I've been working on my health for some years and have made definite improvements. However, I still have some sleep issues (falling asleep very late, waking up often, lying awake during the night) and a chronic sinus infection. Both these issues have improved a lot in comparison with the past though they are still bothering me.
The problem is, I'm running out of time and pretty soon I will need a job since I'm finished with university. Then I won't be able to relax as much and sleep in as long as I need. I was hoping to have at least my insomnia under control by then because I can see my insomnia getting a lot worse with the added stress of a job and not being able to sleep in.
I was wondering if anyone here could give me some new idea's for what to experiment with next. Basically, what I need are things that are most likely to improve sleep and/or reduce inflammation.
What I do now is:
- I try to go to bed around 10pm.
- minimize blue light (f.lux, incandescent bulbs) in the evening
- grounding bedsheet
- Go walking/biking outside everyday
- do some body weight exercises now and then
- donate blood
- use halogen floodlights and a heatlamp during the day for red light
- eat in a sort of 180degreehealth way with some more peaty stuff added. (though I only eat salt moderately because I tend to get uncomfortably heavy, twitchy legs and based on my experience it has something to do with too much sodium to potassium)
- supplement with: 1000iu D (not in the summer), 2500iu A, 2mg K2, 400 iu E (only every other day), 200mg niacinimide, 200mg aspirin and about 500mg C.
(the niacinimide and aspirin I added recently, and I have noticed good improvements)
- I sometimes drink stuff with caffeine. Never that much, only a little feels good.
I tried gelatin but never really noticed much from it. Now I only use it when I need to eat lean muscle meat or feel like I haven't had enough protein that day.
I tried bag breathing now and then. however, I never developed the habit. I guess because I never noticed much of an improvement from it and my girlfriend doesn't like it.
I'm hesitant to try thyroid. I guess because it seems like another order of supplementation/medication that I'm not sure want to meddle with.
Any good idea's would be sincerely appreciated!
The problem is, I'm running out of time and pretty soon I will need a job since I'm finished with university. Then I won't be able to relax as much and sleep in as long as I need. I was hoping to have at least my insomnia under control by then because I can see my insomnia getting a lot worse with the added stress of a job and not being able to sleep in.
I was wondering if anyone here could give me some new idea's for what to experiment with next. Basically, what I need are things that are most likely to improve sleep and/or reduce inflammation.
What I do now is:
- I try to go to bed around 10pm.
- minimize blue light (f.lux, incandescent bulbs) in the evening
- grounding bedsheet
- Go walking/biking outside everyday
- do some body weight exercises now and then
- donate blood
- use halogen floodlights and a heatlamp during the day for red light
- eat in a sort of 180degreehealth way with some more peaty stuff added. (though I only eat salt moderately because I tend to get uncomfortably heavy, twitchy legs and based on my experience it has something to do with too much sodium to potassium)
- supplement with: 1000iu D (not in the summer), 2500iu A, 2mg K2, 400 iu E (only every other day), 200mg niacinimide, 200mg aspirin and about 500mg C.
(the niacinimide and aspirin I added recently, and I have noticed good improvements)
- I sometimes drink stuff with caffeine. Never that much, only a little feels good.
I tried gelatin but never really noticed much from it. Now I only use it when I need to eat lean muscle meat or feel like I haven't had enough protein that day.
I tried bag breathing now and then. however, I never developed the habit. I guess because I never noticed much of an improvement from it and my girlfriend doesn't like it.
I'm hesitant to try thyroid. I guess because it seems like another order of supplementation/medication that I'm not sure want to meddle with.
Any good idea's would be sincerely appreciated!