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Among the many ways it affects sleep, lithium helps regulate serotonin, melatonin, and the stress response.

A good night’s sleep isn’t just a daily period of R&R. Good sleep one of the keystones of good health, along with a diet that emphasizes whole foods, regular physical activity, and strong relationships.

People suffer many types of sleep difficulties—trouble falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, waking up early in the morning and not being able to get back to sleep, and feeling fatigued during the day from lack of deep sleep. When one or more of those difficulties are chronic—a problem suffered by an estimated 15 to 20 percent of Americans—your body and mind pay the price. Poor sleep can erode attention and memory; increase the risk of depression and anxiety; imbalance blood sugar and insulin (the hormone that regulates it), setting you up for weight gain and diabetes; damage your circulatory system, leading to heart attack and stroke; weaken immunity, making you more vulnerable to infections; and disrupt hormones, which play a crucial role in regulating nearly every bodily system. (And that’s far from a complete list!)

To add insult to injury, poor sleep can also disrupt circadian rhythms, the body’s internal 24-hour biological clocks, which some experts see as the master regulators of physical, mental, and emotional well-being. When those clocks aren’t synchronized with the daily 24-hour light-dark cycle, nearly every........

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