6 Signs of Unhealthy Sleep—and What to Do About It

By Jenn Sinrich Apr 29, 2022

If you frequently find that you need to catch up on sleep with a long nap or sleep in on the weekends or on vacation, it could be a sign that you’re lacking in sleep efficiency, warns Alex Dimitriu, MD, who is double board-certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine. “Beware of the flip flop insomnia pattern: Some people go from undersleeping one night and oversleeping the next, in a vicious ongoing cycle,” he says. The best fix for this issue is to get enough sleep consistently, not to feel you have anything to make up for. 

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