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@heapsreal, yeah, that stupid nail.. it's slippery and invisible too. Makes no sense and drives me nuts.
@Beyond, no Progesterone won't make you feminine. It's the first hormone after DHEA and your adrenals are making it. Or are supposed to make it. They use it for all the other adrenal hormones: cortisol, aldosterone, testosterone and yes estrogens (but your body won't favour those I'd guess. Mine doesn't anyway and I'm a gurrl).
Keep away from soy products and plastics though, these are sources of estrogens.
I supplement 5 mg of hydrocortisone in the morning, wait 45 minutes for it to get converted to cortisol by my liver, then I get out of bed. My eyes've grown square from reading on my iPad while waiting for it to kick in...
@madietodd, yes, that's called segmented sleep. It was very common in old times (Paleo till Victorian time, I guess). There are references to "first sleep" and "second sleep" indeed. And you are right that there are many different sleep patterns in the world and we should not worry about not fitting the commonly conceived pattern.
However, Beyond and I are not rested after our sleep. Nor can we alter the pattern by any means.
You are very wise for looking at the 24h total instead of 8-9 hours through the night. That seems to be the way to lessen the worry and the stress about this considerable. Which in itself promotes rest. Compliments.
I am also trying the hc in the morning and phosphatidyleserine again at night with melatonin to correct cortisol rthym. Im also trying to increase energizing neutrotransmitters with different amino's and other supps for noradrenaline(acetyl tyrosine), dopamine(dopa macuna), acetylcholine(alpha gpc). Im still cycling different sleep meds and im sleeping well but unsure if its what im doing or just going through a good sleep pattern, i am struggling to wake up though.