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jf-19022020-q-and-a-how-to-sleep-better-sleep-solutions-and-supplements — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview jf-19022020-q-and-a-how-to-sleep-better-sleep-solutions-and-supplements. The excerpt begins at 00:32:24.520 and runs for 55 seconds.

estrogen activates histamine, serotonin, cortisol, all of the stress hormones that will increase symptoms, including nightmares, night terrors, even seizures. Night terrors are like a light version of night terrors, and night terrors are very closely related to nocturnal epileptic seizures, very low blood sugar, very high estrogen, serotonin, and cortisol. Insomnia is just the first stage of those more serious things. It was interesting because she wanted to know that this morning, because she had a nightmare last night. She normally doesn't have them, but she woke up with a nightmare, and she was like, "Ask Dr. Peat."