U know I had this problem for years. I tried everything. Then I resorted to drinking a few hours before bed. Works like a charm. I know this won't help you. It might not be healthy but how healthy are all those pills you taking.
Enter the unlikely hero – magnesium/calcium supplements. I have done a lot of reading about insomnia and magnesium deficiency was one of the things that kept popping up as a cause of insomnia. Since it is likely that I do have a magnesium deficiency I decided to buy 15 tablets and give it a try.
This stuff is magical. I stupidly took the first dose about 3 hours before my usual bedtime and within 30mins I was struggling to keep my eyes open, so now I take it just as I’m going to bed. This gives me time to read before entering the land of nod. I find I am falling asleep easier and staying asleep for longer. I still wake up during the night but now it is only once or twice rather than 5 or more times and I can fall back asleep. For the first time ever, I’m waking up before my alarm and feeling like I have some energy.
CONCLUSION
Supplementation of magnesium appears to improve subjective and objective measures of insomnia in elderly people and may become a useful instrument in managing sleep disorders in the elderly, which could also be extended as a helpful aid to the general population.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, the number of people that are reporting loss of sleep has been increasing since 2001. With sleep becoming such a problem many of my patients come in to ask for help with this, along with their other complaints. I have used magnesium as one of my principle minerals to restore health in patients with insomnia. I use it for patients who have had problems both getting to sleep and those that have difficultly staying asleep. One of the main reasons for insomnia has to do with anxiety or worry over problems that occur in daily life.
make sure you don't have a physical issue like sleep apnea.The problem with many holistic sleep aids as well as complex suppliments is that the act of oral digestion breaks the compounds apart rendering them great on paper but useless in the body.
I'll order magnesium and look for the brand of melatonin mentioned above today. Worth a shot. Basically knocked myself out last night. 100mg trazodone at 830, read from 8 to 9 (kindle of course) out at 9,wide awake at 2 for bathroom,50mg trazodone, asleep again at 230 up at 430 for bathroom and managed to fall back asleep for a couple more hours but feel pretty good this morning. Hate all these drugs though, hope the supplements work. I drink a lot of water during the day but don't drink much after dinner hoping I won't need the bathroom during the night but never works.
Can't really change up CrossFit schedule during the week because the only time there are classes when I'm not working is either 5:30am (and I'm too exhausted from lack of sleep) or 7:15pm. I do the 8am class on Saturday (VERY rough for me at that hour!)
No worries. I took the melatonin rectally.
Maybe I should pay this guy a visit:
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I'll order magnesium and look for the brand of melatonin mentioned above today. Worth a shot.
Score! Wife has 250mg magnesium in her vitamin bin.
watch you don't crap your pants
what? lol