Sleeping Beauty

Justin Chambers is better known as Dr. Alex Karev on the hit television show Grey’s Anatomy. He checked himself into UCLA’s psych ward because of a biological sleep disorder. "It's an issue that I've had for a while," the Grey's Anatomy star told PEOPLE in his first interview since the incident. "It's a biological sleep disorder. Your mind keeps racing, and your body is tired. It wants to go to sleep, but it can't." Chambers, 37, who has five children with his wife, Keisha, 38, says in the two months prior to checking in to UCLA, he was sleeping no more than an hour a week. "I got to my wit's end," he says. That is crazy! I can not believe he did not sleep for more than an hour for the whole week. I love Grey’s Anatomy and actually Chambers’ character is one of my favorites. He plays Alex, an eager and competitive intern but he can also be self-absorbed and overconfident. His offensive behavior and poor attitude cause him to be extremely disliked by doctors and patients alike, and he is dubbed "frat boy" by the other interns. Alex prides himself on his honesty, which often lacks tact and can verge on being crude, brutal, and insensitive. This contributes to his poor bedside manner. However, Alex does have a moral code and is the only doctor who tells the truth to patients who make bad decisions about their health, at the risk of offending patients and getting kicked out of surgical cases. He is a great character and I hope Justin gets well.