Dr. Rhonda Patrick

And that comes down to what you were saying earlier, either being in another room or sitting up or standing.

Why are a lot of people that have insomnia, why are they prescribed these sedatives like Ambien?

Is that the key?

Do you really have to find someone that knows what they're doing or can you try this yourself?

What percentage of the U.S.

population has insomnia?

Yeah.

One in 10 is a lot.

And, you know, I definitely think we're going to talk about some of these substances people then turn to because they think it's going to help treat their sleep problem, which they don't necessarily know is even insomnia.

Right.

And so they're, you know, turning to things like alcohol and that doesn't really help.

So but let's before we get to that.

Sleep apnea, you mentioned.

And that's another one that I wanted to talk about.

I've known a lot of people, it seems, that have had sleep apnea.

I wonder how, you can tell me how common that is as well.

But first, I kind of wanted to ask you, what are some of the non-obvious presentations of sleep apnea that you see, especially in people who maybe don't even report feeling sleepy?

So what should a person do?

Like how many, is this an every night thing where people are getting woken up?

Like if they're having apnea, is this like an every night thing?