The Itty Bitty Sleep Book

You are not tired because of your schedule. You are tired because you cannot breathe.

You have tried everything. You exercise. You eat well. You go to bed at a reasonable hour. But you wake up exhausted, your blood pressure is creeping up, and your spouse says you stop breathing in the middle of the night. You have been told it is stress, or aging, or anxiety. Nobody has looked at the shape of your mouth.

Dr. Blaine Leeds is a dentist in Arkansas, Tennessee, and California who has spent thirty years studying the connection between what he sees in his patients' mouths and why they cannot sleep. After his own wife noticed he was stopping breathing at night, a sleep study revealed he was waking up nearly ninety times in just two hours. That diagnosis changed his practice, his health, and his life. The Itty Bitty Sleep Book is a practical, easy-to-navigate guide. Whether you read it cover to cover or open to a specific topic, you'll find clear, actionable strategies for better sleep. You can open it anywhere, read one entry, and walk away with something useful to bring to your doctor or dentist.

Inside, you will find:

• Why six out of ten CPAP users quit, and the simple equipment change that could make the difference

• What the shape of your mouth, jaw, and airway reveals about your sleep

• How to have productive conversations with your doctor, your dentist, and your loved ones about the signs, symptoms, and impact of sleep apnea