Sleep Disorders
Sleep is not something you can skip. It's when your body fixes itself, cleans out waste, stores memories, and makes hormones. When sleep gets broken up, every part of your body has problems. And sleep pills don't give you real sleep. They just make you drowsy.
Sleep problems like trouble falling asleep, broken sleep, and sleep that doesn't feel restful are signs that something is wrong with your hormones, stress hormone levels, brain swelling, blood sugar, and brain chemicals. Signal-Based Medicine looks at what is actually causing the sleep problem instead of just giving you a pill to make you drowsy while the real problem stays hidden.
Symptoms
Sleep problems show up in many ways. You might have trouble falling asleep. You might wake up at 2 to 4 in the morning. Even after sleeping, you feel tired. During the day, you feel worn out. Your thinking gets fuzzy. You feel grumpy. You gain weight. You get sick more easily. Pain bothers you more than it used to. Your body's signals get mixed up.
Root Causes
Waking at 3 AM? Your blood sugar probably dropped and your stress hormone spiked to wake you up. Can't fall asleep? Your stress hormone is still high because your body thinks it's in danger. Not sleeping well? Swelling in your brain is stopping deep sleep. Sleep is controlled by hormones, brain chemicals, and body signals. We can measure all of these and fix them.
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Testing
Here are the tests that help us understand what is happening in your body:
Your KureBioMap assessment looks at seven things:
- How much stress hormone you have at night and while you sleep
- Your blood sugar and how your body handles it
- A special test that shows your sleep hormone
- How much magnesium you have
- Signs of swelling in your body
- How your thyroid is working
- Your KureBioMap assessment
Treatment Approach
We find out which signals are breaking your sleep. It might be the stress hormone, blood sugar, hormones, or inflammation. Then we build a plan just for you to fix your sleep the natural way. No sleeping pills needed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I wake up at 3 AM? The most common cause is when your blood sugar drops at night. Your body then releases cortisol, a stress hormone, to raise your blood sugar back up. Cortisol wakes you up. Keeping your blood sugar steady in the evening usually stops this from happening.
Are sleep medications harmful?
Sleep medications make you drowsy, but that's not the same as real sleep. They block the deep sleep your brain needs. This can hurt your memory. And they don't fix why you can't sleep in the first place. We think it's better to find out what's wrong and get your sleep back to normal.
Can hormones affect sleep?
Yes, they can. Progesterone helps you sleep. That is why sleep often gets worse when women go through perimenopause. When cortisol is out of balance, your sleep-wake cycle gets disrupted. Thyroid problems change how your sleep works. Checking your hormones is a key part of figuring out your sleep problems.
About the author
Kenton Gray is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kure Health. He writes here as an operator, not a clinician.
