Insomnia sucks. Seems most nights I go to bed, take a half hour or so to fall asleep. Then

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16. What does your doctor say? My son was recently advised that he had too much cortisol...

a stress hormone released by the adrenal glands. It does many beneficial things to our bodies, but stress brings out more and sleeplessness is one of the side effects.

I had never even heard of that hormone, so it was interesting to learn about it's various functions in our bodies.

The bottom line advice for him was to eat better, sort out what was "eustress" (good stress) vs "distress" (bad stress), exercise more, stop online reading late at night (Democratic Underground!) and get out in nature more among other things listed in the link below:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress/art-20046037

Basically be more physically tired, and clear headed at the end of the day. His doctor was convinced about the huge benefit of regular exercise to correct a panoply of ailments including sleeplessness.

We'll see. I know it works for me. I do historic restoration, so working outside in all seasons mean I hit the pillow and "sleep like a log".

Good luck!

-FTC