@JP said in Inability to go back to sleep:
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
Hello.
You answered your own question already
Stated clearly in your first paragraph
Spoiler:
this is a blood sugar issue. Or bs handling issue
This is usually caused by simply being hypothyroid and or not meeting your metabolic needs
- niacinamide messed with my blood sugar. Lowered it.
- why take only glycine. Peat liked more complete AA.
- supplements can irritate your gut. That causes sleep issues.
- where is your coke or cheesecake during the day? Your jam? Honey? Maple syrup? Etc
For me:
I would eat more sugar during the day to support my thyroid and fill my liver with glycogen so to speak
And stay off all those supplements until my sleep was right