Insomnia and Other Sleep problems

The typical conventional approach includes medical evaluation to exclude serious illness and to identify the cause for sleep problems. This evaluation may include sleep studies. Then pharmaceutical agents designed for sleep or for mental illness are often employed to prolong and improve sleep. These medications can have serious side effects including addiction, abnormal sleep walking, excessive fatigue and hormonal disturbance.

Dr. Doyle's approach starts with a comprehensive medical history and physical examination along with extensive medical tests to exclude serious illness and to identify the cause of poor sleep . The next step is to search for common nutritional or hormonal issues -- such as low iron, low cortisol, low thyroid and deficiencies of male and female hormones-- that can impair sleep. Sleep studies are ordered when needed. The cornerstone of treatment is to reverse underlying hormonal and nutritional problems. In many cases herbal, prescription and nonprescription medications are used to improve sleep. In cases of severe sleep disturbances, combinations of treatments are often used together.

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