, one of these ways is an increase in difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Insomnia is no longer limited to Christmas Eve. With menopause and andropause, insomnia can affect your sleep on a nightly basis. There are a number of ways that we can help you to decrease the negative effects of this sleeping disorder.

SottoPelle® Hormone Replacement Therapy

SottoPelle differs from creams by using your internal system to regulate what your body knows it needs and when. Unlike other methods, Hormone Pellet Replacement Therapy does not invite foreign synthetics into your body. This method uses pure hormone and a small percentage of human fatty acid to work with the existing hormones in your body. SottoPelle has been shown to decrease the effects of insomnia and a range of other symptoms that come with growing older.

Reduce Caffeine and Alcohol

Caffeine stimulates your brain and makes it difficult to fall asleep. By eliminating caffeine consumption after 12 pm, it can help make falling asleep a little easier. Alcohol may make you feel drowsy and help you fall asleep,  but it can leave you with a headache the next morning.  Alcohol can also cause you to reawake during the middle of the night and make it more difficult to fall back asleep. Wise not to use as a sleep aid! http://www.webmd.com/menopause/sleep-problems-menopause

Exercise

If you find yourself with a lot of energy at night, try exercising to tire you out. Sleep studies have shown that exercising can help insomniacs sleep better and have more energy during the day. Be sure to not to do vigorous exercising within 3 hours of going to bed as this may keep you more awake. http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/how-does-exercise-help-those-chronic-insomnia

Put Down the Phone

The light from your phone, television, computer, or other electronic device, can stimulate your brain and prevent you from falling asleep. The blue wavelengths these devices produce have also been shown to prevent melatonin production, the hormone that makes you sleepy. By keeping your phone out of reach and turning the television off it can help you fall asleep more easily. http://www.prevention.com/health/sleep-energy/insomnia-cure-10-simple-sleep-remedies/step-away-your-phone

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