No sleep

Hi johnny06301

Deficiency in vits can interfere with your sleep..in particular vit B12 and all the other B vits plus all other vitamins A C E K etc., to help you body to function well. Also, is your diet healthy and not full of junk and sugar especially before bedtime witch can prevent you from sleeping.....i suspect your doc will check all your vits make sure he/she does B12. I had a B12 deficiency and could not sleep...i sleep really well now after having 6 loading B12 injections one every 2 weeks and now 1 every three months....also sitting at a computer on on mob phones late at night prevents sleep because the light will get your seratonin going in your brain which will keep you awake.....best wishes keep us posted.....

Also if you drink coffee go decaf....caffeine will keep you awake also..

Hi,

I'm a psychiatric nurse so see many people with sleep issues. In the interim period whilst you are awaiting tests etc try phenergan (promethazine) tablets. You can buy them over the counter in 10mg and 25mg tablets. We prescribe patients 25mg to 50mg to be taken 30 mins - 60 mins before bed and advise avoiding computers/technology during this period whilst your mind and body rests in preperation to sleep, so try things to wind down such as a bath or reading. I hope this doesn't sound patronizing as they are probably things you have already tried. Best of luck!

have you tried kalms night, or noctura, 1 thing i did on the advice of a collegue was to try magnesium spray or the flakes in a bath, i tried the spray as it was meant to help with my aches and pains as well, two nights later i slept like a log over slept my alarm clock and was late for work, or going to bed same time every night to sleep, many apps out there to use for soothing music/sounds its trial and error with that, something else i find usefull is an app called sleepbot, it records your movements and noises you make while you sleep, maybe your thinking too much about not sleeping causing your brain to stay switched on, maybe read a boring book, my daughters book on justin bieber sent me to sleep

 

When troubled with sleeping, we were first told to try and top up the very own made 'Melatonin'. Depends where you are. In USA you get it pres. free and quite cheap, in Australia needs to be prescribed. It's worth a try and start with a low dose before going up, since a too much causes less sleep.

5HTP is a precursor for serotonin and melatonin, you might want to go directly to melatonin and put that in, not via making yourself.

Then again there are pure true insomnia patients. You might want to look into a sleep study and discuss with doc about it once other issues and possibilities (from vitamins to poor sleep hygiene-noise-anxiety-stress) have been addressed. 

Good sleep!