hi! my name is chris and I live in germany.
some data about me:
- male, 37 years old
- 70kg weight, athletic, exercise regularly (mainly calisthenics and some light barbell stuff)
- bodyfat around 20% (estimate)
- i suffer from hashimoto since 3 years but haven't had sleep issues until now. I take thyroid hormones, 100mcg T4 and 22mcg T3 (split over 3 times, 1/3 before bed).
- my daytime temperature used to be 36,8C (98,24F) in the past, now it is higher at 37C (98,6F). in the morning when I get up it is usually 36,2C (97,16F).
- recently I was also measuring my blood sugar. seems OK. around 100 when I get up and 145 after a meal with protein, fat, starch, sugar.
since 4 months or so, I have problems with sleep / insomnia / waking up. my reseach on the sleep issues led me here. it started when I had a lot of psychological stress due to relationship related issues. at first, I have barely slept at all due to racing thoughts. I could feel how I was mainly running on cortisol on the next day at that time. this lasted for a couple of weeks. it got a little bit better when I started to use progesterone for sleep (100 mg before bed). now I can fall asleep easily but after 4-4,5 hours I often wake up in sweat, breathing heavily, very hungry. after that, I am often not able to fall asleep again until I have to get up at 6 a.m.
i tried to cope with this by nutritional adjustment, eating more "peaty" as you would say, but it seems to make it worse somehow. before that, my nutrion was more "normal", with a lot of protein (>120g) and starches, very little sugar and fruit, no PUFAs. it seems that eating a lot of carbs as lunch make it worse, too. i also tried to drink a lot of OJ in the evening, but it is not helping. sometimes, when I eat very protein and fat heavy for lunch, I can sleep 6 hours before waking up. but that is not always the case.
sometimes it is better, then I just wake up with no sweat around 3 a.m., but when I wake up at 4 a.m. I am usually completely soaked.
yesterday I tried cypro. 1mg before bed. made me really sleepy, yes, but I found it too heavy, got a little anxious as well. woke up at 4am in sweat. after a little milk / OJ / coconut oil, got back to bed and could sleep again, thanks to the cypro, but I don't think I want to try it again.
I also take the following supps:
- D3 with K2
- low dose multivitamin
- selenium
- zinc
- magnesium
- DHEA 25mg occasionally
I tried the following supps but it did not change much:
- GABA
- glycin
- gelatine
I am now wondering in which direction i should further investitage?
- liver health? Is my metabolism burning glycogen too fast? because my daytime temp has risen. should I try taurine?
- endotoxin issues? therefore I wanted to try cypro. my digestion is really good and regular, though. sometimes some winds, but no loose bowels at all.
- adrenal health? I don't think my cortisol is very high now, otherwise i would not wake up in sweat!? but then... shouldn't the progesterone I take convert to cortisol?
- insulin/blood sugar issues? seems fine to me, though. nevertheless it is somehow reactive hypoglycemia?
thanks in advance.
some data about me:
- male, 37 years old
- 70kg weight, athletic, exercise regularly (mainly calisthenics and some light barbell stuff)
- bodyfat around 20% (estimate)
- i suffer from hashimoto since 3 years but haven't had sleep issues until now. I take thyroid hormones, 100mcg T4 and 22mcg T3 (split over 3 times, 1/3 before bed).
- my daytime temperature used to be 36,8C (98,24F) in the past, now it is higher at 37C (98,6F). in the morning when I get up it is usually 36,2C (97,16F).
- recently I was also measuring my blood sugar. seems OK. around 100 when I get up and 145 after a meal with protein, fat, starch, sugar.
since 4 months or so, I have problems with sleep / insomnia / waking up. my reseach on the sleep issues led me here. it started when I had a lot of psychological stress due to relationship related issues. at first, I have barely slept at all due to racing thoughts. I could feel how I was mainly running on cortisol on the next day at that time. this lasted for a couple of weeks. it got a little bit better when I started to use progesterone for sleep (100 mg before bed). now I can fall asleep easily but after 4-4,5 hours I often wake up in sweat, breathing heavily, very hungry. after that, I am often not able to fall asleep again until I have to get up at 6 a.m.
i tried to cope with this by nutritional adjustment, eating more "peaty" as you would say, but it seems to make it worse somehow. before that, my nutrion was more "normal", with a lot of protein (>120g) and starches, very little sugar and fruit, no PUFAs. it seems that eating a lot of carbs as lunch make it worse, too. i also tried to drink a lot of OJ in the evening, but it is not helping. sometimes, when I eat very protein and fat heavy for lunch, I can sleep 6 hours before waking up. but that is not always the case.
sometimes it is better, then I just wake up with no sweat around 3 a.m., but when I wake up at 4 a.m. I am usually completely soaked.
yesterday I tried cypro. 1mg before bed. made me really sleepy, yes, but I found it too heavy, got a little anxious as well. woke up at 4am in sweat. after a little milk / OJ / coconut oil, got back to bed and could sleep again, thanks to the cypro, but I don't think I want to try it again.
I also take the following supps:
- D3 with K2
- low dose multivitamin
- selenium
- zinc
- magnesium
- DHEA 25mg occasionally
I tried the following supps but it did not change much:
- GABA
- glycin
- gelatine
I am now wondering in which direction i should further investitage?
- liver health? Is my metabolism burning glycogen too fast? because my daytime temp has risen. should I try taurine?
- endotoxin issues? therefore I wanted to try cypro. my digestion is really good and regular, though. sometimes some winds, but no loose bowels at all.
- adrenal health? I don't think my cortisol is very high now, otherwise i would not wake up in sweat!? but then... shouldn't the progesterone I take convert to cortisol?
- insulin/blood sugar issues? seems fine to me, though. nevertheless it is somehow reactive hypoglycemia?
thanks in advance.