RE: insomnia.

[Guest guest]

Dear Ones,

Sleep is like love. If you go directly after it, you can't catch it.

I seldom have insomnia since I learned that rest is 80% as good as

sleep.

My problem is I fall asleep too easily here in my lounger when I want to

stay awake.

Since I don't drink coffee, I often drink cherry coke mornings to wake

up.

Several years ago, I feel asleep twice in a left turning lane. That woke

me up. Ha.

Blessings on you all. LOve. MArge.

[Guest guest]

I have had this problem for a long time on/off. For me it is totally

adrenals. The stiff neck and swollen glands are classic adrenal problems.

You need to straighten out your cortisol levels which rise at night instead

of in the morning. PS is great for regulating cortisol level. I know I

keep repreating myself on this, but it has helped both me and my daughter

tremendously.

-- RE: [ ] insomnia. was: diflucan

Hi Kendra,

Thanks for the advice. When I first became ill with lyme I had those same

symptoms. I remember when I crashed I had swollen lymph glands, neck felt

like I had been in car wreck, and like so many more symptoms. It was one

month after I had first became ill, I remember just having this feeling

like adrenaline was being poured into my body. I took Nyquil and nothing

helped. One week later I started my period and that day it just

disappeared. Then like 2 months later it came back and lasted for 2 weeks

this time, then gone. Then another 2 months later it came back and lasted a

month. Everytime it came back it would last a little longer. So last April

it came back and has never gone away. I hate it. When I was younger I

experimented with cocaine and I remember after doing it I would lay in bed

and feel my heartbeat like that and couldn’t sleep. It is the exact

identical feeling. I don’t like telling people that part of my life but now

that I am sick I really am not afraid of what anyone thinks, ya know.

Anyways, When I told my llmd about the comparison he said it was the lyme

and it is doing exactly what cocaine does. It releases epinephrine. He

said lyme will mess with your system and do this. He said he had never had

anyone have it last this long. I know this may sound crazy but it makes

sense to me. I just get scared that it won’t ever go away.

The last time I took antibiotics it was rifampin and I had a seizure. I

remember I thought it was the end. One thing I noticed was that for the

next month I didn’t have the feeling so extreme. It was still there but

not as intense. The week after I herxed so hard I actually fell asleep on

my own for 4 nights in a row. So, I am sure I had some die off and my

bacterial load went down a little. I have met lymies with this symptom but

they always tell me that they have never had it for as long as I have.

Well, Thanks so much. Are you doing a lot better?

Blessings,