All new parents prepare for sleepless nights, but when Nina Wadia became a mum she developed anxiety-induced insomnia, which sparked two decades of troubled sleep.
For years before having children, the former EastEnders actress struggled with an overactive brain, particularly at night, which she says brought some professional "positives" including "clarity of thought" about how to play characters.
But after welcoming daughter Tia, now 19, then son Aidan four years later, Nina's propensity to overthink after dark progressed into anxiety-induced insomnia.
