Why You’re Exhausted All Day & Awake At Night
You drag yourself out of bed. Run on caffeine until mid-afternoon. Barely make it through dinner. Then the kids go to sleep and suddenly you're wide awake, catching up on your phone, finally feeling like yourself — at 10:47pm.
That's not a sleep problem. That's a cortisol pattern. And Diagnose This with Dr. Z has the full episode breaking down exactly what's happening and why.
Cortisol should peak in the morning and drop steadily through the day. For most people dealing with exhaustion and hormone chaos, it's running the opposite direction. High when it should be low. Low when it should be…
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