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Posted 5/25/2014 3:47 PM (GMT 0)
I can't get enough sleep and am very cranky
is this herxing or getting worse
Thanks
Barb
Posted 5/25/2014 6:07 PM (GMT 0)
Sleep is the #1 most important thing in treatment. So sorry that you are struggling with it - as so many of us here have. There were a couple of good recent threads about it - try searching. I'll see if I can find them.

-p
Posted 5/25/2014 6:15 PM (GMT 0)
Hope you can find some useful info in these discussions:

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3080393

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3082186
Posted 5/25/2014 8:39 PM (GMT 0)
I only slept 2 hours per day when this disease hit me. Now I am up to 6 hours per night after 9 months of treatment.
Posted 5/25/2014 11:53 PM (GMT 0)
Sleep is a big problem for me, too. Prior to Lyme, I was a Pro sleeper. I slept like a baby wire to wire...could nap anytime, anywhere...no issues. Put me passenger in a car...asleep within 10minutes. I enjoyed sleeping.

After getting Lyme symptoms, I stopped being able to sleep. I fall asleep quickly, but would wake up every two hours, sometimes gagging on something in the bottom of my throat. Other times with an anxiety attack.

I have been on Knotweed, Cat's Claw for just over a week now...and last couple nights, sleep has improved. I woke up after two hours...but then slept about 4 hours. Wow, what a difference in how I feel in the morning.
I hope it continues as I didn't want to start taking a sleep med.
Maybe just dealing with the Lyme - the sleep problems can be resolved. I'm hoping so.
Posted 5/26/2014 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
Oh no, I'm really sorry. That happened to me too. It has gotten a lot better with treatment.

A detox bath before bedtime can help, dimming all the lights, and doing soothing activities. No TV or computers, nothing that will get you up and going. I started treating myself like I was a child in some ways. Routines are very comforting and a nice way to end (and begin!) each day.
Posted 5/26/2014 8:01 AM (GMT 0)
Since I started treatment, I would sleep about 2-3 hours per night. Falling asleep was no problem, but I was bright awake after a few hours.

I had to start taking Klonazepam. I don't like taking it, but not sleeping is worse for my healing process. I don't take it all the time, sometimes an antihistamine will be enough.

I have a fixed ritual going to bed. I shower, relax a bit, drink tea with a little bit of honey (one of those calming bedtime organic teas). Then brush my teeth, take the Klonazepam, take an antihistamine (cause my heart is always racing), read a few pages until I feel my eyelids drop and off I am.

I think that a pre-sleep ritual is really important. Your body gets conditioned after a while and automatically calms down.

Some days though nothing helps and I lay awake all night, instead of sleeping just 2 hours.

Posted 5/26/2014 10:05 AM (GMT 0)

MarieLS said...
Since I started treatment, I would sleep about 2-3 hours per night. Falling asleep was no problem, but I was bright awake after a few hours.
I had to start taking Klonazepam. I don't like taking it, but not sleeping is worse for my healing process. I don't take it all the time, sometimes an antihistamine will be enough.

I have a fixed ritual going to bed. I shower, relax a bit, drink tea with a little bit of honey (one of those calming bedtime organic teas). Then brush my teeth, take the Klonazepam, take an antihistamine (cause my heart is always racing), read a few pages until I feel my eyelids drop and off I am.

I think that a pre-sleep ritual is really important. Your body gets conditioned after a while and automatically calms down.

Some days though nothing helps and I lay awake all night, instead of sleeping just 2 hours.

Sounds like what I was going through. IMO, too many metals.
I planted my garden yesterday and got pretty dehydrated doing it, but I did sleep 7.5 hours last night.
Posted 5/26/2014 10:28 AM (GMT 0)
Georgia Hunter

you could be right, the levels of heavy metals in my body are plain scary. I have never seen anyone with that amount of certain heavy metals. I have not been treated for this yet. I need to ask my dr what he is planning to do with those. 

Posted 5/26/2014 10:53 AM (GMT 0)
Pectasol-C is a start.
Posted 5/26/2014 11:30 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you!
Posted 5/26/2014 12:19 PM (GMT 0)
Before lyme & co, I would easily sleep 11:30-7:30 and would need an alarm clock to wake up. On a weekend I would easily sleep until 9 or 10 if my husband let me. Loved, loved sleeping. I was the one that had to be dragged out of bed.

Now, I'm lucky if I catch 4-5 hours s night. I can't sleep past 5am, it drives me crazy! It was 2-3 hours but has gotten a little better. Now that I'm treating bartonella, the insomnia is coming back a bit.

I pray it revolves!
Posted 5/26/2014 4:54 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Louise74 - I was like you - I was professional sleeper - lol.
I looked forward to sleeping...
That doesn't mean I was lazy...I was very active, energetic, loved life, too...but the sleep thing really threw me.

I have started to sleep a bit better the past few days.
Maybe I'm starting to see results from my treatment....hope so!
Posted 5/26/2014 5:52 PM (GMT 0)
For the 2nd time this week, I drank some warm goat milk before bed and felt more rested the next morning. My daughter started doing that a few weeks ago and kept telling me to try it, so I finally did. My husband started doing it and sleeps better too. We get fresh, raw milk and heat it gently, not too hot to destroy the good of it.

My brain is more clear today after taking my heavy metal detox yesterday. I had gotten out of the habit of doing it, so I will try to keep it up now.
Posted 5/26/2014 11:01 PM (GMT 0)
would regular cow milk work to help sleep? what do you use as a heavy metal detox?
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