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Boutique Sleep Telehealth Services including home sleep apnea testing, actigraphy, CPAP help, CBT-I, sleep wellness and optimization plans, and behavioral sleep medicine.

07/31/2025

👩🏻‍⚕️Sharing some of the products I’ve been trying lately. There’s a lot of convo about creatine stores being lower in women and being beneficial for workouts. They jury is still out on the cognitive benefits. I tend to struggle with hyperpigmentation and melasma so that wearing a mineral based tinted sunscreen on my face is key. My derm recommended this as the GOAT. I’m also one of the many people who anecdotally feels my restlessness and sleep is better when taking magnesium glycinate 300-400 mg at bedtime even though there is not evidence to support this claim. Could be the placebo effect.

-Like a lot of traditional MDs I’m skeptical of supplements but as the quality of our food and beverage declines, I do think high quality, tested supplementation has a role.

-Have you tried any of these products?

07/30/2025

✨Social Jet lag

-I used to think sleeping in on weekends was the ultimate luxury. But I always felt worse afterward. Turns out, there’s a scientific reason for this! 🤯

-Our bodies have internal clocks called the circadian rhythms. When we sleep in, it leads to desynchrony. It’s like jet lag without even leaving home!

🛫 SWIPE RIGHT to LEARN more!

📍 Don’t let another morning of oversleeping ruin your day. Save this post and tag a friend who needs this wake-up call!

07/25/2025

👩🏻‍⚕️Have you been tested?

07/24/2025

👩🏻‍⚕️Sleep Medicine Case Files

-Some people choose and prefer night shift work for a variety of reasons, including this patient of mine you can see works nights based on their PAP usage. I have a lot of patients like this who feel adapted and driven by different motives including their work being their passion.

🕰️ However, others will struggle adapting to late or rotating shifts. If that’s you, you are not alone. Shift Work Sleep Disorder (SWSD) isn’t just fatigue—it’s a recognized circadian rhythm disorder affecting millions.

🔹 💤 What it is: Persistent insomnia and/or daytime sleepiness triggered by working when your body expects rest—typically at night or on rotating schedules.

🔹 📊 How common is it?
• Around 20% of the workforce works non‑standard shifts .
• 10–40% of shift workers meet SWSD criteria .
• A recent meta‑analysis found a 26.5% overall prevalence.
• Clinical guidelines estimate SWSD impacts about 10% of night/rotating shift workers.
• Some field studies report as high as 27–34%—for instance, ~33.7% in healthcare settings .

🔍 Why it matters:
✅ Professional burnout & lower performance
✅ Greater risk of accidents and errors
✅ Physical & mental health hits: depression, ulcers, diabetes, cardiovascular concerns, and even higher divorce rates
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If you can relate, here are tips to support better sleep and well‑being:

• Prioritize sleep hygiene—dark, cool, quiet environment
• Strategic naps + controlled caffeine intake ahead of/ during shifts
• Bright‑light therapy during night shifts + dawn blocking goggles after work
• Try melatonin supplements for daytime sleep (speak with a doc first!)
• Seek schedule stability—forward‑rotating or consistent shift blocks
• Check in with a sleep specialist if symptoms persist
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💡 Sound familiar? Start a conversation—share your experiences, tips, or questions below. Let’s build a healthier, more rested shift‑working community!

07/22/2025

👩🏻‍⚕️6 Signs of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

-Are you constantly tired, even after a full night’s sleep? 👎🏻

You’re not alone. Millions of people struggle with undiagnosed sleep apnea, a serious condition that can wreak havoc on your health and quality of life.

Many of us are missing the warning signs! 😟

I’ve put together a carousel that reveals 6 sleep apnea symptoms most people ignore. Trust me, #6 might surprise you!

👉 Swipe right to discover if you’re at risk.

Don’t let poor sleep rob you of your energy, productivity, and well-being. Knowledge is power, and understanding these symptoms could be your first step towards better sleep and a healthier life.

💡 SAVE this post for future reference. It might just help you or a loved one identify this common but often overlooked condition

07/19/2025

👧Pediatric OSA

-Rapid palatal expansion (RPE) in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and maxillary constriction offers several benefits.

