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Posted 2/11/2014 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
Ok, so it was a long thread on sleep (about a month ago?), and folks had mentioned some supplements I had never heard of. I do have the rhodiola, plus Cowden's adrenal formula, but they aren't helping. There was another supplement that someone mentioned called Calm something or other? (I think). It wasn't calm forte, it was something else. My sleep has been terrible, and I need to order some of those.

Margaret
Posted 2/11/2014 8:19 PM (GMT 0)
SORRY. I found the thread, after a lot of searching (I finally searched sleep/lyme, bc all of these diseases show sleep problems as a symptom). The supplements were rhodiola (so I'm going to try taking more) and Calm PRT, I think.

I guess I could also try GABA and L-theanine (another thread).

Margaret
Posted 2/11/2014 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
Glad you were able to find it!!!
Posted 2/12/2014 4:14 AM (GMT 0)
Buhner recommends Melatonin, Ashwagandha or Motherswort . I havent personally tried any of these, but I did order some Melatonin recently and Ill report back.

However, Ive had some good luck using good old fashioned "nighty night", Valerian root and Chamomile teas a few hours before bed. These seem to reduce the extreme anxiety I have durign the day and they allow me to fall asleep.

My biggest issue right now is in keeping me asleep. I keep getting disrupted from nightmares.
Posted 2/12/2014 5:09 AM (GMT 0)
I do use Melatonin, but it's more for creating a good sleep/wake rhythm; it doesn't really help me sleep.

I tried Ashwaganda. Valerian turns me into a crazy person; I start sleep eating and things of the sort!

Margaret

Not kidding this time

smurf Seriously, I'm not.
Posted 2/13/2014 10:28 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah Ive read about some strange reactions people have on Valerian. It either works well or it definitely doesnt work. Ill need to try it though, at this point Ive got to get my deep sleep back.
Posted 2/13/2014 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
I take rhodiola for energy or used to do it when we had to be up late at night driving. I wouldn't take it for a minute at night or I would be awake all night. The kind I took had green tea in it, not sure if that's what kept us awake.
Posted 2/14/2014 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
Ohhh. Maybe I shouldn't even take it in the morning. I also stopped taking the Adrenal supplement at night, and double up on it in the morning. I might ditch the rhodiola, bc there's some in Cowden anyway.

Valerian works, but it exacerbates a sleep disorder I already have, essentially borderline sleepwalking, eating things, etc.

The last two nights, I've had additional problems, which are: feeling very hot, and sweating. Is that from the Houttuynia, or Babs coming back?

Thanks for the good input, and renewed interest.

Margaret
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