Understanding MENopause and Testosterone: How Hormones Impact Men's Sleep

About this episode

Nyree Penn discusses how hormonal changes, particularly menopause in men, affect sleep quality and overall well-being.

Welcome to Sleep Reimagined. In today’s episode, Nyree Penn dives deep into a quiet epidemic that often goes unrecognized in high-performing men: “menopause.” Although men might log seven or eight hours of sleep and pass sleep studies with flying colors, many still wake up feeling exhausted, foggy, irritable, and less like themselves. Too often, these symptoms are chalked up to stress, low testosterone, or simply getting older. But as our hosts reveal, the real culprit may be hidden neurolog...

People in this episode

Host: Nyree Penn

Topics covered

• menopause
• testosterone
• men's health
• sleep disorders
• hormonal impact

Keywords

• menopause
• testosterone
• sleep
• high-performing men
• hormones
• exhaustion
• irritability

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