Woke this morning Tues, Nov. 20th* with low energy. Checked my blood sugar and it was 118. I couldn’t understand why I had no energy even though I have had insomnia for years. As the day went on, the weather here has been gray and dreary. When the weather conditions are like this, it affects my mood and energy level and my chronic fatigue syndrome.
Women are twice as likely to suffer from insomnia than men. I have chronic secondary insomnia which is caused by my health conditions. For myself, I have to do relaxation therapy exercises to be able to go to sleep each night.
Sometimes I wake up from severe leg cramps. My doctor has advised to cut back on the amount of caffeine I drink to help the leg cramps and my insomnia. It is very hard to do as I love my coffee and hot or iced tea. I have cut down on the amount of diet soda I was drinking as I read some articles on people believed getting brain cancer from drinking too much diet soda. Scary to think soft drink companies are selling something that could cause cancer.
So I am going to bed earlier, I take Melatonin to help me sleep too. My chiropractor was the first one to tell me about melatonin. He knows how my body tenses from lack of sleep trying to give my back an adjustment.
*Note: the date and time were off on my blog.
6:31 pm
No matter what I do, I always have a bit of insomnia. I sometimes take Sonata, it is not that strong and you can take it in the middle of the night if you need to. I tried Melatonin once after I bought for my autistic child and it just gave me really freaky dreams. I am also in the same boat with you with cough medacine. Aside from all the sugar in them there is something else, and I forget what, that people with diabeties and throid patients can’t have. Sometimes I wonder what we can take???