A bunch of years ago, a friend of mine got excited about a multilevel-marketing opportunity, and really wanted me to jump on board. “There’s this great product that will really help you sleep,” he told me, knowing how badly med school had messed up my rest. As a rule,...
Are you groggy when you wake up in the morning? Do you find yourself smashing the snooze button on repeat? Is your first half hour of the day (or hour of the day) just slow and stumbly? There’s a set of tools — all free — that can help. how to wake up in the...
One of the super fun things I sometimes get to do is hang out with herbalists to geek out about herbs. That happened again a couple of weeks ago, and the result is this podcast episode about herbs, sleep and mental health. Hosted by my old friends at Eclectic Herbs,...
The internet is awash today with reports that popular sleep supplement melatonin significantly increases the risk of heart failure. Although I rarely recommend melatonin, many of my patients find it makes a difference for them. So knowing that headlines don’t always...
When you think about sleepless nights, the first treatments that come to mind often aren’t the best ones. For instance, we may think that a nice glass of wine will help. Or a gummy. Or a sleepytime tea. If you’re supplement savvy, you might think of...
