OT Insomnia advice, please help

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Hello, it's Filippa here. I've been absent from this group a long

time since I got a full-time job and couldn't keep up with the

volume. But I've missed you all and am still enthusiastically eating

the WP way! I'm also really grateful to everyone (especially Heidi)

who helped me sort out my health issues last year and I am happy to

say I'm 35 weeks pregnant with a very healthy, wriggly baby on the

way. So once I'm at home with the baby, I'm looking forward to

catching up on some discussion!

In the meantime, a friend is desperate after weeks/months of

suffering from insomnia and so I have turned to my favourite group

to see if anyone's got any advice or experience that I could pass on

to her.

She's 50, relatively healthy except for lifelong asthma for which I

believe she occasionally uses an inhaler. Apart from that she's not

on any medication and has always eaten a mostly organic, wholefoods

diet. Personally I don't think she drinks enough water but I can't

see that this would cause insomnia. I know she's been suffering

insomnia on and off for a number of years but it's getting worse

lately. She's also started suffering heart palpitations during the

night - as in rapidly and strongly beating heart and doesn't know if

it's physical or stress-related. I've noticed that she often has bad

breath - an indication that something is not quite right.

I looked up the insomnia forum on curezone.com and the main idea

there seems to be the need for detox, especially decongesting the

liver. Therefore, that would mean liver flushing. This would be a

little difficult for her as she's passing into a very busy period of

study. The other thought I had is to suggest Chinese acupuncture

and herbs.

So do any of you have any words of wisdom and experience? Do you

think it's menopause and there's nothing she can do? Is there

anything she can do dietary wise? I've suggested carbs last thing

before bed (warrior diet way right?). She has warm milk with honey

but it doesn't seem to be helping.

Looking forward to any responses,

Filippa