Can’t Fall or Stay Asleep? Your Sleep Questions Answered

You're doing what you're supposed to do, you're in bed for 78 hours, and yet you wake up feeling unrefreshed, foggy, like you could go right back to sleep. Now in most cases, it's not about how long you're sleeping, it's about the quality of that sleep. Welcome to Office Hours. This is our dedicated one-on-one space to go deeper, get clearer, and explore what truly moves the needle for your health. I'm Dr.

Mark Hyman and each week we're going to pull back the curtain and share the insights, the research, the lessons that don't always make it into our conversations with guests. Because at the end of the day, you are the CEO of your own health, and for many of you, your family's health too. And you might not feel it all the time, but you have far more power and agency than you realize. I'm glad you're here. This episode is brought to you by Function Health, empowering you to live 100 healthy years with over 160 lab tests for just $365 a year and use the code MARC2026 to get $50 off your membership.

Sleep, you know, is one of the most important foundations of your health. And it's honestly one of the most frustrating. Now, if you struggle to fall asleep, if you struggle to stay to sleep, if you wake up feeling exhausted, I promise you you're not alone. And uh I want to know, but despite what social media tells you, poor sleep isn't just caused by one bad habit or one missing supplement. It's the result of a few biological systems that are out of sync.

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