Sleep

Well, I can tell you that the body heals best when we sleep, simply because it doesn't have to be concerned with all the other things it has to when we are awake.

When was the last time you had your adrenals checked? Were they really good then, or border line? You will notice other symptoms when your adrenals are "going down", but they can feel like symptoms of these infections too. When my adrenals got super low (severe adrenal fatigue), I wished I could sleep more than 4 hours a day.

Does your life seem to have more stress right now? Stop and think about it for a couple of minutes.

Are you herxing quite a bit? Are other symptoms ramping up too, or is it just the longer sleep times?

We do have to remember our bodies have been through their own personal "war zone", so we will be tired.


But, what I would suspect most would be reactivation of EBV or something along those lines.

So maybe it's time for a blood draw and some testing to be done, if you can't say for sure?

I was working until the beginning of September last year, then broke my back and was suddenly forced to stay flat on my back. The sleep that came over me was impressing.
For the first month and a half, I slept at least 18hrs a day. A month after that, my llmd took my blood and ordered a cytokine panel on it. The results were amazing. My interleukins were absolutely frightening before (had to stop treatment several times, but didn't bring them down despite that) and were suddenly all within range.

When I asked him about it he answered that sleep was an amazing thing.

If you can, get all the sleep you need, don't feel guilty about it. But I would also advice you to go out for short walks once a day if you can, it'll help you to not feel too sore because of lactic acid buildup. It might be hard to hard to get out of your house, but it might make you feel better once you get back.

I still sleep at least 12-14hrs a day now. Some days up to 18hrs, like today and Friday.

Marie

I'll look at it like sleep is amazing and my body is happily repairing itself..... YAY!

Yes, I've been eating snacks before bed, just cuz.....

I've been swimming and getting movement that way, it must be helping... And using the heat and sun as my sauna....LOVE summer!

Anyway, thanks everyone...guess I'll just relax....

Yeah, I've had herxing where I couldn't sleep at all...now THAT was rough! Well, like 4 hours a nite...

Astroman, you sound like my son, he says sleeping and dreaming and getting into the REM cycle is great....

I'm going with it...just moving on.....trying to relax and such, it's all good.