Posted by JLx on January 1, 2004, at 19:54:47
In reply to Re: Larry, how is your sleep? » Larry Hoover, posted by mattdds on January 1, 2004, at 14:29:35
Hi Matt,
I've used a light visor for several years now. Sometimes when I was in night-owl phase it was the ONLY way I could reconfigure myself to go to sleep at a relatively normal hour. If you try a light box, I recommend this questionnaire to see what time of day would be best using it for your individual circadian rhythm. http://www.cet.org/default.htm?AutoMEQ.htm~main You might also consider a dawn simulator, as waking up gently from a gradually increasing light source mimics nature and is reputed to help many people feel better overall as well as improving the sleep cycle.
I've been plagued with insomnia most of my life, but no longer. One of the best things I've done is discipline myself to go to bed early -- and start turning off lights a couple hours before bedtime, not reading in bed with a bright light, not being on my computer late at night, etc. The other thing, which may sound completely ridiculous, but I swear it makes a difference, is that I cover the LED display on my bedside clock. I read about that in the readers reviews on Amazon of "Lights Out". I also tried then covering my windows and ever other light source but found when I did that I slept so soundly that I was too groggy in the morning.
Also, in my experience, magnesium citrate is the most diarrhea-provoking type of magnesium I've tried. I haven't tried mg taurinate which George Eby on his site about depression/magnesium http://www.coldcure.com/html/dep.html is recommending these days (as it's expensive) but I'm pretty happy with magnesium malate. Still, I don't think I could take 800 mg at a time like Ron does without diarrhea. I can easily take 300 mg of mg malate though, and 900 mg per day total without diarrhea.
Oddly enough, as some people find it quite stimulating, I also slept better when I started taking TMG.
Insomnia is a special form of hell, imo. I wish both you and Larry luck in finding a way out of it.
JL
> Larry,
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> Thanks for getting back to me on the sleep thingy.
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> I'm seriously considering purchasing one of those lights (Litebook). That's one of the better deals I've seen on a product like that. Normally, they're gigantic too! This one is pretty compact, and has seemingly good output.
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> I heard it was good for phase resetting, but I wasn't aware that it could help for latency problems. That would be wonderful if it helped.
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> What are your sleep issues?
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> Take care man,
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> Matt
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