Post by marionk on Feb 13, 2016 9:02:36 GMT
My insomnia may be a different kind, and I couldn't read the entire thread so I'm posting seperately.
With mine, it's just that I can't get to sleep until I'm absolutely cream crackered, and nodding off already,
and despite being almost continuously tired throughout the day, I'm only that k******* about an hour after getting up, at some random time during the day, and in the early evening. Edited to add:- and finally some time between midnight and 1 am
At any sensible time to go to bed (around 9 to 12) I am just not sleepy enough, to actually get to sleep.
Also I don't stay asleep very long. While I was on meds, and for quite a while after, I was only getting 3 1/2 hours max in one go.
Since coming off the meds I have gradually manged to get up to 6 hours in one night sometimes, but still the same lousy pattern of tiredness otherwise.
I have long known about the serotonin -> melatonin pathway, and also knew that chocolate was good for serotonin.
But I'd never really noticed any difference to anything after eating a bunch of chocolates, so never thought much of it.
A few days ago though, I read that almonds are good for dopamine, and as I had some dark chocolate with marzipan filling handy
I had a bit of a binge mmm yummy! This was about 8 in the evening. Come midnight I did sort of notice that I wasn't getting sleepy.
One o'clock and I'm thinking 'this is crazy' and moved to bed anyway.
I can't remember whether it was as I was finally falling asleep, or as I was waking up at a surprisingly sensible time of the morning
I realised that it must have been the chocolate that kept me awake (even coffee has never done that!)
I was also a lot more awake than usual and didn't get tired for hours!
So, since then I've been having dark chocolate for breakfast, and getting sleepy at the right time of the evening too.
It might not all be down to chocolate alone though.
On day 2 my son set up f-lux on my computer. I'm about to set it up on the laptop too.
Second edit to add, A possible downside to this is that I've been a bit 'bouncy' too, like when I first took seroxat,
but I've been actually happy for the first time in years, so I don't really care. Just be warned it might shake you up a bit!
With mine, it's just that I can't get to sleep until I'm absolutely cream crackered, and nodding off already,
and despite being almost continuously tired throughout the day, I'm only that k******* about an hour after getting up, at some random time during the day, and in the early evening. Edited to add:- and finally some time between midnight and 1 am
At any sensible time to go to bed (around 9 to 12) I am just not sleepy enough, to actually get to sleep.
Also I don't stay asleep very long. While I was on meds, and for quite a while after, I was only getting 3 1/2 hours max in one go.
Since coming off the meds I have gradually manged to get up to 6 hours in one night sometimes, but still the same lousy pattern of tiredness otherwise.
I have long known about the serotonin -> melatonin pathway, and also knew that chocolate was good for serotonin.
But I'd never really noticed any difference to anything after eating a bunch of chocolates, so never thought much of it.
A few days ago though, I read that almonds are good for dopamine, and as I had some dark chocolate with marzipan filling handy
I had a bit of a binge mmm yummy! This was about 8 in the evening. Come midnight I did sort of notice that I wasn't getting sleepy.
One o'clock and I'm thinking 'this is crazy' and moved to bed anyway.
I can't remember whether it was as I was finally falling asleep, or as I was waking up at a surprisingly sensible time of the morning
I realised that it must have been the chocolate that kept me awake (even coffee has never done that!)
I was also a lot more awake than usual and didn't get tired for hours!
So, since then I've been having dark chocolate for breakfast, and getting sleepy at the right time of the evening too.
It might not all be down to chocolate alone though.
On day 2 my son set up f-lux on my computer. I'm about to set it up on the laptop too.
Second edit to add, A possible downside to this is that I've been a bit 'bouncy' too, like when I first took seroxat,
but I've been actually happy for the first time in years, so I don't really care. Just be warned it might shake you up a bit!