Thank you very much to all for responding. I resorted to supplements because sleep has been really challenging for a period of time. With the information you all have provided above and from listening to Jay Feldman and Mike Fave's podcast re sleep, I'm back to the drawing board to tweak my food intake specially in the evenings going for more carbs. Thanks a lot everyone! The experimentation continues....

@NotShanalotte Sorry, I meant 500mg glycine did not seem to do anything but 1.5 to 2.0 did it. We are taking 300mg niacinamide lately.

@NotShanalotte I was hesitant at first but niacinamide worked for me (to a certain degree) and my son (seems to be working quite well). 500mg did not seem to do anything but 1.5 to 2g did it. Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

Hello

I am 61 years old post menopausal. I have issues with staying asleep in the last couple of months. I go to bed around 11pm and usually wake up at around 2:30am not necessarily to go to the loo but I go anyway and have difficulty going back to sleep no matter how tired I was during the day. I can hear my heart pounding before but not lately. I also started getting something (boiled white sweet potatoes with butter or homemade Peat-inspired cheesecake) to eat and almost always fall back asleep within 15 minutes.

In the last week, I started taking 300mg niacinamide, 500mg taurine, 1.5grams glycine, 200mg magnesium malate with glycinate, 1500mg calcium 30 minutes before bed which I think helped with falling asleep and pounding heart but not much in terms of getting back to sleep. I wake up around 6:30am on a work day still feeling sleepy.

My diet is mostly skimmed milk, rice, beef, white/light yellow sweet potatoes, seasonal fruits, squashes, squid/shrimp (1 to 2x a week) and lately, chicken liver. I take 10,000 Vit D topically, 10-15mg of Vitamin K2 (diagnosed with osteopoenia 8 years ago) and 50mg niacinamide after breakfast and lunch and 200mg magnesium malate with glycinate 30 minutes after taking niacinamide. I also take 5 drops methylene blue 2 to 3 times a week and pee is bluish after 2 to 3 hours. I tried 70mg aspirin but made tinnitus worse. I have tried 1 drop of progest-E for a few days but it doesn't seem to help.

My exercise is walking and weight training 1-2x a week for about 20 minutes. I don’t take any medication.

Thank you!

JP