It has been months now of consistently waking up anywhere between 3-5 am. Often I can't get back to sleep after waking. This is starting to concern me as I've missed out on many hours of sleep now.

This started months ago after 3 days of waking up at 4am to catch flights, so I originally assumed I had set my rhythm to this wakeup time, however now I believe it may be something else.

Some things I've tried:

• Glycine before bed
• Calcium with sugar+salt before bed
• optimizing light environment (dimmed incandescents, blue-light glasses, dark home before bed)
• Apigenin/L-Theanine/Magnesium

Some notes on lifestyle factors:

• 21yr male
• Warm environment (FL)
• Weight train 4 times a week
• walking tons everyday
• Sun first thing in the morning, sun in peak daylight hours, sunset
• super consistent motility
• recently upped my maintenance calories from 2500-3000 with pro-metabolic practices
• recently lowered fats, increased carbs, increased calories

I've been recommended melatonin countless times. I've stayed away from it after listening to Peat's thoughts on the substance, however, I was wondering if there is ever a time to try a light dose of melatonin? Only curious because I'm getting desperate.

Any experiences with Pansterone worth sharing?

Which solvent do you prefer for idealabs supps? Tocopherols or ethanol? Are tocopherols the more effective route if taking orally?

As for Pansterone, I've read there is less chance of DHEA converting to estrogen if applied topically. Would ethanol and topical application be preferable for this product?

@Ecstatic_Hamster Do you think there are still traces of estrogenic material in these supplements?

Re: Vitamin E Supplement

Many vitamin e supplements are advertised as soy free due to thorough distillation processes - however the vitamin itself was derived from soy. Does this matter? Is wheatgerm-derived e necessary?

What is everybody’s favorite vitamin E supplement in 2024

A thought -

Considering thyroid's essential function in the conversion of cholesterol into downstream steroids, I suppose a high dietary intake of cholesterol, particularly through consumption of brain - the organ meat with the highest concentration of cholesterol - and supplementation of t3, may produce notably higher levels of the steroid hormones. When this regimen is paired with stimulating resistance exercise - muscular growth may be expedited.

Hormones such as testosterone and DHT are observed to have dramatic increases in a hyperthyroid state. Furthermore, the clearance rate of these hormones is decreased, meaning their plasma levels remain high and their effects become more pronounced.

Providing the body with a highly concentrated source of dietary cholesterol through consumption of brain and further providing adequate thyroid hormone to assist in it's conversion into hormones may be an effective approach for those looking to promote an increase in muscle mass while avoiding use of exogenous steroid hormones.

What are some experiences people have had with different forms of Thiamine? Which do you prefer? Finding conflicting anecdotal evidence regarding HCL and Alithiamine (TTFD)

Would it be absolutely necessary to supplement a b-complex if taking Thiamine?