Dr. Xand van Tulleken
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1,387 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 8 Sep
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And if listeners missed that episode, we did an episode on snoring with lots of deep dive into obstructive sleep apnea in the doctor's notes, and you can find that in the feed on BBC Sounds.
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Tell us about the other kinds of sleep disorder.
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Where does that come from and how easy is it to treat?
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I want to focus now a bit on insomnia, which most people will know as not being able to sleep.
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Is the problem the anxiety around missing the sleep, the problem the lack of function, or does it cause other health problems?
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Really?
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Six AM feels very early, but that's what you're recommending.
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People will have heard of cognitive behavioural therapy as being effective for depression.
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Is cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia the same kind of thing where you talk things through?
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Is it therapeutic?
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So the core of it, it's not at like a talking therapy.
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It's much more that the the behavioral aspect of we're gonna restrict the time you're in the bedroom, that will change your cognition.
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You're gonna change your behaviour and then you're gonna change your relationship with that sleep space.
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What you're outlining makes a lot of sense.
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I don't think it's intuitively obvious, so it's very, very helpful to kind of outline it for listeners.
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But it seems straightforward enough that it's surprising how many people struggle.
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Like what are the barriers to doing what you're saying?
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On the on the surface it seems like you go, sort your bedroom out, sort your waking up time out, you know, buy an alarm clock, and you should be well on the way.
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So why is it so difficult to take that advice?
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