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Insomnia and Thyroid Disease | Wellness Clinic

Insomnia is one of the most frequent complaints Americans bring to their own healthcare professional. What you may not know is that insomnia may be attributed as a side effect associated with thyroid disease.

 

What’s the connection between insomnia and thyroid disease?

 

Good sleep is crucial for good health. Sleep helps our brains function and helps regulate our emotions, so it helps heal your heart and blood vessels, and it helps maintain a healthy balance. However, when an underlying issue like thyroid disease affects the body, it can lead to a variety of symptoms, in many cases even sleep disturbances.

 

Insomnia and your Thyroid

 

Numerous studies have shown that insomnia is related to nutritional deficiencies, specifically certain vitamins and minerals. Whenever you have thyroid issues associated with an overactive or an underactive thyroid, you may also have gut issues. Gut problems can mean that your body is not absorbing the nutrients it requires from your food.

 

Another potential cause for insomnia occurs whenever your cortisol levels are out of whack. Cortisol is the “stress” hormone produced by your adrenal glands. It’s obviously higher in the evening when it is time to go to sleep, once we will need to wake up, and lower in the early hours. In case your adrenals are overstressed, however, they could be releasing cortisol at all times of the night and day, which makes it hard to fall asleep and stay asleep. Increased levels of cortisol in the body reduce thyroid function, therefore such issues often go hand in hand.

 

Changing Sleep Habits to Eliminate Insomnia

 

Certainly, insomnia is a symptom of a much bigger issue and it can contribute to other serious issues such as brain fog, depression, and weight reduction. Yet a lot of patients don’t seem to prioritize sleep. How often has it been discovered that someone is used to “getting by” on just six, five, or four hours of sleep a night. Research studies have demonstrated that adults need between 7 and 8 hours of sleep per night for overall health and wellness.

 

Achieving a Better Night’s Sleep

 

First let us be clear: Most of us want to sleep better regardless of how many countless nights we’ve spent tossing and turning or staring at the ceiling. It is not that we don’t wish to sleep but occasionally we’re not making it a priority.

 

That’s why it’s essential to make a call of action based on the simple fact that you need to be educated and do something about it. And that something doesn’t involve introducing more chemicals into your already overburdened body and it most definitely doesn’t involve popping a pill that will help you sleep. The remedy is all about designing your life to be conducive to proper sleep. Below are some tips which can help you achieve a better night’s sleep.

 

Morning:

 

  • Start your day with some light exercise. It’s suggested to do yoga, tai chi, or qi gong for the positive physical and psychological advantages to many of my customers. The National Sleep Foundation shows that exercise is an excellent way for fighting with insomnia.
  • Meditate. Practice meditation for five minutes or more. Mindfulness as a technique has proven to help lower insomnia by reducing stress and promoting relaxation.
  • Skip the caffeine. It is not great for your adrenals and it has been demonstrated as a potential cause for sleeplessness.
  • Eat 2 Brazil nuts with breakfast. Brazil nuts are a great source of selenium.

 

During the day:

 

  • Take your time back. One of the very best practices for stress reduction patients should learn about is ninja time management, that means chopping out any actions which are not critical to your day.
  • Get outside.Vitamin D is just another very important nutrient for sleep regulation, so only getting a little sun every day is a fantastic way to enhance your sleep.
  • Eat foods rich in vitamin A. These include potatoes and leafy greens. For greens, overcooking them can affect their goitrogenic properties, therefore it’s ideal to steam them.

 

Evening:

 

  • Eat a high-protein day meal. You understand the turkey coma we get after Thanksgiving dinner? Tryptophan, which helps the body produce melatonin and serotonin necessary for the sleep is brought on by it.
  • Have some cherries for dessert. Sour cherries (particularly Montmorency) may also help enhance the body’s supply of melatonin.
  • Drink a little cup of chamomile tea. Chamomile is a all-natural sleep aid that is traditional.
  • Have an epsom salts bath with lavender oil. The hot bath will help your body relax (and detoxify!) And the lavender is a wonderful aromatherapy scent for comfort.
  • Turn off your devices at least 1 hour before bed. Your brain can stimulate to awaken. (Plus, anything you could read, like work mails, which could stress you out and isn’t helping your sleep.
  • Go to bed at the same time. Having a set bedtime lets your body become accustomed to a routine, and you will find every night, you feel sleepy at precisely the exact same time.

 

Should you employ these strategies in your day, it can practically be guaranteed that you’ll see an improvement in your insomnia right away. It will allow you to sleep peacefully in the long term although this isn’t a quick fix.

 

If you’re desperate to get some sleep straight away try out these and consider seeking medical treatment from an experienced naturopathic, practical, integrative professional, functional medicine practitioner or health coach to learn what additional nutritional supplements might be perfect for you regarding your specific thyroid disease symptoms.

 

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Additional Topics: Wellness

 

Overall health and wellness are essential towards maintaining the proper mental and physical balance in the body. From eating a balanced nutrition as well as exercising and participating in physical activities, to sleeping a healthy amount of time on a regular basis, following the best health and wellness tips can ultimately help maintain overall well-being. Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables can go a long way towards helping people become healthy.

 

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The information herein is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional, licensed physician, and is not medical advice. We encourage you to make your own health care decisions based on your research and partnership with a qualified health care professional. Our information scope is limited to chiropractic, musculoskeletal, physical medicines, wellness, sensitive health issues, functional medicine articles, topics, and discussions. We provide and present clinical collaboration with specialists from a wide array of disciplines. Each specialist is governed by their professional scope of practice and their jurisdiction of licensure. We use functional health & wellness protocols to treat and support care for the injuries or disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Our videos, posts, topics, subjects, and insights cover clinical matters, issues, and topics that relate to and support, directly or indirectly, our clinical scope of practice.* Our office has made a reasonable attempt to provide supportive citations and has identified the relevant research study or studies supporting our posts. We provide copies of supporting research studies available to regulatory boards and the public upon request.

We understand that we cover matters that require an additional explanation of how it may assist in a particular care plan or treatment protocol; therefore, to further discuss the subject matter above, please feel free to ask Dr. Alex Jimenez or contact us at 915-850-0900.

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We provide and present clinical collaboration with specialists from various disciplines. Each specialist is governed by their professional scope of practice and their jurisdiction of licensure. We use functional health & wellness protocols to treat and support care for the injuries or disorders of the musculoskeletal system.

Our videos, posts, topics, subjects, and insights cover clinical matters, issues, and topics that relate to and directly or indirectly support our clinical scope of practice.*

Our office has reasonably attempted to provide supportive citations and has identified the relevant research studies supporting our posts. We provide copies of supporting research studies available to regulatory boards and the public upon request.

We understand that we cover matters that require an additional explanation of how it may assist in a particular care plan or treatment protocol; therefore, to further discuss the subject matter above, please feel free to ask Dr. Alex Jimenez, DC, or contact us at 915-850-0900.

We are here to help you and your family.

Blessings

Dr. Alex Jimenez DC, MSACP, RN*, CCST, IFMCP*, CIFM*, ATN*

email: coach@elpasofunctionalmedicine.com

Licensed as a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) in Texas & New Mexico*
Texas DC License # TX5807, New Mexico DC License # NM-DC2182

Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN*) in Florida
Florida License RN License # RN9617241 (Control No. 3558029)
Compact Status: Multi-State License: Authorized to Practice in 40 States*

Presently Matriculated: ICHS: MSN* FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner Program)

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