Health and Beauty: Tips for Better Sleep

Dr. Anisa Shomo

Herald Beauty Contributor

Improving your sleep habits is one of the best ways to contribute to your health and beauty efforts. Many people underestimate the power of sleep. I used to be one of those people. Training to become a physician leads to many sleepless nights so I became accustomed to not sleeping well. Years after training I still had trouble sleeping but I did not discuss it with my family medicine physician because I did not consider my insomnia a “problem.” I thought that it was helping me to be more productive. Looking back on the time, I was often irritable and my career was unfocused. It was not until I stopped using hormonal birth control that I realized the impact of hormones on my insomnia. Now, I talk to my about their sleep habits and we partner to improve their sleep. In my experience, insomnia tends to be caused by 4 issues: