How do I make myself require less sleep?
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A year ago I could sleep 6-8 hours and I'd be fine for the day but now I need 12 hours minimum and I literally cannot live like that I have a shit ton of responsibilities. Is it serious sugar crashes from my daily 0.5L energy drink?
PanSterone and Tyronene didn't help
Had a blood test done and outside of higher than average bilirubin (due to Gilbert's Syndrome) it seems fine. I've attached it here
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Related or partially related:
I don't have my sources at the moment but Aspirin is noted to reduce insomnia-induced brain inflammation. Certain Butyrate related substances (Sodium Butyrate etc) can also increase the amount of deep quality sleep within a certain sleep time frame. Taurine may also have a role to play for some as reported by users and studies.
Serotonin is associated with insomnia and certain sleep difficulties. This would imply that reduction may be beneficial. Everyone is different however.
Elevating the headboard side of the bed a few inches has been reported to be helpful.
If and when i can find the sources of my above info i'll be sure to post it. Some of which may be in this forum if i'm not mistaken.
Edited.
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Glycine is another supplement to consider. 3 grams before bed is helpful.
Abstract
In human volunteers who have been continuously experiencing unsatisfactory sleep, effects of glycine ingestion (3 g) before bedtime on subjective sleep quality were investigated, and changes in polysomnography (PSG) during sleep were analyzed. Effects on daytime sleepiness and daytime cognitive function were also evaluated. Glycine improved subjective sleep quality and sleep efficacy (sleep time/in-bed time), and shortened PSG latency both to sleep onset and to slow wave sleep without changes in the sleep architecture. Glycine lessened daytime sleepiness and improved performance of memory recognition tasks. Thus, a bolus ingestion of glycine before bedtime seems to produce subjective and objective improvement of the sleep quality in a different way than traditional
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@DG For me what helped me require less sleep was Selegiline, I could sleep less and still feel rested. What I think is going on is that Selegiline overtime builds up dopamine in the brain which counteracts serotonin - the hormone of hibernation
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@DG Methylene Blue on minimum dosage had a great effect on my sleep efficiency when I first started taking it (1-2hours less sleep + no grogginess when waking up)
