Night Sleep System
The Chemistry of Sleep
WHAT IT IS:
- A focused two-ingredient sleep formula – pharmaceutical grade L-tryptophan paired with activated vitamin B6 – that supports your body’s natural serotonin and melatonin pathway
WHY YOU NEED IT:
- Important for patients wanting an effective natural, drug-free sleep solution
- Targets patients with trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
- Non-habit forming, take it when you want, no worries when you don’t
- Supports patients not wanting a sedative or an antihistamine – so there is no next-morning grogginess or “sleeping pill hangover”
- Non-habit-forming; no tolerance buildup requiring higher and higher doses
- Vegetable capsules – 60 per bottle, a full 30-day supply
HOW IT HELPS:
Most over-the-counter sleep aids work by sedating you. Antihistamines block wakefulness signals. Night Sleep System takes a different approach: it supplies the raw material and the cofactor, and lets your own biology set the pace.
L-tryptophan is one of nine essential amino acids – your body cannot manufacture it, so it must come from diet or supplementation. Once absorbed, tryptophan is converted to 5-hydroxytryptophan, then to serotonin, and finally, as darkness falls, to melatonin in the pineal gland. Serotonin governs the sense of calm and satisfaction that precedes sleep; melatonin governs the timing signal that tells your body that night has arrived.
Vitamin B6 is the reason the second ingredient matters as much as the first. The enzyme that converts 5-HTP into serotonin is B6-dependent, and this formula supplies B6 as pyridoxal 5-phosphate – the form the body actually uses. Converting ordinary pyridoxine into P-5-P requires a liver enzyme step that many people perform inefficiently, particularly with age, alcohol use, or certain medications. Supplying the activated form removes that bottleneck.
There is a practical reason to take this formula on an empty stomach. Tryptophan competes with several other large amino acids for the same transporter into the brain, and a protein-containing meal floods that transporter with competitors. Taken away from food, a much larger share of the dose reaches its destination.
Because this formula supports a pathway rather than overriding it, most patients notice a gradual settling over the first one to two weeks rather than an abrupt knockout effect on night one. That is by design.
Dosage:
Take two to four capsules 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime, or if waking in the night, preferably on an empty stomach at least two hours after a protein-containing meal.
Cautions:
If you take an SSRI, SNRI, MAO inhibitor, triptan migraine medication, tramadol, or lithium, do not begin this product without discussing it with Dr. Hirt first, as these combinations can raise serotonin activity excessively. Not for use during pregnancy or nursing.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
The Center for Integrative Medicine • Michael Hirt, M.D. • 5620 Wilbur Avenue, Suite 220, Tarzana, CA 91356 • 818.345.2828