Dr. Michael Grandner

And it doesn't seem to have mostly changed much.

That about...

One out of three people in the U.S.

has some sort of sleep complaint or problem or something, whether it's falling asleep, staying asleep, not feeling refreshed.

That seems to be about a third of the population at least.

And it seems like about one in 10 people probably would meet the criteria for an insomnia disorder if you if you.

if you assessed them.

And then what ends up happening is they start trying to fix it on their own and they start going down paths that end up being unhelpful.

And then they get more frustrated and then sleep becomes more stressful and they give up and they say like, I'm a, I'm a hopeless case.

I get one of these a week in clinic.

So I'm the worst sleeper you've ever seen.

I've tried everything.

I've had this problem forever.

And then six to eight sessions are better.

Right.

So the thing with sleep apnea is, the first thing to know about sleep apnea is it is shockingly common

It is very, very, very common.

The most recent data I've seen estimates that about one out of four or five men over 30 probably has at least some sleep-related breathing issues, especially if their BMI is over 30, it's more like 50-50.

It's really high.

Women get it less often, but it's also shockingly common in women too.