Human Sleep Expert: Don't Pee In The Middle Of The Night & Why Night Time Sex Isn't A Good Idea!
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Three big questions: 1) What to do if falling asleep fine but waking up in the middle of the night (1-3 AM) and can't fall back asleep (takes 20 minutes to 3 hours). 2) What pillow to buy. 3) Best time to have sex.
Actively practicing sleep specialist for 26 years, treats apnea, insomnia. Focuses on behaviors messing up sleep that are easy to fix. Genetic chronotype determines when brain releases melatonin, cortisol, adrenaline, dopamine. Can determine bedtime and optimal times for activities including coffee and alcohol based on chronotype. Data shows ability to understand complicated concepts improves when aligned with chronotype.
Three known chronotypes, discovered a fourth. Topics include dreams, fixing jet lag, sleeping with TV on, truth about melatonin supplementation, favorite way to get magnesium, best sleep position.
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Sleep doctor treating apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia, and disordered sleep from behavioral habits. Changing sleep changes lives. Practical sleep educator.
Conversation for anyone curious about sleep, wanting to improve it, or suspecting a problem.
Plans: five-step plans, chronotype (genetic sleep code), dreams (emotional metabolism: processes daytime emotions; nightmares disrupt when too emotional, causing awakening loop). Dreams reveal things about self (e.g., being chased, teeth falling out); meaning personal to dreamer, based on context of dreamer and dream. No universal guidebook.
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