Can sleep disordered breathing wreck your libido?

When cortisol spikes, testosterone drops, and estrogen and progesterone also drop from that cortisol spike.

So it can absolutely kill your libido.

Not only do you not have enough energy, but your hormones are just not there.

So your wife is not not into you.

She's mouth breathing, and she needs to see an airway dentist.

Absolutely.

Do women with airway issues tend to have higher cortisol? Yeah. So what's happening is if our airways are

collapsing in the night, our bodies get in a fight or flight and that spikes our cortisol in the

middle of the night. Those women really suffer and feel like their sleep is terrible and they,

our HRV is impacted and they're in fight or flight all the time and they don't get into rest and digest and their digestion is terrible, and they, or HRV is impacted, and they're in fight or flight all the time,

and they don't get into rest and digest,

and their digestion is affected,

and they feel irritated and stressed,

and that's what's leading to a lot of depression and anxiety as well.

And then everybody just thinks, oh, it's your job and motherhood,

when really it's absolutely structural.

Music when really it's absolutely structural. Thank you. Your TMJ, tired mom syndrome, facial nerve pain, lack of libido, shrinking jaw, hormone issues, and more may all be caused by one thing.

Airway issues and mouth breathing.

We've talked on the show about the problems that will arise if your child is mouth breathing and why it's important to correct that as soon as possible at three years old as ideal.

But what if you're an adult who has an underdeveloped jaw, sunken face, and more?

Dr. Hilary Fritch is an airway-focused biological dentist and one of the leading

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