Department of Sleep Health · East to West Wellness Center
Waking at 3 a.m. with your mind racing?
You fall asleep, wake in the middle of the night and cannot shut your mind off. Or you sleep for hours and still wake up exhausted without knowing what to change.
Sound familiar?
If this is you, you’re in the right place
- You fall asleep fine but wake at 2 or 3 a.m.
- Your mind races when you wake at night
- Eight hours of sleep still leaves you tired
- Sleep worsened with stress or perimenopause
- You rely on sleep aids to get through the night
What medicine does well, and what it wasn’t built for
Why it keeps coming back
Sleep aids can sedate the brain and help during a difficult stretch. But sleep can also be disrupted by a cortisol rhythm that is off, blood sugar dropping at night and hormone shifts. A pill may help you sleep without changing the pattern that wakes you.
That’s the part we work on. We don’t replace your doctor. We optimize the systems underneath, your metabolism, mitochondria and immune response, so your body can do what it’s built to do: heal and stay well.
Systems biology, applied to Sleep Health
The three systems we see most often
Cortisol rhythm
Cortisol can surge at night instead of peaking between 5 and 7 a.m.
Blood sugar
A nighttime blood-sugar dip can trigger an adrenaline and cortisol wake-up.
Hormones
Perimenopause, thyroid changes and other shifts can disrupt sleep.
Systems we check in every sleep health evaluation:
Diagnosis decides what we fix. If a system tests fine, we leave it alone and put your time and money where it matters.
How we fix it
In the order that matters
Calm the nervous system
Reduce the stress response that keeps the body alert.
Steady nighttime blood sugar
Address drops that can trigger nighttime waking.
Reset the cortisol rhythm
Support a healthier daily stress-hormone pattern.
Address hormones
Review thyroid, perimenopause and other relevant shifts.
What we measure
Your numbers, re-tested
We only order what would change your plan, and we tell you up front which tests may be covered.
Our tools
Acupuncture and electroacupuncture, clinical nutrition, medical-grade supplements and herbal prescriptions, moxibustion and red light. When you need more, our physician partners and your own specialists are part of the plan.
What patients say
★★★★★… The pain & swelling were reduced dramatically. I have gone back to the gym & playing golf. Now we are working on my insomnia! Greg listens intently to my symptoms & reaction to treatment and makes adjustments. My appointments are always on time and the treatment rooms are clean, beautiful and the music is soothing. If you need to heal East to West Acupuncture is the place to go.
Anne I. · Google review, 2018-11
Verbatim Google reviews (207 reviews, 4.96 average). Individual results vary; no outcome is promised.
Our offer
A personalized care plan, backed by your own markers
Every department offers the same thing: a time-based plan built for your issue. Testing, mapping where the problem started, a written plan, treatments, clinical nutrition, and supplement and herbal prescriptions, all aimed at your issue instead of piecemeal visits. Acupuncture is our super-specialty, and many plans work with or without it.
| East to West care plan | One-size protocol | |
|---|---|---|
| How it’s built | From your testing and your history | The same steps for everyone with the same complaint |
| What it targets | The systems underneath, in the order that matters for you | The symptom you walked in with |
| How you know it’s working | Markers agreed up front, re-tested | You guess |
| What backs it | Progress Guarantee tied to those markers | Nothing |
| What you take home | A System Map and a roadmap for you and your doctors | A product list |
Every plan comes with our Progress Guarantee. Before we start, we agree on the markers we’ll track: your symptom score plus two or three lab or clinical markers that can realistically change. If you’ve done your part and we haven’t hit them in your plan’s time frame, we keep working with you at a reduced rate or add complimentary care. We promise the work and the measurement, not a cure.
Care plans: Compare Reset, Rebuild and Thrive for this department — see included tests, visits and holiday enrollment savings.
The one place to start
Plans, not protocols. It starts with your Systems Biology Evaluation.
You know you have the problem. What nobody has shown you is how your symptom ties back to your metabolism, inflammation and immune system. That connection is our specialty.
- We map your chief complaint back to every system driving it.
- We decide which tests you actually need, and tell you which may be covered and which aren’t.
- We lay out your plan and timeline, with options for how many treatments and how long.
- You leave with your one-page System Map: where the problem sits, which systems are involved, and how we’ll address each one, in order.
Sometimes the answer is simple. If it’s a local problem, you may only need acupuncture, and we’ll tell you that.
Systems Biology Evaluation for Sleep Health
$100
30–60 minutes, in person in Huntington. A $350 evaluation, $100 to start.
Book your Systems Biology Evaluationor call (631) 416-4940
By your fourth visit, we’ll both know whether it’s working. We score your symptoms at visit 1 and visit 4, and if it isn’t working we’ll tell you and point you to what will.
Sleep Health questions
Do I need to stop my sleep medication?
No. Never stop or change medication without your prescriber. We work alongside your doctor and build around your current care.
What testing may be included?
We may review salivary cortisol across the day, A1c, fasting insulin, a full thyroid panel, ferritin and sex hormones when relevant.
Is this only for waking at 3 a.m.?
No. The evaluation can also address trouble falling asleep, unrefreshing sleep and sleep changes connected to stress, hormones or blood sugar.
When should I seek a sleep-apnea evaluation?
Loud snoring with pauses in breathing, or falling asleep while driving, needs a sleep-apnea evaluation.
Do you replace my doctor?
No. Medication, surgery and specialist care do important work. We work alongside your medical team on the systems underneath, and we never ask you to stop a prescribed medication; that’s a conversation with your prescriber.
Related departments:
Your body is a system. We treat it like one.
Start with a $350 Systems Biology Evaluation for $100. You leave with your System Map and a plan.
