Insomnia Psychiatrist Serving Norwalk, CT

You've read the articles. You bought the blackout curtains. You put your phone in another room. You tried the chamomile tea, the melatonin, the white noise machine. You've done everything the sleep hygiene lists say to do — and you're still lying awake at 1am, frustrated, exhausted, wondering what you're doing wrong. Here's what those lists don't tell you: sleep hygiene is a starting point, not a treatment. When insomnia is chronic — weeks or months of consistently bad sleep — there's usually something underneath it that tips and tricks can't reach. Sindhia Shyras, APRN helps Norwalk residents figure out what that something is and how to actually fix it, through telehealth visits available across all of Connecticut.

Why Sleep Hygiene Isn't Enough for Chronic Insomnia

Sleep hygiene advice assumes your insomnia is caused by bad habits. And sometimes that's true — for a fresh case of temporary sleeplessness, good habits can help a lot. But once insomnia has been going on for months, the brain has often developed a whole set of learned patterns around sleep. Your nervous system has been trained to be on alert at bedtime. Your brain has started associating the bedroom with frustration instead of rest. At that point, turning off your phone an hour earlier isn't going to undo what's been built up. You need something that directly addresses the pattern — whether that's a targeted behavioral approach like CBT-I, medication, or a combination based on what's actually driving your sleeplessness.

What Sindhia Looks For — and What She Offers

A psychiatric evaluation for insomnia is a real conversation, not a checklist. Sindhia wants to understand your sleep history, what your nights look like, whether anxiety or depression is in the mix, and what you've already tried. From there she can tell you what she's seeing and present actual options. Maybe that's medication chosen for your specific situation. Maybe it's a behavioral approach that rewires the brain's relationship with sleep. Often it's both, and both work together better than either alone. Follow-up visits are part of the plan, so nothing just drifts — you're adjusting until it actually works.

Insurance and Booking

Elite Health accepts Aetna, Cigna, Husky Health, Medicaid, United Healthcare, Anthem, ConnectiCare, and self-pay. Norwalk patients can access care entirely via telehealth — a secure video visit that covers everything an in-person appointment does. Sindhia also sees patients in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu in addition to English. Call 860-515-8689 or book online.

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