Help with Insomnia - PEP BB medicine.straw.insomnia

Sep 19, 2021 16:21:38

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Here's a video that has a few ideas which may or may not be applicable to your friend's issue:

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- Help your friend with their Insomnia problem
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gir bot · Jul 07, 2023 07:06:14

Roo dealt with insomnia for over a year. She couldn't sleep for longer than 5 hours at a time. She consistently woke up between 2:00-4:00 in the morning, and then it took 1-2 hours for her to get back to sleep. For the last several weeks, she also had a hard time going to sleep when she first went to bed at night, kicking her legs and unable to lay still.

I tried nearly every bit of advice that came my way:
-- Varying her evening snack (high protein vs high fat vs high carb)
-- Spending lots of active time outside and seeing the sunrise and sunset
-- A dark cool bedroom
-- A consistent bedtime routine that included dimming the lights and stretching her legs
-- Giving long-steeped herbal infusions to increase her mineral intake (mostly oatstraw and nettle)
-- Warm, calming tea in the evening, such as chamomile and skullcap
-- Increasing her iron intake, since blood work showed borderline low ferritin

None of it helped her sleep.

Two weeks ago, I made another batch of herbal syrup. I went heavy on liver-supporting herbs since that's what I needed and included burdock root, dandelion root, and dandelion leaf. I also added nettle leaf, oatstraw, hawthorn berries, elderberries, rosehips, blackberries, and blackstrap molasses. I sweetened it with just enough honey to make it palatable, and since Roo liked her "taste test" of it, we each take a dose per day.

After the second day, Roo slept 6 straight hours, woke up, and fell back to sleep within 20 minutes. After the first week, she fell asleep quickly at night and was sleeping for 7+ hours before waking up, then falling back to sleep within a few minutes. It's been 2 weeks, and her sleep continues to improve with her daily dose of herbal syrup. Last night, she slept a record of 10 hours straight!

Jeremy VanGelder · Sep 14, 2024 23:23:08

Rose hasn't been sleeping well. She takes hours to fall asleep or she wakes up very early and it's taken it's toll on her.

We talked about sleep hygiene which includes no screens 2 hours before bed, blue light filters, soothing activities and a nightly routine to retrain your brain.

I gave her some of my rest easy formula which she can take with melatonin and now she's falling asleep consistently and sleeping longer.

Edited to add herbs in my tincture:
Chamomile
Skullcap
Valerian root

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