Hi, first post in this section. I am trying to help someone suffering from a variety of issues that may be related, at least some of them. The person is suffering from:
- Insomnia. Takes a really long time to fall asleep, 2-5 hours. Impossible to fall back asleep early in the morning resulting in short night sleep.
- Frequent wakeups. The person wakes up to little noises or sometimes without any obvious external reason as often as once per hour during night sleep.
- Fast heart rate (but low blood pressure.) Quick heartbeats common especially when tired or after consuming meals, which large amounts of carbs being particularly bad.
- Itchy skin with no rash present. On and off, mostly in the evenings and at night.
- Hard time losing weight despite eating mostly good food in reasonable amounts.
When it comes to food it's almost entirely home cooked food made from a few simple ingredients. Rice, potatoes, pasta, beef, chicken, pork, occasionally fish, 2 eggs daily, small amounts of dairy mostly for cooking, occasionally bread. Fruits and vegetables ocasionally, particularly cucumber. No problems tolerating dairy. Can not afford to eat all organic but the standards are decent for domestic meat and dairy in Finland compared to elsewhere. No supplements are used. History of antidepressants but been off them for 2 years.
I'm not sure where to start. Whenever I've had trouble sleeping some carbs has sent me right to sleep but my friend can't seem to tolerate them, it triggers some kind of wierd response. It kind of points to metabolic issues I suppose which could also produce excess serotonin but any ideas and advice would be greatly appreciated.
- Insomnia. Takes a really long time to fall asleep, 2-5 hours. Impossible to fall back asleep early in the morning resulting in short night sleep.
- Frequent wakeups. The person wakes up to little noises or sometimes without any obvious external reason as often as once per hour during night sleep.
- Fast heart rate (but low blood pressure.) Quick heartbeats common especially when tired or after consuming meals, which large amounts of carbs being particularly bad.
- Itchy skin with no rash present. On and off, mostly in the evenings and at night.
- Hard time losing weight despite eating mostly good food in reasonable amounts.
When it comes to food it's almost entirely home cooked food made from a few simple ingredients. Rice, potatoes, pasta, beef, chicken, pork, occasionally fish, 2 eggs daily, small amounts of dairy mostly for cooking, occasionally bread. Fruits and vegetables ocasionally, particularly cucumber. No problems tolerating dairy. Can not afford to eat all organic but the standards are decent for domestic meat and dairy in Finland compared to elsewhere. No supplements are used. History of antidepressants but been off them for 2 years.
I'm not sure where to start. Whenever I've had trouble sleeping some carbs has sent me right to sleep but my friend can't seem to tolerate them, it triggers some kind of wierd response. It kind of points to metabolic issues I suppose which could also produce excess serotonin but any ideas and advice would be greatly appreciated.