Stress, burnout & sleep · Cairns & Australia-wide
Stress and sleep in Cairns.
Exhausted by evening, and then your mind switches on. Or awake at 3 am like clockwork. It’s usually a pattern, not a personal failing. In the clinic in Manunda, or Australia-wide by telehealth.
Free, 10–15 minutes by phone, for anyone new to Sohma. It helps you choose an appointment; it isn’t a clinical assessment.
The loop
Wired, but tired.
Stress and sleep feed each other. A stress response that stays switched on makes it hard to fall asleep and stay asleep, and lost sleep is itself a stress on the body. Round it goes.
We look at the whole pattern around it: your load, your sleep, hormonal change, blood sugar, mood and the gut. In one longer appointment, with a nurse or our nurse practitioner and a doctor alongside.
Telling them apart
Stress, burnout and broken sleep.
- Stress
- Rises with pressure and eases when it passes. You recover.
- Burnout
- When the reset stops happening: rest no longer restores you, and a weekend off doesn’t touch it.
- Trouble falling asleep
- Tired but switched on at bedtime, often with a racing mind.
- Waking in the night
- Waking at the same hour, often in the early morning, and struggling to get back to sleep.
How we look at it
The pattern underneath, not another sleep tip.
Your load and your days
Work, family, the hours you keep and what has changed, because sleep happens inside a life.
The body alongside
Hormonal change, blood sugar, mood and the gut, read together with your sleep rather than apart from it.
Tests only when they’re useful
Bring the results you already have. Any further test is explained and priced before it’s ordered, and only suggested when it could change your plan.
Worth knowing
When sleep needs a doctor first.
Some sleep problems need medical investigation in their own right. We’ll look more closely, or refer, where there’s any of these.
- Loud snoring with pauses in breathing
- Daytime sleepiness that could point to sleep apnoea
- Severe insomnia that persists despite the basics
- Low mood or anxiety that needs care in its own right
If you’re in crisis, call Lifeline on 13 11 14, or 000 in an emergency.
Your first appointment
The Functional & Integrative Medicine Assessment.
Time to see how the pieces fit. Your history, your results and the life around them, brought together into a prioritised plan. In person is preferred; phone and video are available too.
- $29960 minutes
- $39990 minutes, with our nurse practitioner
In Cairns, or anywhere in Australia
A real clinic in Manunda, and the same care by telehealth.
At the house
17 Anderson St, Manunda QLD 4870. Open Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 9am–1pm. Free, secure parking on site, with accessible bays. Call 07 4015 3444.
Get directionsBy telehealth
Anywhere in Australia, by phone or video, with the same team and the same shared record. For the assessment, in person is preferred.
How Sohma worksQuestions
Before you book.
- Why am I exhausted but can’t fall asleep?
- It’s the wired-but-tired pattern. When the stress response stays switched on, the body struggles to wind down at night even when you’re depleted. It feels like a personal failing; it’s usually a pattern worth assessing properly.
- Why do I keep waking at 3 am?
- Early waking has several common threads, including the body’s natural pre-dawn rise in stress hormones and overnight dips in blood sugar. We look at the pattern in your case rather than assuming one cause.
- What’s the difference between stress and burnout?
- Stress rises and then resolves. Burnout is when that reset stops happening: rest no longer restores you. Burnout usually needs a look at the whole picture, which is what a longer appointment is for.
- My bloods are normal but I still feel awful. Can you help?
- Normal usually means nothing is acutely wrong, not that everything is working well. We look at the pattern across your sleep, load, hormones, blood sugar and mood, and read results in context. We can’t promise an outcome, only a thorough approach.
- Do I need a referral?
- No. You can book yourself, or start with a free 10–15 minute call with one of our nurses, who’ll help you choose an appointment. The call isn’t a clinical assessment.
- What does it cost?
- The Functional & Integrative Medicine Assessment is $299 for 60 minutes, or $399 for 90. Medicare rebates may apply, and they’re generally better face to face; reception can confirm your expected rebate and out-of-pocket cost before you book.
- Can I see you by telehealth?
- Yes, anywhere in Australia, by phone or video, with the same team and the same shared record. The fee is the same, though Medicare rebates for telehealth usually need one face-to-face visit with us in the past 12 months. For the assessment, in person is preferred.
The next step
Book your first appointment.
Face to face in Cairns, or Australia-wide by telehealth, and no referral needed.
Book a free nurse call Free, 10–15 minutes by phone, for anyone new to Sohma. It helps you choose an appointment; it isn’t a clinical assessment.