Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulators are often advertised as insomnia therapies, "helping you fall asleep faster" or "helping you sleep through the night. Do they work? In this Insomnia Monday episode of the podcast, we will:Introduce vagal nerve stimulatorsDescribe the path and role of the vagus nerveUnderstand the role of the parasympathetic nervous systemExamine the limited research on vagal nerve stimulators and sleepUnderstand the scale of the placebo effect in sleep/insomnia researchDifferentiate a statistically meaningful change in sleep/polysomnographic parameters from a "real world" meaningful change in someone struggling with insomniaList the strengths and criticisms of vagal nerve stimulators including study size and study designLearn who is the right candidate for vagal nerve stimulatorsProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!

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