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Posted 6/23/2012 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
Ornithine is excellent for insomina. Take 2- 3 grams daily and your insomina should resolve. It corrects the nitrogen or nitric oxide excess that is produced by toxic junk in your system. I used to have trouble sleepin properly every night - not 90% of the time Im good, just the occasional bad night when I feel a bit stressed or don't take enough ornithine. Theanine is also very good for sleeping and I take about 800mg of theanine.
Posted 6/23/2012 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
i had horrible insomnia when i first got very ill with lyme. i could go days without sleeping an hour it was insane and my body was so run down and fatigued and just tired but no matter what i could not get some good sleep. and im the type of person who slept through anything prior to getting lyme. i never had any issues with sleeping i always slept like a baby. but anyways to answer your question..in my experience YES it does and will go away eventually. my insomnia was one of the first things to get better (after some really bad herx's and worsening of most of my symptoms) once finally being put on antibiotics. it took me about a year of antibiotic therapy to finally feel completely normal again or close to it. i stayed that way for close to 4 years but in october of 2011 everything came back quicker than i could have ever imagined. im right back to horrible insomnia, brain fog, headaches, balance problems, joint pain, muscle pain, bone pain, shaky trembling hands, twitchy muscle spasms all the time, partial paralysis of muscles, panic attacks and so many other symptoms. its crazy to me how i could be fine for 4 years in between..and out of nowhere boom! its back worse than ever. but i guess that is proof in itself of the whole cyst and biofilm argument because im pretty sure i did not re-contract it because of the fact that since being diagnosed with lyme in 07 i stayed far away from areas i could pick up ticks.

Post Edited (lyme88) : 6/23/2012 7:06:00 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/10/2018 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
i am experiencing what you described i am wondering if you ever came across a solution and did your insomnia go away with further treatment?I am 10 months into treatment and this is something that i have had from the beginning! 6 years on and there still does not seem to be much understanding of this crazy neuro symptom your post descrubes it perfectly i understand if this is a part of your life that you dont wish to go back too , but i thought it was worth a shot...
thankyou so much.
Posted 8/11/2018 12:38 AM (GMT 0)
Hi TAD4207, this is an older thread but I just wanted to let you know that for me insomnia was a nasty symptom for me. It has ended up resolving as I've effectively treated the infections. Sometimes the herxes were difficult and would amplify my insomnia issues. Things that helped me along the way were melatonin, LDN, detoxing, GABA, L-theanine. But the most helpful was effective antimicrobials that drew down the pathogen load.
Posted 8/11/2018 5:47 PM (GMT 0)

TAD4207 said...
i am experiencing what you described i am wondering if you ever came across a solution and did your insomnia go away with further treatment?

It improved sleep, but not 100%. I have autoimmune and that can cause insomnia too. Just slept 10 hrs, as I do on weekends but then feel groggy from to much sleep, so now I need coffee. No happy medium.

Have not used Rx sleep stuff in 2 years. No pain meds either.

I do still use benadryl for sinus and for relaxing to sleep at night, which tells me I still have excess acetlecholine/choline = slight anxiety. I also take mag and holy basil to relax too at bedtime.

Many people with autoimmune dont sleep great as it disrupts the nervous sytem, but prob sleep better than those with active lyme.

Post Edited (astroman) : 8/11/2018 12:47:57 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/13/2018 8:59 PM (GMT 0)
One must remove pathogens from brain/thyroid area before proper sleep pattern is restored back to normal I think.

Post Edited (insomniaaa) : 8/17/2018 4:35:41 PM (GMT-6)

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