@drgreghealth: Here are three things most women do that worsen their sleep. I've been a functional medicine doctor for more than 25 years, and all three feel helpful in the moment and work against you by the morning. Thing one: using alcohol as a sleep aid. It may help you fall asleep faster, but it suppresses REM sleep and fragments the second half of the night. So you wake up having technically slept without getting the restorative stages that actually matter. Thing two: scrolling on your phone right before bed. Hopefully you are not watching this right before bed. The blue light directly suppresses melatonin production, delaying your body's natural signal that it is time to wind down. Thing three: an inconsistent sleep and wake time. Going to bed and waking up at different times night to night keeps your circadian rhythm, and the cortisol and melatonin tied to it, constantly out of sync. None of these are moral failures. They are just habits working against the exact thing you are trying to get more of. Which of these three is yours? Find the root. Heal the whole.

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