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Integrative Sleep Medicine Program

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The Integrative Sleep Medicine Program from Barry Rotman, MD, Inc. provides a unique approach to treating insomnia, combining the best of evidence-based Western Medicine with acupuncture and other alternative medicine therapies. You may have tried an over-the-counter or prescription sleep medicine. Like many, you discovered that it did not work or had intolerable side effects. The Integrative Sleep Medicine (ISM) Program goes well beyond a single drug, providing a comprehensive six week program designed to rehabilitate your sleep.

Seven Steps to Better Sleep

  1. Get to know you and your health issues.
    Modern medicine can be hectic. The foundation of the ISM Program is a careful, thorough assessment of your experience with sleep and its overall impact on your life.

  2. Identify associated illnesses and medications that can impact your sleep.
    Other health problems and even some medications can rob you of your sleep. A comprehensive approach requires a detailed discussion of your health status.

  3. Identify beliefs and habits that diminish your sleep.
    In the frustrating quest for sleep, you may have developed behaviors and attitudes that make sleep more difficult. Identifying these obstacles is a necessary step for progress.

  4. Reduce the impact of associated illnesses and medications.
    When possible, we can work with other health care providers to treat other illnesses and modify medications to enhance your ability to sleep.

  5. Strengthen and rebalance your health with acupuncture and herbs.
    Western medicine views insomnia as a problem of too much stimulation and agitation with treatment targeted toward relaxation. Chinese medicine goes deeper, to the root cause of the insomnia: depletion of energy reserves. Acupuncture and Chinese herbs can strengthen you, restoring the healthy balance you need for sleep.

  6. Relearn adaptive thoughts and behaviors for sleep.
    By reducing the impact of other health problems and medications — and fortifying yourself with acupuncture and herbs — you are ready to create a new approach to sleep. You can relearn behaviors and attitudes that work for sleep!

  7. RECLAIM THE GIFT OF SLEEP!
    Enjoy sleep that can refresh, restore and rejuvenate you. Live your life to the fullest!