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Re: Sleep Deprivation / Insulin...?
From: Lynette (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:02:47 -0600 (CST)
I know that we are supposed to be careful about symptoms, but mark me
down as one who suffers from severe insomnia. Yet, I am so tired during
the day that I can't stand it. Another one of those "who knows" things.
Hope to see a lot of you at the conference.
At Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Dona wrote:
>
>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
>>
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