-RPE increases the transverse dimension of the maxilla, which leads to enlargement of the nasal cavity and nasopharynx, reduction in nasal airway resistance, and improved upper airway patency.

-These anatomical changes are associated with significant reductions in the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and improvements in oxygen saturation, particularly in children with a high-arched, narrow palate and persistent OSA after adenotonsillectomy.

-Meta-analyses and systematic reviews confirm that RPE can result in a 60–70% reduction in AHI and substantial improvements in minimum oxygen saturation, with the greatest benefit observed in children with small or absent tonsils or those who have already undergone adenotonsillectomy.

07/18/2025

5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Review

-In a world full of fake followers, artificial intelligence, and wanna be famous “experts,” strive to be, more than anything value driven and authentic. The best at what you do, the most prepared, the most educated, and truly care about the patients.

-The cases I see can be the most severe and very often people with complex medical issues who have already seen one or more sleep specialists.

-Being a great physician sometimes also means being connected to colleagues whom you can call in to help. I would say one of the keys to my success has been having been in practice in Seattle for 15 years is getting to know incredible colleagues.

07/17/2025

🏕️A Philosophical Question

-Over the weekend, I was staying up at Lake Stevens with an amazing group of women and one of them, a psychologist asked if we could be any age again, what age would we choose and why.

-It felt hard to answer because it felt like saying any age but now means I’m happy where I am. I could see myself unable to take the question more lightly and just enjoy the mental exercise.

-One woman said she wanted to enjoy childhood again and the carelessness and lightness of not having adult reaponsibilities. One said she had so much fun in college she was tempted to cite that age. I didn’t answer and just stayed silent. No one probed me.

-I think one time in my life I’ll always look back on with fondness is my mid-30s both because I had a lot of freedom to do whatever I wanted with my time, including training to climb mountains in faraway lands, meanwhile being in the best shape of my life. It’s the one period of my life when I felt like I was my own master and I followed my heart wherever it took me, a huge relief after all that medical training.

-Unless you’ve taken on an objective like Denali, you have no idea how physically and mentally challenging it is, and I feel proud of putting myself in that unknown. I smile inside when people refer to climbing Denali as a hike.

-I also think there’s some part of me that feels ok with where I am now, still young but also so much wiser than I was in my mid-30s.

-What age would you go back to if you could choose anytime of your life again?

07/16/2025

✨Just in case you needed this today. I know I did.

07/13/2025

Are you getting enough quality sleep? 😴

We all know sleep is important, but many of us struggle to get the rest we need. The tricky part? Sometimes we don’t even realize our sleep quality is suffering.

Here are 8 signs that your sleep might not be as restful as you think. SWIPE RIGHT to discover them! 👉

After reading through the carousel, take a moment to reflect:
🤯 Do any of these signs sound familiar?
✏️ How might addressing your sleep quality improve your life?
🧠 What’s one small change you could make tonight for better sleep?

Remember, prioritizing your sleep is not selfish – it’s necessary for your health and success.

💡Send this post to someone who needs a reminder!

07/10/2025

💦Grateful for this write up by Sree Roy for Sleep Review Magazine highlighting this passion project of mine to raise awareness of the need to educate patients who use CPAP on basic skincare. Article 🔗in bio for full story.

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07/08/2025

🛏️Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

-Are you constantly staying up late, even when you know you should be sleeping? 🫣

You’re not alone. Millions of people struggle with revenge bedtime procrastination every night.

It’s a vicious cycle:
😩 You’re exhausted all day
⏰ You finally have some free time at night
🤳 You stay up way too late trying to squeeze in some “me time”
💤 You wake up tired and cranky because you didn’t get enough sleep
😫 Repeat

This habit is sabotaging your health, productivity, and overall well-being. But why is it so hard to break?

The truth is, revenge sleep procrastination is often a sign of a deeper issue. It’s your brain’s way of rebelling against a packed schedule and trying to carve out some me time.

But there’s hope! 🌟

You CAN beat this habit and get the rest you deserve, how? SWIPE RIGHT!

Your future self will thank you for prioritizing sleep.

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