I have trouble sleeping
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@Jennifer said in I have trouble sleeping:
they likely weren’t measuring dehydroascorbate.
DHA is interesting in meat but it depends on the way you cook it. I'm writing a doc on DHA in potatoes, milk and meat. More in the liver, indeed, as Jennifer said. Well seen. Must be recent to avoid histamine.
Excerpt:
DHA Integrity in "Bloody" vs. Half-Cooked Steak
In raw beef, Vitamin C is present in small amounts (approx. 1.5–2.5 mg per 100g), but as the sources suggest, 80–90% of it is in the form of DHA.
• 1/4 Cooked (Rare/Bloody): The internal core remains essentially "raw" from a biochemical perspective. You retain nearly 95% of the original DHA in the center.
• Half-Cooked (Medium-Rare): The heat begins to penetrate. You likely retain 70–80% of the DHA.
• The Advantage: Unlike the potato, there is zero leaching. Since you aren't boiling the meat in water, the DHA stays trapped within the muscle fibers and the intracellular fluid (the "blood" or myoglobin).Remind for lycos: a 24-hour window when a steak has been cut. The butcher cuts it in front of you. If you can talk with a butcher in a warehouse ...
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Cypro is a great drug. You'll feel like a zombie for 2-3 days but drinking coffee helps the process go along. My sleep is excellent. I recently did a round and slept 10 and 9 hours the first two nights on it
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@risingfire might start soon 2mg a day,i read that some antihistamines nuke certain bvitamins especially b6 in your body, if that is the case with cypro it will worsen my mthfr and histamine issues
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@lykos said in I have trouble sleeping:
might start soon 2mg a day
I won't do that.
I short: Poor sleep quality (deep). Only when energy enough. Only for 8-12 weeks maxi when taken.
Cyproheptadine is not neutral “sleep support.”
Cyproheptadine doesn’t restore energy or circadian rhythm — it suppresses arousal (histamine + cholinergic tone). When taken while already weak or exhausted, it can flatten daytime alertness, dull the day–night contrast, and produce sedation without recovery.
This may feel calming short-term, but over time it can mask exhaustion, not fix it.
Used briefly, in a high-energy state, it can be helpful.
Used as first aid when depleted, it risks blunted wakefulness and poorer sleep quality, even if you “sleep more.”
If you’re already weak, sedating the system is not the same as supporting it.
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@LucH i want to test homocysteine before starting betain, hopefully the bcomplex dropped it a bit
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@lykos I think the need for more B vitamins is the increase in metabolism. You will increase your appetite on it. That being said I'm not sure it depletes B6 per se but you would need to experiment and look into it. Good luck
