Short News 12 Long Island TV segment (July 2015) in which Mary Muse interviews naturopathic doctor Dr. Doni Wilson about the relationship between stress and sleep. The piece follows Sarah Bartel’s personal sleep struggles, presents Dr. Doni’s advice (supplements like vitamin C/B, magnesium, lavender; avoid screen light to protect melatonin; social contact, nature, exercise/yoga, music), and notes that persistent stress may need hormone and food-sensitivity testing plus diet/lifestyle changes. It closes with Sarah reporting improved sleep and calmer mood.
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Sleep at night because of everyday stress, there are ways to relax and get the zzz you need. Mary Muse has tips from the author of the Stress remedy in Today's Long Island Naturally.
For years, Sarah Bartel's had trouble falling asleep. When she went to bed, she'd notice her heart was racing.
I'd go on my iPad and end up staying on it for hours and hours.
When we're stressed, one of the first things that gets thrown off is our sleep. So it's like right when you really need sleep, then you're most likely to be lacking in it.
Naturopathic doctor and author Donnie Wilson tells patients that some stress is unavoidable.
The goal is not how do we have zero stress. Really, the goal is how do we stay healthy and support our bodies while under stress.
For that, Dr. Donney recommends supplements like vitamin C and B, complex minerals like magnesium, and herbs like lavender. But she says a long standing stress pattern like Sarah's requires hormone and food sensitivity testing along with some diet and lifestyle changes.
You're looking at your phone or your iPad or your computer, your brain picks up on that light exposure and it ends up decreasing the melatonin that's going to be helping you to sleep so you end up more likely to stay awake longer.
Dr. Donney says some well proven stress busters include getting in touch with friends or pets, connecting with yourself through exercise or yoga or just simply listening to music.
Definitely being out in nature was a huge, huge help.
Now Sarah is no longer waking up exhausted and relying on coffee to help get her through the day.
It's definitely helping me. Yeah, I'm sleeping. I feel calmer.
In Port Jefferson, I'm Mary Muse, News 12 Long Island.
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Gotta turn everything off at night, right? You can't cram things in the brain to the last minute and then turn it off.
Do your kids leave stuff on and phone and everything?
I've seen my daughter sleep with her phone, right. Drives me crazy. I throw it out the window.
