Sleep disorder led Grey’s star to psych ward

Grey’s Anatomy star Justin Chambers says he checked in to UCLA’s psych ward recently considering of a longtime sleep disorder.

“It’s an issue that I’ve had for a while,” Chambers told PEOPLE magazine in his first interview since the incident. “It’s a biological sleep disorder. Your intellect keeps racing, and your body is tired. It wants to go to sleep, but it can’t.”

At his wit’s end, the 37-year-old actor, husband, and father of five says he was sleeping no more than an hour a week during the two months main up to his hospital stay.

We all know sleep is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It’s a topic covered here at That’s Fit all the day. To brush up on your sleep smarts so you can get the quality rest — and the benefits that come from rest —

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Original post by Jacki Donaldson

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