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I am sleeping somewhat better the past few nights. I've been taking magnesium, Seriphos, and chamomile tea every night. I'm also trying to limit the amount of blue light I get exposed to in the evening. Soon I'll have a pair of blue blocking glasses to try out and I'll let you know it they help.
Interesting stuff – I think I've covered all those (apart from Seriphos) in the blog before. Where did you originally hear about each of them? Do keep us updated!
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'Martin' wrote on '07:Interesting stuff – I think I've covered all those (apart from Seriphos) in the blog before. Where did you originally hear about each of them? Do keep us updated!
I heard about the blue blocking glasses at benzobuddies.com. I've known about the magnesium for a long time, can't remember where I read it. The Seriphos is the brand name for a dietary supplement called phosphorylated serine. It was prescribed to me by my ND years ago for adrenal support. It seems to tame the tendency to get adrenaline rushes at night. I guess I had kind of forgotten about it until this recent bout of insomnia. But it does seem to work pretty well.
Well, the blue blocking glasses seem to work. I really do feel more drowsy a while after I put them on at night. I'm sleeping through the night now. I know the Seriphos is also helping a lot. Apparently, Seriphos is supposed to prevent the hypothalamus/pituitary from trying to hyperstimulate the adrenal glands, and this leads to less cortisol and less stress.
That's really interesting – please keep us updated so we can see how this works out over the longer term. Congratulations on the sleep!!
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Jitterbug congrats sleeping without Ativan. Using magnesium & blue light blocking glasses way to go.
Wow…first post I have read being a newbie and already I learned something which sounds great! Very encouraging! Congrats on sleeping through the night!
Dittto. Sounds encouraging Jitterbug. I hope this combo is still doing the trick for you!? Mind telling me what dose of magnesium you take and when? at night presumably?? I usually take calcium and mag together at night, but can't decide if it helps or hinders the sleep??
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Sorry to bring bad news, but stress ramped up in my life, and these things stopped working for me. I ended up in the hospital for depression and on a terrible sleeping med which I am now very painfully having to taper. I am sleeping, but it's not good sleep or for very long, and soon I know that will go too as I taper down further. I still use the blue blockers and the magnesium helps to calm the withdrawals a little, so does Rescue remedy. I find that even with the med, I have to sleep alone, propped up, and not lie down at all until I feel really drowsy. I use acupressure and positive affirmations while I sit in bed waiting for sleep. I hope none of you get into this situation! Benzos are hell on Earth for me! Try everything else available to you before you resort to a medication. I would have refused to take it had I not been in the hospital.
Sorry to hear that, jitterbug. I think that stress is probably the biggest contributor to insomnia. Probably not the only one, but definitely very high on the list. I've been using affirmations and breathing exercizes and have began daily meditation. Maybe it's a placebo thing, but I have been able to fall asleep a bit easier after my middle of the night awakenings. Once I get this under control, I'm going to try and get off or at least taper down on my benzo's. I'm on 10mg valium 3x/day and 1-2 mg ativan as needed during the night – though thankfully I have not needed the ativan much. I usually just tough it out.
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