Sleep Disturbances after Brain Injury + How to Sleep Better (with Dr. Roy Wilkins)

Dr. Roy Wilkins is an expert in sleep medicine - and a brain injury survivor himself! In this interview, we will learn the importance of how sleep affects the brain. Dr. Wilkins also shares some of his own journey with TBI, why there can be sleep disturbances after a brain injury, and how to sleep better after a brain injury. Dr. Wilkins also shares important information on sleep hygiene, what a sleep study will do, and hope that there is help available.
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Roy Wilkins, D.C., M.D., RPSGT has extensive training and history in neurology, chiropractic medicine, and sleep medicine. He received his D.C. degree in 1983, residency orthopedics with board certification in 1989, residency neurology board certification in 1992, fellowship with sleep medicine American academy sleep medicine waiver B program in 2006, and MD degree UHSA 2010. He has owned and operated sleep labs White Mountain Sleep Lab from 2003 to present.
0:00 Introducing Dr. Wilkins
2:00 TBI Experience
10:00 Why is sleep so important?
13:20 Sleep & Brain Injury
17:30 Sleep & Autonomic System
20:30 Suggestions for Helping Sleep
29:45 Getting to Root Cause
31:00 Trouble Falling Asleep
34:00 Trouble Staying Asleep
40:15 Help with Sleep Medicine
42:05 What is a Sleep Study?
43:30 What Happens when you’re Sleep Deprived
46:15 More Sleep Study Info
48:15 Sleep Hygiene / Habits
57:30 Do what you Can Do
59:15 Words of Hope: There’s Help
61:20 Contact

[@TherapistTamaraHill]

Great interview!! Thank you. Still healing myself and after 6mos of no relief, I find myself on a slow rise up. So I appreciate the humility and honesty of Dr. Wilkins.

[@gothicghost6765]

Dr. Roy Wilkins, I feel I have to acknowledging you and this video for the progress, that I know myself to be capable of making wrt my tbi. Thank you so much for giving me the hope - priceless!!! Eversince my t.b.i. - I have never slept the same - I am lucky when getting 3-4 hrs sleep, a night if I am lucky, then, fatigue, loss of drive, - I have retained my sense of humor - its my handbrake to the intersection of insanity... interestingly also on the positive side of the spektrum I am making the best grafic art since the t.b.i. - its the only thing keeping me motivated. thanks for giving me hope. I hope I manage to get back to my old self. the agression is however my achillis heal. I hope more than anything that sleep can cure that...

[@Michael-oo4yc]

I was shot in the head at age 16 by a .357magnum and suffer from tbi

[@debracole81]

No one told me about changes in😅 TBI. I broke evrry bone on left eye 46:16 area crushed bone teeth sit 46:45 in. And⁹ broke both jaws.😮😮 When asked about damage they would tell me how lucky I was. I kept langue skills but have bad balance. Last yime saw a neuro he had me stand up beside me and I closed.my eyes or look up I just fall over am 70 and do not bounce anymore. He then said yep its from brain damage there is nothing I can do Don't come back I can't do a surgery and there is no medice to help I was crushed. Wish someone would pull one of my many CTs can't have MRI. BUT still have things popping up with age.but even the anger issues were not warned of I don't have aggression coz I pleaded with the Lord to please not let me be violent. But is it suppose to get worse with age I was 39 when accident occured am 80 now. Advise? Books. Other sourses like web sites.

[@Ashlow86]

Thank you

[@kathrynyoung3362]

Omg I wish he would just give some advice instead of going on and on and on about how sleep medicine is so incredibly interesting 🤨 I’m desperate for help. This is infuriating

[@alixnatko6196]

I want to thank you, I live in Ohio....do you take new patients from Ohio?😢

[@debracole81]

Not 80 70. Sorry

[@kozmokramer9897]

Too much talk about him blowing his own Horn