Insomnia Psychiatrist Serving Hartford, CT

You lie down. You're tired — genuinely, bone-deep tired. And then your brain just... wakes up. The thoughts start. Some of them are small and pointless, some of them spiral into everything you've been avoiding during the day. Hartford never fully goes quiet at night, and neither does your mind. If this is happening week after week, it's not a willpower problem. It's a hyperaroused nervous system — and it's something a psychiatrist can actually help with. Sindhia Shyras, APRN sees Hartford residents through telehealth and from her New Britain office.

Why Your Brain Won't Quiet Down at Night

Chronic insomnia isn't just poor sleep habits. For a lot of people, the brain gets stuck in a kind of high-alert state — cortisol stays elevated, the stress response doesn't fully switch off, and bedtime becomes something the body actually dreads. You end up in a cycle: you try to sleep, it doesn't work, you watch the clock, you get more wired. The anxiety about not sleeping makes the not-sleeping worse. Over time, your bed stops feeling like a place to rest and starts feeling like the place where you fail to rest. That's the hyperaroused brain at work — and it responds to the right treatment.

What Sindhia Looks For in an Evaluation

The first appointment is a real conversation, not a checklist. Sindhia wants to know how long this has been going on, what your nights actually look like, whether there's anxiety or depression threading through it, what you've already tried, and what your days feel like after bad nights. Insomnia doesn't happen in isolation — it usually connects to something, and finding that thread is how you actually start to fix it rather than just patch it. She accepts most major insurance including Aetna, Cigna, Husky Health, Medicaid, United Healthcare, Anthem, ConnectiCare, and self-pay.

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