Insomnia - Inhibiting Audio Neurotransmission

[james2388]

I'm having some serious problems sleeping. I like to think about it being bad for more than a couple of days and it's seems this happens every week if I really wanted to keep track of it.

My problems is mainly a restless body, I can never get comfortable, and I'm always listening, I could never fall asleep in front of the TV, sometimes a fan is distracting, and more so currently my AC is. I can't sleep with ear plugs or noise canceling because I have tinnitus, I never hear it in the day, literally only at night. I'm not sure if this is a melatonin issue. Or possibly an extremely low serotonin problem or maybe its high serotonin, I'm sure I can read about people on antidepressants that experience insomnia, but I'm not on antidepressants, just for some correlation there. I have tried other herbal stuff and frankly not a believer in, as they may cause liver damage and possibly GI distress.

Time to get back on glycine powder and some magnesium bicarbonate and buy a hot chocolate mix and maybe mix that with chamomile tea and half milk. I guess it's the idea of indepence that sometimes I want to lean myself away from supplements or try without them and end up going back.

But interestingly enough I can see the relationship between restless body, and hyperactive awareness of audio. I see this as the nerves really need to be slowed down a bit, hence neurotransmitter inhibition.

 

[opethfeldt]

This definitely sounds more like high serotonin than low. Tinnitus, being hyper vigilant. You ever try cypro? It's helped me and a lot of other people, though I don't use it anymore. Theanine has a similar effect on serotonin, though it makes it hard for me to fall asleep if taken too close to bed time so watch out for that.

 

[Energizer]

Yeah, good thyroid function enables the nerves to return to relaxation quickly from excitation. I had chronic insomnia for my entire life before I started taking a thyroid supplement and would only fall asleep from exhaustion after being awake the entire night. Now I fall asleep quite easily. Some people are able to restore their thyroid function without a thyroid supplement, but it can be helpful for the cases where there are chronic unresolved health issues that don't respond with the traditional approaches.

 

[Parrot]

I either sleep really well or really poorly.

I have only just started taking one to teaspoons of raw honey just before bed and have been sleeping through the night. Salt with the honey also seems to promote a very deep sleep for me.