Dr. Austin Lake

There's a certain number of hormones you can make from your cholesterol and it's gonna be diverted depending on what your body needs. Cortisol is a surviving hormone. If you're like, hey, I'm stressed out. I'm watching something that's stimulating. I'm staying up past my bedtime. And now we're getting into a stressful conversation. And now all of a sudden I'm hyped up.

There's a certain number of hormones you can make from your cholesterol and it's gonna be diverted depending on what your body needs. Cortisol is a surviving hormone. If you're like, hey, I'm stressed out. I'm watching something that's stimulating. I'm staying up past my bedtime. And now we're getting into a stressful conversation. And now all of a sudden I'm hyped up.

You're not going to fall asleep. That's not how your body's designed. It's making you more alert. So those basic things, just making sure people understand. And I never assume with anybody. I always make sure this is what we have to do. they tell me all the time, I've done everything. I'm like, I, I take your word for there.

You're not going to fall asleep. That's not how your body's designed. It's making you more alert. So those basic things, just making sure people understand. And I never assume with anybody. I always make sure this is what we have to do. they tell me all the time, I've done everything. I'm like, I, I take your word for there.

You're not going to fall asleep. That's not how your body's designed. It's making you more alert. So those basic things, just making sure people understand. And I never assume with anybody. I always make sure this is what we have to do. they tell me all the time, I've done everything. I'm like, I, I take your word for there.

But more times than not, we're not actually doing it, it gets back to this whole idea of honoring your body and understanding like, what am I trying to do with this? And I can, we can get into that a little bit, but you have to do all those foundational sleep hygiene principles first. Like those are, those are absolute necessities.

But more times than not, we're not actually doing it, it gets back to this whole idea of honoring your body and understanding like, what am I trying to do with this? And I can, we can get into that a little bit, but you have to do all those foundational sleep hygiene principles first. Like those are, those are absolute necessities.

But more times than not, we're not actually doing it, it gets back to this whole idea of honoring your body and understanding like, what am I trying to do with this? And I can, we can get into that a little bit, but you have to do all those foundational sleep hygiene principles first. Like those are, those are absolute necessities.

Yeah. But if you, so if you do those things and then you start supplementing with like magnesium glycinate, L-theanine or, you know, something in that ballpark, that's usually enough for most women to start initiating a good sleep cycle. Um,

Yeah. But if you, so if you do those things and then you start supplementing with like magnesium glycinate, L-theanine or, you know, something in that ballpark, that's usually enough for most women to start initiating a good sleep cycle. Um,

Yeah. But if you, so if you do those things and then you start supplementing with like magnesium glycinate, L-theanine or, you know, something in that ballpark, that's usually enough for most women to start initiating a good sleep cycle. Um,

And then from there, if they're having like true insomnia, you know, where they can't fall asleep or they can't stay asleep, that's where I have a couple different protocols I've used in the past where it's like we'll do a short, short term of a low dose melatonin, like 0.5 milligrams.

And then from there, if they're having like true insomnia, you know, where they can't fall asleep or they can't stay asleep, that's where I have a couple different protocols I've used in the past where it's like we'll do a short, short term of a low dose melatonin, like 0.5 milligrams.

And then from there, if they're having like true insomnia, you know, where they can't fall asleep or they can't stay asleep, that's where I have a couple different protocols I've used in the past where it's like we'll do a short, short term of a low dose melatonin, like 0.5 milligrams.

If they're not on any SSRIs or anything like that, we'll maybe recommend like 5-HTP for a short period of time just to kind of help that process get going in conjunction with magnesium, glycinate, or L-threonate, depending on what kind of issues are happening. That's usually more for like a racing mind, in my opinion, if they're struggling with that.

If they're not on any SSRIs or anything like that, we'll maybe recommend like 5-HTP for a short period of time just to kind of help that process get going in conjunction with magnesium, glycinate, or L-threonate, depending on what kind of issues are happening. That's usually more for like a racing mind, in my opinion, if they're struggling with that.

If they're not on any SSRIs or anything like that, we'll maybe recommend like 5-HTP for a short period of time just to kind of help that process get going in conjunction with magnesium, glycinate, or L-threonate, depending on what kind of issues are happening. That's usually more for like a racing mind, in my opinion, if they're struggling with that.

Well, that's one of the primary ways we detox, right? Yeah. And so, so many women, they have thyroid issues and they have sluggish bowels. You know, they don't detox. And they're like, I go every once, every couple of days. Right. That's not normal. You know, you should be going multiple times a day. Right. Ideally. So, do you want to go more to sleep or do you want to talk about...

Well, that's one of the primary ways we detox, right? Yeah. And so, so many women, they have thyroid issues and they have sluggish bowels. You know, they don't detox. And they're like, I go every once, every couple of days. Right. That's not normal. You know, you should be going multiple times a day. Right. Ideally. So, do you want to go more to sleep or do you want to talk about...

Well, that's one of the primary ways we detox, right? Yeah. And so, so many women, they have thyroid issues and they have sluggish bowels. You know, they don't detox. And they're like, I go every once, every couple of days. Right. That's not normal. You know, you should be going multiple times a day. Right. Ideally. So, do you want to go more to sleep or do you want to talk about...