SLEEP DISORDERS - John Neustadt - 2019.02.02 - Show #886

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Introductions

John Neustadt had insomnia

• 80 million in the US have sleep disorders
• Can have big affect on your day in work/relationships
• If chronic, can be deadly (diabetes)
• Medical students staying awake for long shifts/ 72 hours

Many medical mistakes are made

Common sleep disorders: Sleep Apnea

 

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Categorize Sleep Disorders:

Hard To Fall Asleep: Insomnia

Hard To Stay Asleep: Insomnia, Bruxism

Too Much Sleep: Narcolepsa, Hypersomnia

Jet Leg: Fit bit did a study on 6 billion pieces of information

• Biggest problem: "Social Jet Leg"
• How to improve: go to bed at the same time every night

Hyperarousal Hypothesis: too much cortisol/adrenaline

• "wired but tired"

Call about EMF waves and the upcoming 5G

• Gadgets become ADDICTIVE/Impulsive
• We are energetic beings
• Sleep has decreased 20% in the last century because of electricity

Large number of people seeing doctors are actually suffering from sleep disorders

 

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Sleep Architecture:

• John tries to understand disorders by doing continuous research and then explain to patients

Different "stages" of the Sleep Architecture

• Stage 1: easily disrupted by noises/lights/etc.
  • light stages of sleep - you want that to be short.
• Younger people: typical female in their 30's don't allow themselves to relax.
  • Sleep disruption is very common - they stay in stage 1
  • what could help: white noise machines
• Stage 2: Deeper sleep but still not in restorative sleep (10-25 minutes 45-55% of total sleep time)
• Stage 3: Restorative - slow waves - refreshing (3-8%)
• Stage 4: Highest arousal sleep - cannot wake them up.
  • REM-Sleep (75-80% of sleep is NOT in REM sleep)
  • REM/Dreaming sleep happens about every 90 minutes
    • decreases as we age
• People get scared about going to sleep
  • this can cause anxiety

Research from sleep architecture

• What are the factors of not sleeping well
• What can we take
• Tight Muscles
• Regulating blood sugars
• Self-fulfilling prophecy

 

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Call about pelvic Prolapse

Hormones and Gender

• Women 40% more likely to have sleep disorders
  • PMS
  • Menopause/Hot Flashes
  • Low Estrogen
  • Low Progesterone
  • Low Testosterone

Thyroid lab values are not optimal (bell-curve)

One thing to look for is looking for TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Hormones - all start in the brain

If brain is being jostled around - damage - can affect the hormone production of all kinds

 

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Increasing testosterone affects stage 3 sleep

Decreasing weight increasing testosterone

HIS PRODUCT: made out of own desperation

melatonin goes away very quickly

• melatonin is a circadian modulator
• melatonin secreted in the brain
• melatonin secreted in the gut

Many products are not working with our physiological rhythms

• that's why he made his own product

Bi-Phasic time released

• Stage 1 - 30-40 minutes
  • nutrients to help them calm down the neural system
  • nutrients to help with muscle tightness
• Stage 2- adaptogenic herbs
  • ashwaganda
  • skullcap
  • magnolia
  • hops

Magnesium + B-6 - to help breakdown of L-Tryptophon (essential amino acid we need from food)

Pine Bark can also help promote sleep - especially in women

 

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Prescription medication

• 2 days: Benzodiazepines Klonazepam
• Especially the elderly
  • an increase in dizziness
  • an increase in falling down
• Medical Journal: success is marginal at best
  • risk of death increases
  • risk of cancer increases
  • 1/2 million deaths in US
• Diet. Lifestyle. Dietary Supplements

New class of drugs: Belsamera

• increases falling asleep by 8-10 minutes
• increases staying asleep by +/- 20 minutes

We need to treat the person

CONCLUSION about OTC- medication for sleep- not effective may be masking real causes

Protein before bedtime - 10 grams - 15 grams/before bedtime helps blood sugar regulations

How about people with acid reflux at night and having to sit-up

• sometimes dry hacking cough

5 most common foods that cause acid reflux

1. Raw Onion
2. Garlic
3. Tomatoes
4. Coffee
5. Citrus