The Power of Sleep: How It Affects Your Mood
Sleep is essential for your mental and emotional well-being. When you don’t get enough quality sleep, it can take a toll on your mood, focus, and overall health. At Salience Health, we understand the deep connection between sleep and brain function—especially how sleep affects the Salience Network, a key part of the brain that helps regulate emotions and attention.
The Link Between Sleep and Mood
Have you ever noticed that after a poor night’s sleep, you feel more irritable, anxious, or overwhelmed? That’s because sleep plays a crucial role in stabilizing emotions. When we don’t get enough rest, the brain becomes more reactive to stress, making it harder to regulate emotions. Over time, chronic sleep deprivation can contribute to anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders.
Sleep is when your brain processes emotions, repairs itself, and resets for the next day. Without it, your mental health can suffer, leaving you feeling stuck in a cycle of exhaustion and emotional ups and downs.
The Salience Network’s Role in Sleep & Mood
The Salience Network is a key brain system that helps determine what’s important—whether it’s a physical sensation, an emotional response, or an external event. This network helps your brain filter information and decide where to focus.
When the salience network is overactive, it can lead to heightened stress, anxiety, and difficulty winding down—making it harder to fall and stay asleep. An overactive salience network keeps the brain in a state of constant alertness, preventing deep sleep and contributing to emotional instability.
How To Support the Salience Network & Improve Sleep
Before treating patients for sleep disturbances, Salience Health recommends Home Sleep Testing (HST) to help diagnose sleep disorders. This ensures that patients receive the most accurate treatment for their condition. Our HST is a convenient, at-home solution that monitors key sleep metrics, such as breathing patterns, oxygen levels, and heart rate, to detect conditions like sleep apnea and other sleep disturbances. By using this diagnostic tool, we can identify the underlying causes of sleep issues and create personalized treatment plans tailored to each patient’s needs. Treatments like TMS Therapy and CBT are great, non-medicated options to support the Salience Network and improve sleep.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy is an innovative, non-invasive treatment that has been shown to regulate brain activity, particularly in areas linked to mood and cognitive function like the Salience Network. While TMS is FDA-cleared for depression treatment, many patients undergoing TMS report improvements in their sleep quality. Studies suggest that TMS can help modulate the salience network, potentially reducing hyperactivity that contributes to sleep disturbances.
On average, Salience Health’s TMS Therapy patients report a 60% improvement in their sleep quality.
By targeting areas of the brain linked to the salience network and mood regulation, TMS can help:
✔️ Reduce overactivity in the brain that contributes to sleep disturbances.
✔️ Improve slow-wave (deep) sleep and REM sleep, which are essential for emotional regulation.
✔️ Alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression that often interfere with restful sleep.
Unlike medication, TMS has no systemic side effects and offers a non-medicated alternative for individuals struggling with mood-related sleep issues.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based approach that helps patients recognize and change negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to insomnia, leading to long-term sleep improvements. Our comprehensive program ensures that individuals receive the right combination of therapies to regulate the Salience Network and in turn achieve restorative, high-quality sleep.
Why Choose Salience Health?
At Salience Health, we take a patient-first approach to mental wellness. Our expert care teams specialize in evidence-based treatments like TMS to help you achieve lasting improvements in your sleep, mood, and overall quality of life.
We know how exhausting it can be to struggle with sleep issues, and we’re here to support you every step of the way. Whether you’ve been dealing with chronic insomnia, mood-related sleep disturbances, or simply feel like your brain won’t “shut off” at night, we can help.
Take the Next Step Toward Better Sleep
If sleep struggles are affecting your daily life, you don’t have to go through it alone. Let’s work together to find a solution. Contact Salience Health today to schedule a consultation and explore how TMS therapy can help you sleep better, feel better, and live better.
📞 Call us today or click the request an appointment button—your path to restful sleep starts here.