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Solutions for Insomnia
Solutions for Insomnia
How much sleep do you need?
7-9 hours sleep
for 10 year olds and up. Recommended by National
Sleep Foundation as guideline for personalization.
Boost body's MELATONIN
levels
You do not have to take a MELATONIN supplement to increase your MELATONIN
level. These supplements force a specific body on your body. It is better to let
your body determine its production by giving it necessary precursors and other
promoters.
How to Boost MELATONIN **HIGH PRIORITY!**
A couple of unusual, but successful therapies
Meridian Tapping Technique (MTT).
A gentle tapping technique learned in several minutes. MTT can resolve some of the
emotional stresses at the root of your insomnia. Typically, results are quick and
long lasting.
MTT
Use Beck's "Brain tuner" for insomnia.
Utilizes Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) to balance
body's hormones
CES Therapy
SOTA Bio-Tuner
Avoid caffeine and other stimulants before bedtime
Includes tea, coffee,
cola drinks, tobacco, alcohol. The half-life of a single
dose of caffeine ranges from 3-12 hours.
This means that that one quarter of the caffeine in that morning cup of coffee
could even still be present at bedtime. Caffeine prevents deep sleep because it
creates a stress scenario in the body. Cherniske (author of "Caffeine Blues")
found that supposed depression disappeared 2 months after giving up coffee.
Caffeine -"The Jitter Drug "
Eating before bed
- Avoid pre-bedtime
snacks. Particularly grains and sugars, which inhibit sleep
by raising blood sugar. Also, when blood sugar drops down low later in the night,
it could cause you to wake up and not be able to fall back asleep;
- Eat high-protein
snack several hours before bed. Provides L-tryptophan for
MELATONIN and SEROTONIN
production. Tryptophan also detoxifies ammonia (parasites produce this brain
stimulant)
Make sleeping environment comfortable and conducive
to sleep
Sleep in complete darkness.
When the blue component of light hits the eyes, it disrupts the circadian
rhythm of the pineal gland and production of
MELATONIN and
SEROTONIN .
• Use room darkening drapes/shades, wear an
eye mask.
• Turn off TV's and computers in the room
• If light seeps under your door, seal it off
with a rolled up towel
• Don't put the light on in the bathroom (or
use a blue-filtering light)if you get up in the middle of the night;
Keep bedroom temperature cool (< 70 °F)
and have a window open for fresh air;
Wear bed socks. Cold feet can
wake you up.
Reserve the bedroom for only sleep and sex.
E.g. NOT reading, telephone conversations or watching
TV. Creates a mental association that the room is for sleep.
Reduce stimulating activities before bedtime:
- Do
something relaxing before bed. E.g. listen to music, read;
- Don't do
mind-disturbing activities before bed. Watching TV, especially
a violent movie, computer time, reading email - its stimulating effect on the brain
extends the time taken to fall asleep;
- Don't exercise
or take a hot bath just before bed. Raising your body temperature
makes it more difficult to fall asleep. Exercise also raises
CORTISOL levels.
If you suspect you have parasites . . .
Take ornithine. Detoxifies ammonia, which is present in your brain when you have parasites;
• Dose: 2- 500mg capsules on 1st night, 4 caps. 2nd night,
6 caps. 3rd night, then keep the dose that worked best for you. Can take
up to 5 days to take effect;
Do a parasite cleanse to get rid
of these uninvited guests
Parasite
cleanses
Other important considerations
Exercise moderately for at least 30 minutes every
day. Helps you fall asleep, but don't exercise too
close to bedtime or it has a stimulating effect;
Sleep separately to your "disturbing"
spouse. If your partner snores, hogs the covers,
moves around or gets up frequently during the night;
Keep regular bedtime hours.
To reinforce your biological clock.
- "Early
to bed, Early to rise". Our body systems do most
of their recharging from 11 p.m. -1 a.m., especially adrenals and gall bladder,
which unloads its toxins during these hours. If awake, the toxins back up into your
liver and then the rest of your body;
- If you
have insomnia. And you don't go to sleep within 15-20
minutes, get up and leave the bedroom; also, don't nap in the day
Magnet therapy. Apply the North pole of a small round magnet on the forehead between the eyebrows
for 10 minutes before retiring. Can take a month or two to have a complete effect;
Adaptogen. Non-toxic
substance that increases resistance to stress, fatigue, anxiety. Trauma; E.g. Tulsi
tea (Indian equivalent of coffee)
Sedatives. Most
sedatives bind to GABA receptors in the brain
to inhibit the wakefulness network. However, they also disturb circuits for mood
and memory and often have side effects, such as tremors, or daytime sleepiness.
• Ambien.
There for those who haven't been able to sleep for several nights which
can affect the safety of you and others. Ambien is a short-acting hypnotic and generally
not addictive.Since it is metabolized overnight, there is no residual drowsiness
in the morning.
A "Sheep counting"
mechanism to get to sleep. Imagine a field
full of 100 sheep on the right hand side of your mind. Look at each sheep and you
will see the word 'SLEEP' shorn into their sides in BIG letters. Then sheep #100
walks slowly to the middle of your field of view. Again, see the word SLEEP on his
side. She jumps over a low jump. Again, see the word SLEEP on her side. Then she
walks over to the left side of your mind - see the word SLEEP - and curls up and
goes to sleep.
Then repeat for sheep #99 and so on.
If you do this fully and slowly, chances are
you won't even get to #80.
If possible, avoid working the night shift.
