Re: severe insomnia-what am I missing? -Q

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Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for their help- you are all

awesome! he did go to a sleep clinic, where I assume they checked

him for apnea, but I will double check. I like the lung idea- his

tongue has a lung crack, he wakes 3-5am, he is distinctly hot and

sweaty also, so I am guessing Lung Yin deficiency, but he says he

has no cough at all.

He has tried melatonin, but how long does it take to work?

, " Janet Hague " <janethague@...> wrote:

>

> I am an acupuncturist who uses an needle-less technique called EFT

which

> involves tapping on certain acupuncture points while tuning into

fear,

> anxiety, guilt, sadness etc. I have had profound results with

emotional

> baggage, sometimes in a very short period of time. Insomnia

related to

> emotions is a perfect situation for a technique like this.

>

>

>

> Janet Hague

>

> 503-287-4872

>

> janethague@...

>

>

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> From:

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> Behalf Of nina paroo

> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:46 AM

>

> Subject: Re: severe insomnia-what am I missing? -A

>

>

>

> Any possibility of sleep apnea?? i have been treating

> someone with more longstanding sleep disturbance, and

> sent him for a sleep study that showed central

> obstructive apnea. not sure if your patient has other

> indicators of this, but may want to rule it out.

>

> Nina Paroo, ND

> Seattle WA

> chonic Dz

>

> --- sonya carl <naturephysician@ <mailto:naturephysician%

40.ca>

> .ca> wrote:

>

> > Hello!

> >

> > I am hoping you guys can help me with this. I have a

> > 43 yr old

> > overweight, NIDDM male teacher, who will either wake

> > after 2-5 hours

> > of sleep, (usually around 3-5am) and that's it for

> > the night, or

> > every hour. He says it began very clearly in March,

> > when he cleaned

> > out his house, saw all the junk he had purchased on

> > ebay, he had to

> > take out loans to pay off his credit cards, and was

> > hit with

> > enormous guilt about his spending, possibly losing

> > his house which

> > he inherited from his grandma. His sleep was fine

> > before this, BUT

> > he says he has been depressed since childhood, due

> > to family/peers.

> > He has been on many different high doses of meds,

> > but his doctor has

> > now said he's tried everything and doesn't know how

> > to help him. He

> > is still on Amytriptyline and Imovain,- no effect,

> > just started an

> > anti-convulsant for GABA and no effect. He doesn't

> > exercise or eat

> > well, he has no spleen since 1975. No GI symptoms,

> > 1-2 BM/day.

> >

> > One month ago I put him on MAgnelevures, Tilia (1/2

> > tsp bid), Pineal

> > TPIN 2-3 caps at 8-9pm, Unda 9, 30,228,1001,

> > Breathing exercises,

> > Positive visualization, drink water, no wheat,

> > dairy, eat some

> > vegetables!, hydrotherapy in shower, acupuncture

> > twice a week, no

> > COP yet. I just added Hsiao Yao Wan. And he has had

> > no improvement!!

> > He is getting desperate and is taking dangerous

> > mixes of drugs/Kava

> > to basically pass out so he can sleep. He is going

> > to counselling

> > but is waiting to get on a Cognitive-behavioural

> > therapy list.

> >

> >

>