kineticz
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DaveFoster said:I do not usually take OJ with salt, although I did last night. I usually mix my milk and OJ into a 2:1 ratio, but without the water, as I use OJ concentrate.kineticz said:DaveFoster said:Thank you so much for this. This may help explain my insomnia from drinking OJ before bed.kineticz said:Some people may be sensitive to the high vitamin C content in orange juice. I was for a while, due to high reliance on adrenal hormones. Vitamin C increases adrenaline but lowers cortisol.
As an alternative to apple juice and orange juice, there's always grape juice, or even apple-grape, which is a good source of manganese.
The adrenaline spike might be especially troublesome during hypoglycemia. Do you take the OJ with salt?
Many people with adrenal problems have an inverse response so output is greatest at night. In my experience vitamin c can make it worse or better depending on how reliant I am on stress hormones through the day. The reduction in cortisol from vit C can be helpful for bolstering the adrenals but it is the increase in adrenaline that can pose problems.
I start work at about 6:00 PM, which gets the adrenaline flowing, and I usually get to bed at around 1:00 AM, where my sleep quality is hit and miss. Occasionally, I wake up at around 5:00 AM with a cortisol spike, go back to sleep, and wake up groggy at around 10:00 AM.
Any tips that you've found for improving sleep quality?
I recently added 5mg oral DHEA before bed to prevent the cortisol from affecting sleep too much. I also take 500mg BCAA to prevent serotonin/melatonin from taking hold.
With summer I also take an anti-histamine before bed. When the liver is sluggish during poor sleep it is a problem for the stress hormones to take over.
Usually if a cortisol spike occurs any sleep thereafter will have negative side effects as it's a sign that your adrenal defenses and responses need a boost and possibly hypothyroidism.
The spike means you're not entering deep sleep and any sleep after the spike will only be induced by low cellular respiration.
Pregnenolone is said to promote stage 3 deep sleep.
Are you very active before work in the day time?