Re: Difficulty falling asleep

[Guest guest]

Hi Ann,

This may not apply to you as I see your little guy doesn't eat any

fruit. has trouble falling asleep if I give her fruit or raw

red pepper late in the day.

Could it be the butternut squash? What time are you giving it to

him? You could try giving it at lunch instead of dinner.

What usually gives me leg cramps is a lack of potassium. Just a

thought.

Sue (from Pickering)

Mom to , 4.5, formerly? ASD, SCD since March '03

[Guest guest]

Hi,

my daughter (5 years old) used to take 1-2 hours to fall asleep and woke up and

stayed awake for hours in the night. We did discover by trial and error that

bananas and egg yolks make her more wakeful. But what really worked was to give

her melatonin. With the regular melatonin she would fall asleep within 15-30

mins but would wake up in the night. But the time release melatonin seems to be

helping her stay asleep all night. You may want to look into this.

love,

vidya

annhince wrote:

We've been on SCD for nearly 4 months now, and have been taking

magnesium to help with bed-wetting for a couple of months. We're

nearly out of our first bottle, so I've been trying to wean us off

it, thinking we may not need it anymore. However, Sammy is taking a

LOOONNNNGGG time to get to sleep these last few nights. Could this

be related? Is there any other nutritional reason why this might

be? How long would it take to resolve a magnesium deficiency?

I've also been getting leg cramps over the last few nights and am

wondering if that's related. I'm also nursing, and haven't been

taking any calcium supplements since we started SCD as mine weren't

legal, so I suppose that could be affecting me too.

Sammy is 5 and is now eating: eggs, lamb, turkey, fish, cheese,

yogurt, kefir, almonds, pecans, walnuts, lemons, carrots, green

beans, zucchini, mushrooms, celery, spaghetti squash, chard,

butternut squash (which we are just adding back in for the second

time and he seems to be doing ok with it). Supplements: Cod liver

oil, Freeda multi, Magnesium.

Thanks for any feedback,

Ann

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_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

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[Guest guest]

>

> We've been on SCD for nearly 4 months now, and have been taking

> magnesium to help with bed-wetting for a couple of months. We're

> nearly out of our first bottle, so I've been trying to wean us off

> it, thinking we may not need it anymore. However, Sammy is taking

a

> LOOONNNNGGG time to get to sleep these last few nights. Could

this

> be related? Is there any other nutritional reason why this might

> be? How long would it take to resolve a magnesium deficiency?

>

I think you could test the effect of giving mag. vs. not giving it

very easily and quickly - I think if you give it for just a couple

of days, you will see if it helps. You could try this a couple of

times (give it for 2-4 days, chart how he falls asleep. Stop it for

a week. Chart how he falls asleep. Give it again for 2-4 days.

Chart how he falls asleep). Be careful not to change ANYTHING ELSE

in that time period (no new foods, no stopped or started supps).

What I'm saying is that I THINK you would seee the effects quickly -

I base my opinion on the fact that Adam and a few other kids stopped

bedwetting within 1-3 days of starting mag., so it seemed teh effect

was very quick.

Problems falling asleep can also be due to phenol intolerance, and I

don't know what all else. Sometimes epsom salts baths help. You

may want to do some searching on Google for other possible causes.

-- Sue, mom to Adam and

SCD 6.5 months

[Guest guest]

>

> Problems falling asleep can also be due to phenol intolerance, and

I don't know what all else. Sometimes epsom salts baths help.

I have to say that I used to think my boy can tollerate phenols in

low doses (an apple here or there) but after no phenols for many days

(only kiwi and pears for fruit, no honey) one apple monday at school

has left him a little stinker. He is a bit less pleasant to be

around - teases his siblings for entertainment (I know that's typical

big brother rights, but we don't see in healthy days) and his

behaviors are up, as logged in ABA program and at home. I am

thinking that small but constant doses of phenols might be keeping

your girl up at night. We've had that problem for the last few

nights, too.

I'm going to try the epsom salt baths tonight. Any other ideas to

rid little bodies of phenol?

Helen, mom to three, including (9 y/o, ASD, SCD 3 weeks)