Ep52: How Sleep Affects Our Health and Pain Levels

Updated 2/2023. We all know that sleep is important and that we should get enough sleep, but this can be hard to put into practice, especially if we have health problems that interfere with our sleep. Today, we explore why sleep is so important. We also have another episode coming up in the future on some tips to try and get better sleep. CONNECT WITH US! INSTAGRAM: @in16yearsofendo WEBSITE AND RESOURCES: insixteenyears.com LIKE OUR SHOW? Please rate it or leave a review! SUPPORT US by buying us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/insixteenyears SOURCES: Clickable links at insixteenyears.com/episode52 --Insomnia Until it Hurts. The role of sleep deprivation in chronic pain, especially muscle pain --Bennett RM, Jones J, Turk DC, Russell IJ, Matallana L. An internet survey of 2,596 people with fibromyalgia. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2007;8:27. Published 2007 Mar 9. doi:10.1186/1471-2474-8-27 --Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) --Qaseem A, Kansagara D, Forciea MA, Cooke M, Denberg TD; Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Management of Chronic Insomnia Disorder in Adults: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Jul 19;165(2):125-33. doi: 10.7326/M15-2175. Epub 2016 May 3. PMID: 27136449. --Waters F, Chiu V, Atkinson A, Blom JD. Severe Sleep Deprivation Causes Hallucinations and a Gradual Progression Toward Psychosis With Increasing Time Awake. Front Psychiatry. 2018;9:303. Published 2018 Jul 10. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00303