Posted by d0pamine on July 2, 2007, at 3:19:13
As many of you know, I'm a huge EMSAM fan as it utterly changed my life, but it has not been completely without side effects as I've developed some fairly nasty insomnia. However after months of sleeping no more than 3 to 4 hours / night I have accidentally found the key to sleeping as many hours as I have time for (likely due to my cumulative net deprivation). While trying to figure out the source of my hypertension by treating it with various herbs / minerals / vitamins. I tried various forms of potassium. Potassium Citrate is the only form that I've found to have any impact on my blood pressure at all and it does pretty good, however in the area of insomnia it does more than pretty good, it eliminates it altogether. By taking 1400 mg / day Potassium CITRATE (split dose) I can go from sleeping 3 hours / night to a guaranteed 6 8 10 12 or whatever I have time for, and for the past 3 weeks it's been 100% consistent and just to make sure it was the potassium I've stopped it on a couple occasions and without fail I pop right back to 3 to 4 hours. I should note that should you be interested in this solution that you should discuss it with a doctor as potassium is mega-dangerous if you have kidney or any of a number of other problems as it can result in cardiac arrest pretty much instantly. However being severely deficient in it will kill you as well. Best of luck.
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