caneup
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Post by caneup on Jun 29, 2014 20:11:48 GMT -5
Good evening,
I am on my "second wind" that is mentioned in Ms. Ballantyne's book. I am energetic after my morning tea for a few hours, exhausted most of the rest of the day, then I am suddenly wide awake before bed time and I have trouble sleeping. I live near Atlanta, so we're having summer now and the sun is setting close to nine pm. I have to wake up at 4:30 to 5:00 and be at work at 7. I also need a lot of sleep because of my Lupus. It's hard for me to wind down in the evening because I need to cook, spend time with my daughter, grade papers, take care of my dogs, etc, do going to bed at 7 to get ten hours of sleep is nearly impossible. It's also very dark in the morning, and I'm so exhausted, so I can't get up any earlier. Does anyone have any advice for a schedule, routine, or technique that has worked for you? Thanks in advance.
Carissa
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Post by monique on Jul 5, 2014 11:04:43 GMT -5
Hi Carissa Perhaps if you put on the orange glasses as soon as you get home (to help wind your body down in the evening)? It helped me to keep active in the evening but calm my body. My eyes seem to relax from the orange glasses, it takes awhile for your body to get used to the effect. Good luck! Monique
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Post by monique on Jul 6, 2014 8:06:23 GMT -5
life is very hard if you are structurally getting too little sleep, I wish you all the best. In another thread on this forum "general health" I started the thread " sleep please". Apart from the orange glasses, perhaps this can help too? look how your body react with either a big meal in early evening or a very light meal (so you go in the night fasting). If waking up in the dark is too difficult: perhaps expose yourself in the morning to an artificial daylight-lamp? Sleep tight! Monique
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Post by Carolyn on Jul 8, 2014 11:47:39 GMT -5
Just a few thoughts on this topic. If you are waking up at 4:30, you should probably be getting to bed by 8:30 PM to get at least 8 hours of sleep. Make that a priority and figure out a way to do that. Maybe some of these ideas will help you.
Is there anything you can cut out of your routine or ask someone else to help with (or pay someone else to do - like walk the dog)?
Try using the crockpot so your dinner is ready when you get home and then thereI leave my house at 6:30, set the crockpot for 10 hours. By the time I get home around 4:30 the crockpot goes off, I saute or roast some vegetables, prepare a simple salad and dinner is ready. Very little prep and clean up.
Try taking a break at work for 30 minutes and going for a walk. Some people experience more restful sleep when they incorporate light exercise into their day (assuming you have a desk job).
I like the idea of using the orange tinted glasses as well. But you could also try shutting off lights or dimming lights in the house starting at 7:00. Even if you are still cleaning up or eating dinner.
I hope these ideas help! Keep us posted.
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Post by _hashimom_ on Jul 20, 2014 2:12:15 GMT -5
Have you ever had a saliva test that measures your cortisol? There is one that Diagnos-tech labs does and you basically spit in a tube at specific times during the day (a total of 4 times) and the lab is able to measure your cortisol levels with your saliva. A functional medicine doctor would be able to interpret the lab results and give you a suggested protocol to follow. Apparently the test is also used as a measure of adrenal health. I had this test done and it was helpful for me to see that my adrenal health was poor. I began some supplements that have helped. Just some things to think about...
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