25/08/2026
Two patients tell you the exact same thing: "I can't sleep." Are you about to treat them the same way?
In my practice, insomnia is almost never one problem — it's whatever is actually keeping this nervous system awake, and that's different for every patient. I don't guess. I ask the nervous system directly, using the VAS — a real physiological signal you can feel in the pulse the moment it reacts to something true.
Swipe through to see how I actually use it — including the 3am pattern I see more than any other.
Do you check the response before you treat, or after? Tell me below.
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