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Maybe if you aren't "truly" sleeping it never reboots.
Not been my experience. If I don't have any food or carbs 6 hours before bed and go to bed at the same time every night I seem to develop a rhythm where I sleep all the way to early morning. Which is much better than the way it used to be waking up at 3am and finally getting out of bed cause I know I'm not going to be sleepy until I do.I was talking with a sleep specialist relative, who told me that chatting with patients and then giving them a list of sleep hygiene "does and don'ts" simply doesn't work.
He also mentioned there is much evidence that controlled sleep deprivation produces inflammatory response, metabolic disorder, and other things.
And there is quite a bit of bi-directionality, where sleep affects nearly everything and nearly everything can affect sleep.
...If I don't have any food or carbs 6 hours before bed and go to bed at the same time every night I seem to develop a rhythm where I sleep all the way to early morning...
No eating after 5pm, very low fat, very low sugar, has been tremendously helpful to me.
I think diet is something that is often overlooked in sleep problems. No eating after 5pm, very low fat, very low sugar, has been tremendously helpful to me.
I think diet is something that is often overlooked in sleep problems. No eating after 5pm, very low fat, very low sugar, has been tremendously helpful to me. I had absolutely crushing insomnia for a decade after Klonopin withdrawal, tried every drug, every supplement, every sleep hygiene technique, and nothing helped anything like diet has. My sleep is still poor, but at least I can count on a bit of sleep now...with no drugs, no supplements.
good point! I'm sure most of us don't ever actually "sleep"Maybe if you aren't "truly" sleeping it never reboots.
I kind of stumbled onto it by accident over several years, Sasha. The first thing I noticed several years ago was that if I skipped dinner I would often sleep that night...but when I tried always skipping dinner, sometimes it worked and sometimes it did nothing. I knew then that there was something going on but I couldn't figure out what.Interesting. What's the rationale for that, Gerald?
A bit more than a year ago I was telling my wife that my worst insomnia feels like my brain is inflamed...badly inflamed. Almost the minute I said that it occurred to me that it was probably food causing the inflammation. Since sugar and fat both aggravate inflammation I went as close as possible to zero fat and zero sugar for a couple of days and the result was almost magical.
It's hard to eat like that on an ongoing basis, but the minute I am careless regarding sugar or fat I will lay awake that entire night, and maybe the next night. If I eat sugar and fat very sparingly, and eat nothing after 5pm, I won't pretend that I always sleep like a baby, but the difference is absolutely undeniable...for me. After years of fighting with drugs and supplements it feels like a godsend to be drug-free.
That's interesting, @Sidereal. I have a big bowl of quinoa at about 8:30 pm to avoid being too hungry to sleep and that also contains phytic acid. However, I put a dollop of butter or olive oil in it! I'll experiment with leaving that out and see if I sleep better.