Sleep Debt

S4E5: Sleep, Fatigue Accumulation & Adderall in Pro Baseball w/ Meeta Singh, MD

Season 4, Episode 5

Dr. Bubbs interviews Dr. Meeta Singh, MD the service chief of sleep medicine, and section head and medical director at the Henry Ford sleep center in Michigan.

Summary of the Episode

4:00 – Meeta’s background in medicine and sleep research

6:30 – Meeta’s philosophy on the application of sleep science; education, travel/jet lag strategies, and individual sleep issues.

10:45 – Definition of sleep and sleep architecture

15:35 – Differences of REM vs. NREM sleep

18:40 – Baseball season, travel and impacts on sleep

22:00 – Fatigue accumulation and banking sleep

24:10 – Chronotypes and how it may impact athletic performance

29:40 – The nuances of applying sleep strategies in practice

32:00 – Adderall, amphetamines and ADHD in baseball and the impacts on sleep

37:45 – The young generation, constant phone use and sleep hygiene

42:15 – Can you really bank sleep?

46:30 – The evolution of research in sleep and athletic performance

 

About Dr. Meeta Singh, MD

Dr. Singh is the service chief of sleep medicine, and section head and medical director at the Henry Ford sleep center in Michigan. She did her  training in Psychiatry at the Mayo clinic and a sleep fellowship at the Henry Ford hospital. Dr. Singh is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology(under the American Board of Medical Specialties) as a psychiatrist and sleep medicine subspecialist and a member in good standing of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. 

LINKS:

MeetaSinghMD.com

Twitter - athletesleepMD1

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