Insomnia can make your days seem like a chore. We can help you get some rest.

Insomnia can make nights feel like a prison, and make the days seem like a fuzzy dream. It can rob the sufferer of the capacity to enjoy the days or to be productive and reach their potential. However, there are ways to overcome insomnia.

It is an underappreciated fact in the field of psychiatry that the most effective psychiatric medication that we can offer is high-quality, natural sleep. The best and most effective treatment for most psychiatric problems including most forms of anxiety, depression, and PTSD is sleep.

The most effective treatment for insomnia is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). This is a teaching style of therapy, where the sufferer learns to optimize their day-to-day habits to get better sleep without medications. This form of treatment has been shown to be the most effective way to improve sleep over the long term and to have the best chance at giving you permanent and positive results.

At Youthful Minds Psychiatry, we can prescribe psychiatric medications that can help you manage your sleep. There are a range of treatment options, from natural treatments such as magnesium threonate and sleep-cycle optimization, to gentle therapies such as melatonin and trazodone, to more traditional therapies such aszolpidem and eszopliclone, and finally the newest generation of medications that include lemborexant and suvorexant. Your psychiatric nurse practitioner will work with you to determine which option will work best for you.