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Nonerz
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I used to have the same problem...couldn't sleep. I have always been a night owl and would be up all night organizing my sock drawer, etcetera! Since I've been taking 5HTP, it has really helped to regulate my sleeping patterns. I took one yesterday and last night around 10-10:30, I was ready for bed! Yaaay, it works!
gingersnap
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Growth Hormone is released during sleep, and for what it's worth eating sugar before bedtime reduces the amount of growth hormone released. Protein increases it. This is why teenagers need more sleep than any other segment of the population; it is the biggest growth spurt of our lives and it's the growth hormone that causes it. So for building muscle, I believe sleep is very important.
JJFigure
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Since I've dropped the thermos, I've been sleeping wonderfully and loving every minute. This morning was my first super early morning in a while (4:00 am), and since I helped out in a training room last night, I didn't get to bed until after 11:00. I've had a headache all day, but I did get a decent lift in. I'm shooting for 10 hours tonight to make up for it though, or my lifts will start dropping like flies.
This is purely anecdotal though; I'm too brain-dead to look for studies or anything.
This is purely anecdotal though; I'm too brain-dead to look for studies or anything.
Puddles
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PBR...thanks for confusing me even more! LOL
I ask about this because for the past 3 months I've averaged about 4-6 hrs. of sleep a night (with my husband waking me up nightly because of my snoring, and waking to go to the bathroom once or twice). Most mornings I've been waking up without an alarm and not being able to fall back to sleep. I've had boughts of insomnia in the past but the prescription meds always made me feel awful so I won't go there again. I've tried several natural remedies and supplements in the past and nothing has really helped. I've also always been a night person and just came to accept it, but with me waking up earlier in the mornings lately I just don't know what to think. If I go to bed before I really feel tired, I will lay there for hours. I don't feel a need for naps during the day unless the sleep is like 3 hrs. or less. When I go for a few days with 3-4 hrs. of sleep I'll take xanax to knock me out, but I wind up taking it at like 3-4am and then feel groggy until late afternoon and if I take xanax for more than 2 or 3 nights in a row it messes with my thought processes (my speach is off, can't complete sentences, can't do simple math in my head, etc). I've been avoiding stimulants except for morning coffee. When I wake up and I know I'm up, I'm groggy, so the coffee helps me get moving. I don't know if I should try fight it or not. Usually I'm only like this for a few weeks at most, but now it's been months and my body is starting to feel it at times.
I ask about this because for the past 3 months I've averaged about 4-6 hrs. of sleep a night (with my husband waking me up nightly because of my snoring, and waking to go to the bathroom once or twice). Most mornings I've been waking up without an alarm and not being able to fall back to sleep. I've had boughts of insomnia in the past but the prescription meds always made me feel awful so I won't go there again. I've tried several natural remedies and supplements in the past and nothing has really helped. I've also always been a night person and just came to accept it, but with me waking up earlier in the mornings lately I just don't know what to think. If I go to bed before I really feel tired, I will lay there for hours. I don't feel a need for naps during the day unless the sleep is like 3 hrs. or less. When I go for a few days with 3-4 hrs. of sleep I'll take xanax to knock me out, but I wind up taking it at like 3-4am and then feel groggy until late afternoon and if I take xanax for more than 2 or 3 nights in a row it messes with my thought processes (my speach is off, can't complete sentences, can't do simple math in my head, etc). I've been avoiding stimulants except for morning coffee. When I wake up and I know I'm up, I'm groggy, so the coffee helps me get moving. I don't know if I should try fight it or not. Usually I'm only like this for a few weeks at most, but now it's been months and my body is starting to feel it at times.
Puddles
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spatts said:
How does a person have that stuff checked? I had a deviated septum years ago, but had that fixed when I had sinus pollyps removed...what a fun surgery that was. LOL Never had problems with my tonsils that I know of. Apnea...that's when you stop breathing during your sleep, right? I've asked my husband if I do that and he hasn't seen it.
I just don't sleep and am wondering how much the lack of sleep is affecting me and weather I should worry about it or not. I'm on cycle now (4th week) which I started because I was not recovering from surgery...the cycle has put me close to where I was before both physically and mentally, so I think I made a good decision. But I am wondering if it's a sleep issue that's also hindering my progress.
I'm gonna start another post in a few minutes about bloat during AS and pre-menstrual cycle...I'm goin nuts here. Grrrrrrrrr!
Night Fly
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Mrs. P... Talk to your doctor about having a sleep study done. That will help diagnose sleep apnea if you do, in fact, suffer from that. Also, you can ask him to give you a referral to an ENT (Ear, nose, & throat doc) and he/she should be able to test for any possible abnormalities that you are wary of.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Puddles
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I had a wonderful ENT who did my sinus surgery. That was about 8 yrs. ago...if he's still around I'd like to work with him. I know my uvula is a problem and I've been thinking of seriously looking into lazer surgery to reduce it. Hubby's out of town now and last night I guess I snored right through the night because it was swollen and irritated this morning. Guess hubby's interruptions are actually good for me. LOL
Nonerz
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My dad has sleep apnea really bad. He would hold his breath for close to 30-45 seconds per minute! He recently found out that this was causing him to gain weight, despite the fact that he works out 4-5 times a week and hasn't changed his diet. The doctor told him that he wasn't getting QUALITY sleep...he would wake up several times in the night, having to take a piss again and again. His body wasn't getting the oxygen needed to repair itself!
He recently got one of those machines where you have this gas mask type device that you put over your nose and mouth and the machine literally pushes oxygen down your throat.
He swears by it...but more convincingly, my mom swears by it. He doesn't hold his breath or snore anymore with it on! He wakes up feeling well rested and is so excited to finally have a solution that works for him. He had the surgery for a deviated septum years ago which improved his snoring/holding breath for a little while...but it didn't last.
A little tip...get the humidifier to keep your nasal passage moist. Before he got the humidifier he was having lots of problems with his severe allergies. Now he (and my mom too) gets a great night's sleep!
Good luck girlie!
He recently got one of those machines where you have this gas mask type device that you put over your nose and mouth and the machine literally pushes oxygen down your throat.
He swears by it...but more convincingly, my mom swears by it. He doesn't hold his breath or snore anymore with it on! He wakes up feeling well rested and is so excited to finally have a solution that works for him. He had the surgery for a deviated septum years ago which improved his snoring/holding breath for a little while...but it didn't last.
A little tip...get the humidifier to keep your nasal passage moist. Before he got the humidifier he was having lots of problems with his severe allergies. Now he (and my mom too) gets a great night's sleep!
Good luck girlie!
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