264: Why Your Doctor Can't Find What's Causing Your Insomnia

Get the What’s Causing Your Sleep Issues Checklist at www.thesleepdetective.com/checklistSign up for the Complete Sleep Solution program here https://l.bttr.to/9LmUt or schedule a consultation if you want to talk to Martha first https://p.bttr.to/3VJwvDsIf you've been to your doctor, run the tests, and been told everything is normal — but you still can't sleep — this episode will explain why.Insomnia isn't a disease. It's a sign that something in your body is out of balance. And because doctors are trained to diagnose and treat disease, the real causes of chronic insomnia consistently get missed. In this episode, Martha walks through exactly why conventional medicine falls short when it comes to sleep — and what to do instead.You'll hear from Martha's client Andrea, who spent two years going to doctors, keeping files on her symptoms, and being told everything was normal — while waking at 1, 2, 3am every night and dealing with anxiety, fatigue, and joint pain. What functional testing eventually revealed changed everything.In this episode:Why insomnia is a health problem, not a medical problem — and why that distinction mattersWhat doctors typically recommend for insomnia and why it doesn't get to the root causeWhy standard blood tests aren't built to find what's causing your sleep problemWhat functional testing looks at insteadWhat Martha found in Andrea's results after two years of normal bloodwork00:00 Normal Tests No Sleep00:38 Andrea’s Insomnia Story01:32 Why Doctors Miss It02:31 Why Common Fixes Fail04:50 Why Labs Look Normal06:09 Functional Testing Deep Dive08:19 Test Don’t Guess09:13 Andrea’s Real Root Causes10:03 Results and Next Steps