Chazman224
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So I've been dealing with sleep issues that come and go in waves where I'll wake up in the night and not be able to fall back to sleep, usually this is towards the early morning, a few hours before I am supposed to wake, this is accompanied with Nocturia where I get up twice a night to pee but I can 99% of the time fall back to sleep after getting up to pee. The issues of not being able to fall back to sleep stay for a week or two then may disappear for a week or so and then come back randomly (trust me I've looked into any triggers and ruled everything out) . My sleep quality all the time is awful and I awake often in the night, I have to sleep at least 9 1/2 hrs a night to function.
I had bloods a while back and they showed almost non existent DHEA levels so I now supplement dhea and pregnenolone. 50mg oral pregnenolone at night and dhea topical on balls 15mg, this has really helped with the adrenal issues I was feeling but only helped slightly with sleep quality.
I was told my thyroid function is 'exceptional' by Dr looking at my blood work. However I have discovered from much reading hypothyroid is not always easy to diagnose from bloodwork alone. I am yet to do temperature test as I don't have a thermometer. However I have information on my average resting heart rate from my fit bit and it's usually around 55 - 57bpm which as I understand is very low and indicative of hypothyroid, I am not a huge athlete although I train weights a couple times a week but don't even get of breath doing so really.
My hands and feet always get cold, however when I'm asleep I usually wake up hot and I have to keep my bedroom very cold with a fan to compensate for this.
I just discovered the ol orange juice and salt trick for when waking up and it's worked consistently to put me back to sleep which is just incredible. Again I've heard this shows my liver can't hold glycogen efficiently. But as you can see by my blood my thyroid function seems good? Is it just not entering the cells. What is going on???
What can I do diet wise and supplement wise to sort myself out? Please help. I am so close to figuring this out after 2 years of absolute torture trying to figure this out and thousands wasted on useless doctors.
I had bloods a while back and they showed almost non existent DHEA levels so I now supplement dhea and pregnenolone. 50mg oral pregnenolone at night and dhea topical on balls 15mg, this has really helped with the adrenal issues I was feeling but only helped slightly with sleep quality.
I was told my thyroid function is 'exceptional' by Dr looking at my blood work. However I have discovered from much reading hypothyroid is not always easy to diagnose from bloodwork alone. I am yet to do temperature test as I don't have a thermometer. However I have information on my average resting heart rate from my fit bit and it's usually around 55 - 57bpm which as I understand is very low and indicative of hypothyroid, I am not a huge athlete although I train weights a couple times a week but don't even get of breath doing so really.
My hands and feet always get cold, however when I'm asleep I usually wake up hot and I have to keep my bedroom very cold with a fan to compensate for this.
I just discovered the ol orange juice and salt trick for when waking up and it's worked consistently to put me back to sleep which is just incredible. Again I've heard this shows my liver can't hold glycogen efficiently. But as you can see by my blood my thyroid function seems good? Is it just not entering the cells. What is going on???
What can I do diet wise and supplement wise to sort myself out? Please help. I am so close to figuring this out after 2 years of absolute torture trying to figure this out and thousands wasted on useless doctors.