Re: Sleep Deprivation / Insulin...?
From: Dona (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 17:05:49 -0600 (CST)
Hi Sonnet,
Its very interresting that you should bring this up..I never even
thought of my insomnia being attirbuted to hormones or IR. The timing
would be right for me though. Every month right before I am going to
start my period I have really bad insomnia and can't sleep for about 2
weeks.Right before and right after my period.
Just a thought. Dona
>At Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>I received this message today from the PCOSA mail list... I thought it
>was an interesting connection and thought it was at least worth posting
>for discussion. God knows I have sleep troubles. I have always
>attributed them to the depression that I attribute, then, to the PCOS!
>Maybe there IS a link...
>
>Message: 4
>From: "Maria" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:37:12 -0800
>Subject: [PCOS] Sleep Story on 20/20
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>
>Did anybody see 20/20 tonight? They had a story on sleep deprivation
>that
>said new studies connect sleep deprivation with, among other things,
>insulin
>resistance! Here's an excerpt from the article online, with a link to
>the
>full article.
>
>Maria
>
>"Van Cauter's early findings suggest that chronic short sleepers have a
>hard
>time keeping their blood sugars stable, which makes them prone to
>insulin
>resistance and obesity. Experts are now speculating that lack of sleep
>could
>be the missing link in understanding America's obesity epidemic."
>
>http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/2020/2020_010330_sleep.html
>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
![[ PCOS Discussion Forums ]](../../images/pcos_at_obgyn.gif)