14SW23 - Anxiety and Insomnia in Women: The Fearsome Twosome

Speaker: Tori Hudson. Generalized anxiety disorder and chronic insomnia in women are discussed, as well as how adrenal dysfunction can be both cause and consequence. Anxiety disorders can manifest differently in women and can worsen premenstrually, postpartum and in the perimenopausal transition. Insomnia is pandemic in midlife women, although the cause remains unexplained within the scientific community. Includes both an evidence-based and traditional approach to using select botanicals with particular attention to the influence of cortisol on sleep disturbance, and the influence of other hormonal states on insomnia and anxiety.