Insomnia.....aahhhh!

Hi everyone!

Does anyone suffer from insomnia? This new symptom came up Monday night and has continued all week. The only thing I am on now is a Probiotic 20,000. I've taken it before for a few weeks with no problem. I'm waiting on my homeopathic treatments to arrive so it's just me and my probiotic. My LLMD is treating my Candida first, which I understand that he wants to build my immune system and heal my gut first before hitting my Lyme, Bartonella, and Babesia. But in the meantime, I feel like Lyme is wrecking my body.

Any suggestions?

Oh, detoxing with lemon water, Epson salts.

Thanks!😘

If it were me, I would do more detoxing. Those 2 things are not enough.

Here - this thread will give you an idea of how much detoxing most of us do in a day. www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3602759

Here is a site that I used a lot for detoxing methods. www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

I think that last link was my first bookmarked link regarding lyme. It is updated regularly when new methods come up also. I really relied on that site.

I honestly was detoxing more each day than treating. It is that important. It will help you in so many ways. I know it sounds like hocus pocus, but read about herxheimer reaction and endotoxins. They can cause a whole lot of pain and problems.

Glad your doc see the benefit of a healthy gut before treatment. I so agree with this. If your gut is unhealthy, you can't expect it to grab the nutrients needed to heal. And, how can the treatment be of benefit if it is not absorbed? Good call by your doc.

raspberryswirlgirl said...
Hi everyone!
Does anyone suffer from insomnia?

u're joking, right ? everybody here suffers from insomnia. well, almost everybody.

u should start taking ashwagandha in my opinion, to lower cortisol. this worked for me. now most of the time i sleep with just taking melatonin+omega3+hawthorn before bed, sometimes magnesium too.

but some nights these are not enough and i need to take real sleeping pills. it's very important to sleep while u get treatment, otherwise you will not recover. of course sleeping alone will not heal you, you still need the medication, but im just saying, if u get the meds and your sleep is poor, YOU WILL NOT RECOVER. i heard this from many LLMDs in Germany, US, etc...

do whatever it takes to sleep

Yeah, many of us do. I have been trying to get to the bottom of mine for some time. I have spurts where sleep is decent then something screws it up (stress & new meds usually). It's a delicate balance for me. I believe it is likely my GABA and Glutamate are not in balance. Which lyme can cause as can mold, candida and other things (toxins, diet, methylation issues, etc).

I'm in the process of looking at deficiencies (b6, zinc) and possibly trying keto diet. I also supplement with ashwaghanda, magnesium and nac before bed.

raspberryswirlgirl our bodies won't let up stay awake for a long time. Eventually you will crash and sleep like a log. Your body will make you.

But when it is bed time and you are suppose to sleep and you can't -- dang frustrating. I would just lay there and think "well, I bet I sleep good tomorrow to catch up."

With this attitude I usually fell asleep.

When I worried about not sleeping, then I stayed awake.

Shrug it off and think of something else. There are a lot worse things in life than lack of sleep.....

Nite nite and hope you get that sleep......

Like I told my kids I nannied - think of rainbows, flowers, sunsets, and throwing rocks in the lake.

An antidote, not a cure ... If you haven't tried it -- I take Melatonin before bedtime. Different doses suit different people. I find it doesn't keep me from waking up, but it ensures that I get a solid 5 hours before I do wake, and I can typically fall back asleep for another few (eventually).

my LLMD said a characteristic of Lyme insomnia was "ADD" like sleep, meaning 2 hrs of sleep or so, then wake up, if you can fall back maybe another 2...rinse repeat...this is true in my case....cant sleep the night through or even halfway thru....8 hrs of sleep would be 4 different 2 hr periods of sleep, but you never get to the deep restorative sleep you need...do you all get this as well??