Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
I recently read some articles from Dr. Stasha Gominak (website: drgominak.com) regarding how most people suffer from low vitamin D and the cascading effects on the body including sleep.
I've recently had about a 3-month bout where my sleep was becoming more and more unrefreshing. I slept 7-8 hours but I woke up feeling worse than if I had not slept at all. I know some of you would give your arm to sleep 7-8 hours. I will tell you that it was very bad and I was wondering if I would be able to continue working. I felt worse than when I had primary insomnia and was only sleeping 2-4 hours/night.
I went to my primary doc and got some labs done. My vitamin D blood lvl was 22 (fairly low). I started taking 10,000/day vitamin D3. It took a couple of weeks, but my sleep has improved a great deal. I will need to get my levels checked again in a few months because I don't want to overdo it. I'm currently targeting a blood level of 60-80. Once I achieve this, I will need to reduce the amount of vitamin D3 I take. I'm sleeping less than 7-8 hours but feeling MUCH BETTER.
Fixing sleep can be a long journey of trial and error. For those of you that have not considered a possible vitamin D deficiency, it may be worth your while to look into.
I've recently had about a 3-month bout where my sleep was becoming more and more unrefreshing. I slept 7-8 hours but I woke up feeling worse than if I had not slept at all. I know some of you would give your arm to sleep 7-8 hours. I will tell you that it was very bad and I was wondering if I would be able to continue working. I felt worse than when I had primary insomnia and was only sleeping 2-4 hours/night.
I went to my primary doc and got some labs done. My vitamin D blood lvl was 22 (fairly low). I started taking 10,000/day vitamin D3. It took a couple of weeks, but my sleep has improved a great deal. I will need to get my levels checked again in a few months because I don't want to overdo it. I'm currently targeting a blood level of 60-80. Once I achieve this, I will need to reduce the amount of vitamin D3 I take. I'm sleeping less than 7-8 hours but feeling MUCH BETTER.
Fixing sleep can be a long journey of trial and error. For those of you that have not considered a possible vitamin D deficiency, it may be worth your while to look into.
I believe it was another member here who told me about the link between sleep and Vitamin D Deficiency...It's a good thing to have checked out, and it's just a simple blood test.
Thanks for the post!