I have not been able to sleep more than 2-3 hours a night for the past 5 nights. I do have a cold, but don't think that has anything to do with it. I've tried natural things - no help. I'm so tired, I can't stand it. No wonder I can't get over this cold.
I lowered my Vit D3 because the level was at 106. I stopped all together for a week then went from 5,000 IU to 3,000 IU. I take a 2,000 IU gel cap and get 1,000 IU in my calcium. This is the first cold in a year.
Any suggestions for an OTC product that could help me sleep? I fall asleep, but wake up about an hour or two later and that's it for the nightl
Thanks
Nancy
HELP - can't sleep
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Nancy,
Your vitamin D level is too high - the upper limit is 100 yet you are still supplementing at a hefty dose. Doing a quick google search I did find that insomnia can be related to hypervitaminosis D, so maybe lay off the supplements. Excess vitamin D can have some serious side effects, like affecting blood pressure and bones. It is fat soluble, meaning it is not as easily excreted as water soluble vitamins, so it may take your level longer than you might think to come down to a normal range.
Hope you get some ZZZZZs soon - being is exhausted is miserable.
Mary Beth
Your vitamin D level is too high - the upper limit is 100 yet you are still supplementing at a hefty dose. Doing a quick google search I did find that insomnia can be related to hypervitaminosis D, so maybe lay off the supplements. Excess vitamin D can have some serious side effects, like affecting blood pressure and bones. It is fat soluble, meaning it is not as easily excreted as water soluble vitamins, so it may take your level longer than you might think to come down to a normal range.
Hope you get some ZZZZZs soon - being is exhausted is miserable.
Mary Beth
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Charlotte said:
So taking “3 meletonin a night” could mean one could be taking 3mg – or 9mg – or 15mg depending upon the strength of tablets purchased. So it is always important to make sure that the difference between tablet dosage, and/or the number of tablets taken, is being fully explained and understood.
It is possible to overdose on Meletonin, so a careful understanding of dosing should always be considered.
Cheers,
Gayle
Meletonin (OTC) comes in 3 strengths … 1mg, 3mg, and 5mg.A Benadryl tablet will help or 3mg of meletonin. My naturopath said I could take 3 meletonin a night.
So taking “3 meletonin a night” could mean one could be taking 3mg – or 9mg – or 15mg depending upon the strength of tablets purchased. So it is always important to make sure that the difference between tablet dosage, and/or the number of tablets taken, is being fully explained and understood.
It is possible to overdose on Meletonin, so a careful understanding of dosing should always be considered.
Cheers,
Gayle
Thanks everyone,
I just came back from the doctor. I just wanted to make sure I didn't have a sinus infection, because that is what it feels like. So far it's not, but she suggested Tylenol PM. I picked it up and will try it tonight. It has benedryl in it. I am also going to pick up some Melatonin to have on hand.
What would we all do without the help of each other:)
Nancy
I just came back from the doctor. I just wanted to make sure I didn't have a sinus infection, because that is what it feels like. So far it's not, but she suggested Tylenol PM. I picked it up and will try it tonight. It has benedryl in it. I am also going to pick up some Melatonin to have on hand.
What would we all do without the help of each other:)
Nancy
Nancy,
If you decide to use the melatonin, here are some guidelines from the University of Maryland Medical Center:
Tex
If you decide to use the melatonin, here are some guidelines from the University of Maryland Medical Center:
Maximum Dosage for Melatonin.Dosage for Sleep Disturbances
To treat insomnia, the University of Maryland Medical Center recommends starting out with 1 to 3 mg one hour before sleep. If this dose does not prove effective, increase it to 5 to 6 mg. It notes the following doses have been used to address jet lag: .5 to 5 mg one hour before sleep at your final destination or 1 to 5 mg two days before your trip and two three days after you arrive. It recommends starting with the lowest doses for a suggested condition to see if that proves effective and only increasing if it does not work. Your doctor can help determine a graduated dosing schedule if the lowest recommended doses do not work for you.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I just checked Benadryl's website only three of the children's oral products are still available:Jenny wrote:I take a little 'swig' of children's dye free benedryl at night before bed and it keeps me asleep all night.
http://www.benadryl.com/products/childr ... rgy-liquid
Does anyone know why most of the other products aren't available anymore?
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
Nancy,
There is an unproven theory that melatonin can cause inflammation in patients who have an "overactive" immune system. This article explains the details.
Tex
There is an unproven theory that melatonin can cause inflammation in patients who have an "overactive" immune system. This article explains the details.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Nancy,
what a terrible problem. Trust me, I know, I went through the same thing. In my case it was because I was taking Budenofalk (corticoid). Here's what happens: your body produces cortisol and when you are taking a corticoid, your natural cortisol levels change. Cortisol (the hormone produced by your adrenal glands) give you energy. And if you take a corticoid in the evening, it is possible that you will wake up every night. This doesn't happen to everbody.
Are you currently on a cortisone treatment? If you are, do you take your cortisone in the evening?
Grts
Julie
what a terrible problem. Trust me, I know, I went through the same thing. In my case it was because I was taking Budenofalk (corticoid). Here's what happens: your body produces cortisol and when you are taking a corticoid, your natural cortisol levels change. Cortisol (the hormone produced by your adrenal glands) give you energy. And if you take a corticoid in the evening, it is possible that you will wake up every night. This doesn't happen to everbody.
Are you currently on a cortisone treatment? If you are, do you take your cortisone in the evening?
Grts
Julie
It doesn't matter how many times you fall, but how many times you get up en go for it again. HOPE !!!!