I cannot sleep, no matter what I do...

Roy1C

Freedom1862 wrote: »

cqbkaju wrote: »

Freedom1862 wrote: »

Are you eating tons of protein at every meal? I was and i didnt sleep for about a year. Doctors found nothing wrong in their tests.

I truly hope this gets better for you and I wish you well.

You would literally be dead if this was true.
Correlation does not imply causation.
I have never heard of anything about protein negatively affecting sleep quality/quantity and I hang around with powerlifters, bodybuilders, MMA fighters, and guys who run sleep labs.

You start to hallucinate in under 2 weeks.
Systems start to shut down in about 10 or 12 days.
Speech begins to slur in about 72 hours and conversations become difficult.
The longest documented case of total lack of sleep in a person was around 6 months, then death.

Studies on this are incomplete because it requires volunteers and could be unethical.

Most people end up having "microsleep events" after only 2 days.
They fall asleep for up to 30 seconds and may not even know they were sleeping.

Someone was telling me and a buddy who runs a sleep clinic how she *never* sleeps.
We both looked at each other and may have said something like "That is hard to believe", IIRC.
About 15 minutes later I started to say something to her and she was sleeping - with her eyes open.

I couldnt find any reports on it either. I had zero answers, as did the multitude of doctors i went to. I am only speaking from my experience. I hardly chime in on these boards and this is why. Thanks for the woo.

All of us are wired so differently that solutions, medications, etc will work for some people but not others, with no explanation why. If eating protein was an issue for you, I am glad you found an answer that works for you.

I also agree with you about posting to these boards. If you notice, some of the same people are authorities on every post that comes along and like to get confrontational ...just like happed here.

MARNIsw

Roy1C wrote: »

MARNIsw wrote: »

I suffered from insomnia for years .. sometimes only clocking up 40 mins per night.. went to the doctor got meds they worked for a little while then it was back to the same old same old.. then on Fitbit post someone mentioned a Gravity Blanket.. so decided to invest in one.. it is a blanket that has very small glass beads.. it should be 10% of your weight, the glass beads hit pressure points in your body ..

had it since January and sleep is no longer an issue.. last night clocked 12hr that was like a never for me

I’ve had a weighted blanket (not Gravity brand) for 2 months and now sleep all night without waking at all. I haven’t done that since I was a teen. Might be a consideration for you. I was also worried about the extra heat but with the air on 73 and ceiling fan on, the temp is just right. I also use The Calm app for meditation/ relaxation before bed.

Overheating isn't a problem here in Scotland lol.. it is always Baltic (well 99.99% of the time lol)
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superfood75

Have you tried CBD oil ? It works for me. I have bad insomnia.