Anyone figure out the sleep issue?

Hi,
I cannot stay asleep for more than an hour at best. My sleep is constantly disrupted for some unknown reason. What does everyone do to stay asleep or does this never go away? Melatonin doesn't work after an hour I still wake up. Any tips?
I am a zombie a cranky one too. It's been years since I have slept more than an hour at a time
Thank you

Too much cortisol can disrupt sleep. Have u tried ashwagandha? It's part of Buhner's protocol, u can take it before bed and will lower your cortisol spikes during sleep.

This is really helping, there is a double blind placebo controlled study about it
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23439798

"The treatment group that was given the high-concentration full-spectrum Ashwagandha root extract exhibited a significant reduction (P<0.0001) in scores on all the stress-assessment scales on Day 60, relative to the placebo group. The serum cortisol levels were substantially reduced (P=0.0006) in the Ashwagandha group, relative to the placebo group. The adverse effects were mild in nature and were comparable in both the groups. No serious adverse events were reported."

Just watch out for the dosage, use Buhner's recommendations, 1 gram of full herb (not the extract), but not much more. I used a NOW 500mg extract 1:10 that was very helpful in the beginning but then has put me in hyper-thyroid mode.

lymehater, it is a symptom of lyme and co-infections. Once you treat, it will resolve.

Chapelle she is not treating yet.

I also had to resort to Pharmaceuticals. Tried everything herbal under the sun to no avail.

I used Ambien, klonopin, Valium, Trazadone, Estazolam, and triazolam and none worked well. I would still only get an hour or so with the added grogginess from the side effects from the pills. I then found doxepin and I was finally, for the first time in years getting a solid 6 hours.

Since I've treated babs, my sleep issues have nearly resolved. I still have a night here and there that I feel the need to take a few Doxepin, but they are few and far between now.

Once you treat the lyme & co you do get relief. Insomnia is one of the Lyme and co symptoms that made me feel like I had moved mountains in my treatment once I had treated long enough to overcome it. It's a miserable fight to get there though. Hang in there.

I have not been treated even though labs came back positive no doctor I've seen wants to say it's Lyme! So frustrating. I'm going to see a LLMD hopefully soon

For those that are wishing to start ashwagandha, let me throw some caution out there. I have severe adrenal fatigue and I was finally given the go ahead by my doc to try Ashwagandha. I couldn't really understand her hesitation in having me try it, but I followed her lead. When I did finally try it, I started at night, as it's supposed to help with sleep issues, but for me, it kept me awake!! So after 3 nights of not sleeping, I decided that I needed to take it in the am only. I have gone to taking it first thing in the morning and then again at noon, and now I won't go without it!! I get nervous when the bottle gets low! LOL!

Since you can't heal if you aren't sleeping, I suggest that you start some things that can be helpful. It's all trial and error though, because it's hard to know exactly what's going on to keep you from sleeping. If it's pain, then you need to reduce your pain, but if it's due to the infections, then you will need to try some things to help you sleep so you can heal. Our bodies heal the most and the best when we are sleeping.

The things I use for sleep since coming off of sleeping pills like Ambien are:
Magnesium (500 mgs)
melatonin (3 mgs)
Valerian (100 mgs)
Lidtke brand Tryptophan, 3 caps (1500 mgs) and according to my doc, it has to be this brand as it's efficacy is due to the way it's processed.

I know what you mean, Astro!! That's why I'm always on everyone here to take care of their adrenals!! Trying to heal them is unreal!! But if we protect them and support them while we are stressing them out with these infections, less people will have to deal with what you and I are going through. My adrenals are really bad - coming up on 2 years of being in treatment, and I'm just now where I can get 7 hours of sleep each day - but only if I'm not stressed at all, which is hard to do. Any stress comes into my life and I'm back down to 4- 5 hours quickly.

I'm having an issue where I'll fall asleep around 10...and wake at 3am every single night! I wake with a vibrating feeling in my body😕 anyone experience this? And does it subside with treatment? Or is treatment causing it?
I'm takin A Zithromax..Bactrim...Nystatin...and vitamin supplements.

I suffer adrenal fatigue too and tried everything prescription/herbals and nothing worked. After 15 months nortriptyline and cyproheptadine (antihistamine, for me to increase appetite and sleep) worked very well. Unfortunately, one or both caused tachycardia so now I am trying to figure out which.

Yes Tillybear its crazy!!! Had my adrenals tested and I'm pretty low all day...I'm taking supplements. Is this something that will go away over time?

Not telling anyone what to do but these sleeping pills carry their own dangers, up to and including increased cancer and death.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/03/17/new-study-shows-sleeping-pills-linked-to-increased-risk-of-death-and-cancer.aspx

Just started having disrupted sleep again. Last night lied in bed all night, no sleep. Often happens when my nervous system doesn't tolerate additional stress. On Ashwaganda and Adren-all but per my LLMD. Told to try Kavinase and Natural Calm anti-stress drink(mg 325).

What Buhner suggests helped me one night, then I had a sleepless night, then it helped again.
No eating past 5:00 pm - if you do, something small
Marijuana 2 hrs. before bedtime
liquid melatonin under the tongue right before bed
I also add valerian and an over the counter sleep aid
he suggest benadryl

I am aware of the pain as I sleep, but I am able to stay asleep, or if I wake up, just for a few moments.