S1 Ep22: Dreaming of SLEEP with Dr Stephanie Faubion

Overall, women are 40% more likely to experience insomnia than men and the numbers are even higher during perimenopause and menopause. There are many reasons for sleepless nights mid-life (beyond hot flashes!) that often go undiagnosed. In this segment, I am joined by Dr. Stephanie Faubion, the Director for Mayo Clinic's Center for Women's Health, and the medical director for The North American Menopause Society. 

Dr. Streicher and Dr. Faubion cover:

• If FRAGMENTED sleep is restorative sleep
• MEDICAL CONDITIONS that can occur because of chronic insomnia
• The impact of mid-life STRESS on sleep
• The role of ALCOHOL and CANNABIS on the ability to sleep
• OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
  • What it is
  • Atypical symptoms that occur in women
  • Risk factors
  • How it is diagnosed
  • Treatment options 
• RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME
  • What it is
  •  Risk factors
  •  How it is diagnosed
  •  Treatment options 
• The pros and cons of various SLEEPING AIDS
• How an OVERACTIVE BLADDER contributes to insomnia
• Tips to improve your SLEEP HYGIENE
• How to find an expert in MENOPAUSE and WHY so many doctors are not trained in menopause

Stephanie Faubion, MD

Professor of Medicine, The Mayo Clinic

Director of the Mayo Center for Women's Health

Twitter: @StephFaubionMD

North American Menopause Society (NAMS) 

Menopause.org

To find a certified menopause practitioner:

https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx

For more information on this topic: 

 Episode 2:Think Your Hot Flashes Can't Kill You? Think Again!

 Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders 

 Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things 

 Episode 6: Your Post Menopause Urethra and Why You Should  Care- with Dr. Kelly Casperson

Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 

Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr.Radio,Nightline,Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS ThisMorning,ABCNewsNow,NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. 

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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

 Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

Sex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy