Cirion
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Since starting back up on a RP inspired diet, I simply can't beat this demon. Diet these days is fairly high fat (But focused on keeping PUFA low and SFA high, dropped fats a little recently at some peoples' suggestions here and now focusing on super low PUFA fats as much as I can like coconut oil, MCT oil but still having a little butter and beef fat and some cheese now and then), high sugar mostly in form of fruit, some skim milk, some OJ / maple syrup, zero starch and moderate protein.
This is the story of my life:
Wake up, feel like crap, hit up some sugar and maybe some coffee, usually manage to get my temps back up from the gutter to 98.6+, that's not too much an issue. I can manage to usually maintain my temps most of the day not too problematic, though I don't manage to feel energetic until close to bed time, which makes me not want to go to bed (although usually I'm good about forcing myself to). (Though however that certainly doesn't help my hours of sleep, thankfully I can wake up fairly late for work though).
Anyway, no matter what I do with supplements or food, I can not seem to get my waking temps to be good (or waking energy, for that matter). I am tired of being tired as they say. I've tried manipulating caffeine intake (reducing, changing time of day), tried aspirin / vitamin C /vitamin E, tribulus terrestris / pregnenolone, DHEA, Iodine, gelatin, magnesium, vitamin K2 MK7, selenium, generous salt intake, vitamin D to name a few. Always eat a good amount before bed. 300W incandescent light when at home. Incline bed therapy, nearly zero EMF in room (shut down breakers, no wi-fi ever in house, etc etc). Cold, dark room sleep environment (though not too cold to be uncomfortable). Always eat something when I wake up in the middle of the night (usually 3-4 hrs after going to bed), saturated fats, sugar, salt, protein. The only somewhat success I've had was eating a LOT (1000-1500 calories) after waking up 3-4 hrs after going to bed, problem is that I'm already quite overweight and that doesn't help with the body weight...
The thing is that despite my blood sugar problems, if it wasn't for night time / needing to sleep, I actually could probably heal my hypothyroid because its easy to keep blood sugar regulated when you can eat something at a moments' notice. I don't understand why TT or DHEA doesn't help my sleep. Everything I have read seems to imply poor sleep quality means bad DHEA, so it should help but really doesn't much.
Night time literally reverses my metabolism healing every night, without fail. I repeat the vicious cycle of Turn metabolism on -> screw up metabolism every night -> turn back on. So I've been spinning my wheels. I really sincerely believe that until I can fix my sleep quality, I'm not gonna heal. Simple as that. But how to do it??
Some how I need to break the cycle and bring my waking temperatures to 98.6F EVERY MORNING without fail. But I can't seem to do it. Actually its been getting worse lately not just stalling which really concerns me. For a while I was able to get 98-98.3F most mornings. Now I'm lucky to get 97.8.
The only thing I can figure is that my blood sugar completely goes to ZERO in just 4 hrs of sleeping, which may explain why I have to eat like 1000-1500 calories. But I don't understand, shouldn't energy expenditure go down while sleeping? 1500 calories in 4 hrs is insane, that would be 1500x6 = 9000 calories in a full day if you extrapolated!! A normal person shouldn't need 1500 calories on top of a 1000-1500 calorie dinner just to get through the night. The only other somewhat success I've ever gotten are when I can sleep in to 12+ hrs but that's not normal or doable during the work week. When I think further back I've almost always been that way though. For a while I did basically a "warrior diet" where I only ate one meal (dinner) which was a massive 3000-4000 calorie dinner and that was actually the best deep sleep I ever remember getting because I would immediately pass out for 8-10 hrs straight no problems whatsoever after that lol. My ability to hold glucose more than 4-6 hours has never been good in any point in my life that I can recall honestly except for that scenario.
This is the story of my life:
Wake up, feel like crap, hit up some sugar and maybe some coffee, usually manage to get my temps back up from the gutter to 98.6+, that's not too much an issue. I can manage to usually maintain my temps most of the day not too problematic, though I don't manage to feel energetic until close to bed time, which makes me not want to go to bed (although usually I'm good about forcing myself to). (Though however that certainly doesn't help my hours of sleep, thankfully I can wake up fairly late for work though).
Anyway, no matter what I do with supplements or food, I can not seem to get my waking temps to be good (or waking energy, for that matter). I am tired of being tired as they say. I've tried manipulating caffeine intake (reducing, changing time of day), tried aspirin / vitamin C /vitamin E, tribulus terrestris / pregnenolone, DHEA, Iodine, gelatin, magnesium, vitamin K2 MK7, selenium, generous salt intake, vitamin D to name a few. Always eat a good amount before bed. 300W incandescent light when at home. Incline bed therapy, nearly zero EMF in room (shut down breakers, no wi-fi ever in house, etc etc). Cold, dark room sleep environment (though not too cold to be uncomfortable). Always eat something when I wake up in the middle of the night (usually 3-4 hrs after going to bed), saturated fats, sugar, salt, protein. The only somewhat success I've had was eating a LOT (1000-1500 calories) after waking up 3-4 hrs after going to bed, problem is that I'm already quite overweight and that doesn't help with the body weight...
The thing is that despite my blood sugar problems, if it wasn't for night time / needing to sleep, I actually could probably heal my hypothyroid because its easy to keep blood sugar regulated when you can eat something at a moments' notice. I don't understand why TT or DHEA doesn't help my sleep. Everything I have read seems to imply poor sleep quality means bad DHEA, so it should help but really doesn't much.
Night time literally reverses my metabolism healing every night, without fail. I repeat the vicious cycle of Turn metabolism on -> screw up metabolism every night -> turn back on. So I've been spinning my wheels. I really sincerely believe that until I can fix my sleep quality, I'm not gonna heal. Simple as that. But how to do it??
Some how I need to break the cycle and bring my waking temperatures to 98.6F EVERY MORNING without fail. But I can't seem to do it. Actually its been getting worse lately not just stalling which really concerns me. For a while I was able to get 98-98.3F most mornings. Now I'm lucky to get 97.8.
The only thing I can figure is that my blood sugar completely goes to ZERO in just 4 hrs of sleeping, which may explain why I have to eat like 1000-1500 calories. But I don't understand, shouldn't energy expenditure go down while sleeping? 1500 calories in 4 hrs is insane, that would be 1500x6 = 9000 calories in a full day if you extrapolated!! A normal person shouldn't need 1500 calories on top of a 1000-1500 calorie dinner just to get through the night. The only other somewhat success I've ever gotten are when I can sleep in to 12+ hrs but that's not normal or doable during the work week. When I think further back I've almost always been that way though. For a while I did basically a "warrior diet" where I only ate one meal (dinner) which was a massive 3000-4000 calorie dinner and that was actually the best deep sleep I ever remember getting because I would immediately pass out for 8-10 hrs straight no problems whatsoever after that lol. My ability to hold glucose more than 4-6 hours has never been good in any point in my life that I can recall honestly except for that scenario.
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