Why am I waking up at 3am?
Erica Armstrong, MD, IFMCP, Founder of Root
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Sep 29, 2019
Have you ever woken up at 3 am, heart pounding, sweating and suddenly wide awake? Only to continue to lie awake wondering if and when you might fall back asleep, and wondering what caused you to wake so suddenly.
Insomnia (including trouble falling asleep, waking up throughout the night, or early morning awakening) is a symptom of an underlying imbalance.
Instead of relying on sleep aid medications (which were found to be metabolized slower in women after being on the market!), we have a different approach to resolving insomnia at the root cause. Each person’s reason for insomnia may be different – 10 different people might have ten different reasons that they wake up at 3am. Finding and treating those root causes requires a whole body, personalized approach.
Here are some possible root causes of waking up at 3am:
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