Insomnia
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Hello people it's me again.
In the past couple of months I have tried figuring out my problem that I was actually struggling even before I started supplementing (something I had on a young age). I stopped supplementing since 2 months because I wanted to find the culprit and reintroduce everything once resolved (bit of a paradox but yeah).
It's the thyroid function that has never been 100% for me and it is involved in many symptoms I experience. I also believe that I have become somewhat iron deficient, when looking back at some of my labworks. I've done wetcupping with succes but I have overdone it a bit too much (too many sessions in too little time) and my ferrithin levels dropped from what I think was health (around 60) to around 30.
There was one period where my TSH was 2.4, but all others were between 8 and 12. I can't recall what I did exactly to lower my TSH, but I suspect I did something good.
I just don't feel well, especially considering the fact that now my heart is at 140 bpm with very light/slight exercise (which was never that way). It feels my body/heart needs to pump alot of blood in order to get proper oxygenation going on. Somehow red light therapy (as of lately) is doing me no good either and I feel wayy too relaxed and I am not able to get that pump going on in the gym. It feels like my bloodpressure is going too low. When I do basic things, such as walking up the stairs I feel I'm out of breath and also feel lightheaded.
In the gym I am also very lightheaded after exercise, I do proper lifts with proper techniques and proper breathing and proper weights (I don't like lifting heavy, it's just counterproductive). I am a fan of fullbody workouts done by Leeroy Colbert, he has a great way of explaining on how the body responds to training. Nowadays alot of people overload themselves too much and the body is actually traumatized instead of getting triggered to respond properly to the weighttraining done.
Anyhow, after I went home and ate a good meal (white rice with meat and potatoes) I also drank some milk + "high quality chocolate" before bedtime. I feel that increasing my salt intake has done alot of good and in the past 2 months, increasing my salt intake has upped my body temperature substantially. I just didn't like the milk yesterday (while milk and chocolate are one of my favorite things, I don't overdo chocolate though lol) and then I went to sleep to experience something what I finally believe to be "too low cortisol". I had this extreme nightmare and in my dreams it felt like I had pain in my upper abdomen area and in the same area on the back (I think it's located at the pancreas/adrenals)? I had this same thing going on last week but without the pain thingy/nightmare and I was quite drenched in sweat when I woke up. Yesterday I woke up and I was legit even in a "hallucinating" state of mind and I got so upset and started investigating (on the phone) what exactly was going on and I came to the conclusion it must have been hypoglycemia. I also had this extreme tight feeling in my throat (thyroid area I think) going all the way down to the abodem area I pointed out, initially I thought it must have been some sort of deep neck flexor/tight muscle but it may aswell have been something else. When I ate some dates/cheese/complex carbohydrates and a coke (over the period of and hour (I know it may not have been the best combo, but I kinda freaked out and just ate what I could), BOOM suddenly some time after eating I felt like my thyroid/muscle/adrenals (or whatever it was) relaxed immediately and I was able to resume sleep. What I normally would've done (without knowing) was just sleep after such thing happened.
What I don't understand is that I did eat something 1-2 hours before bedtime and I was hoping that it would've helped me to get through the night.
I think my adrenals/thyroid (which is what I struggled with since I was little) are the problem. As of lately I don't respond to b3 aswell (this is still an assumption) because it lowers blood glucose too much. Combined with 2 days of fasting in the week (which I started since 2 months), I got very good results in gaining lean body mass but I feel that I still may have an iron deficiency that was left undiagnosed. When I look at my diet and the cupping I have done, iron is not really there in the amounts it should be. I think I have a true iron deficiency but I'm having bloodworks done on thursday. However, I also think I have a cortisol deficiency, so the thyroid should play a role in both of these and I wonder whether there is a connection between all of this?
The one time that I got hospitalized (about 2-3 months ago) after taking the multi (high in b's and minerals, basically high in everything), the doctor (from the hospital) measured my blood glucose and it was pretty darn low. I feel that it indeed may have been the blood sugar after all, even the anaphylactic symptoms I experienced at one point. My own doctor then measured all vits and I was pretty high in b12, I then decided to stop the multi and all other supps (I wasn't really overdoing them).
What I also did was fasting on some days and since 2 months I do it on 2 days of the week. I lost alot of bodyfat and gained muscle mass (probably HGH production that's playing a role here). I just don't think supplementing is helping me out when I fast because it's triggering something which causes these symptoms. The benefits from fasting besides bodyfat/mass is also more clarity etc. Because I am not a big eater (I just sure I get enough cals by choosing the right foods) I try filling in the gaps with supps but as of now it just doesn't work out. I still don't know if there is a connection between the fasting and the symptoms I described, because fasting has really done me good. I started reintroducing supps since two weeks (started out with high quality Energin) I felt I couldn't really take a full dose, even half a dose was a bit troublesome but it didn't produce anxiety (so I guess that's a good thing), I also didn't take it orally so I don't know if that makes a difference). If I fast and don't take B vits, I imply that nothing would happen.
Could anyone clarify, I just don't feel productive and have trouble thinking / coming up with the right words.
I also have trouble writing all of this and it feels I've thrown random words all over the place, so my excuses for a potential hard-to-read topic. If something is not clear or needs more clarification, please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to explain where possible.
Last thing on a sidenote: would pregnenolone/progesterone/dhea help with "too low cortisol" or fill in the gaps by producing the right hormones, I just feel that diet alone can't fix everything at this point and I need something to push me in the right direction.
In the past couple of months I have tried figuring out my problem that I was actually struggling even before I started supplementing (something I had on a young age). I stopped supplementing since 2 months because I wanted to find the culprit and reintroduce everything once resolved (bit of a paradox but yeah).
It's the thyroid function that has never been 100% for me and it is involved in many symptoms I experience. I also believe that I have become somewhat iron deficient, when looking back at some of my labworks. I've done wetcupping with succes but I have overdone it a bit too much (too many sessions in too little time) and my ferrithin levels dropped from what I think was health (around 60) to around 30.
There was one period where my TSH was 2.4, but all others were between 8 and 12. I can't recall what I did exactly to lower my TSH, but I suspect I did something good.
I just don't feel well, especially considering the fact that now my heart is at 140 bpm with very light/slight exercise (which was never that way). It feels my body/heart needs to pump alot of blood in order to get proper oxygenation going on. Somehow red light therapy (as of lately) is doing me no good either and I feel wayy too relaxed and I am not able to get that pump going on in the gym. It feels like my bloodpressure is going too low. When I do basic things, such as walking up the stairs I feel I'm out of breath and also feel lightheaded.
In the gym I am also very lightheaded after exercise, I do proper lifts with proper techniques and proper breathing and proper weights (I don't like lifting heavy, it's just counterproductive). I am a fan of fullbody workouts done by Leeroy Colbert, he has a great way of explaining on how the body responds to training. Nowadays alot of people overload themselves too much and the body is actually traumatized instead of getting triggered to respond properly to the weighttraining done.
Anyhow, after I went home and ate a good meal (white rice with meat and potatoes) I also drank some milk + "high quality chocolate" before bedtime. I feel that increasing my salt intake has done alot of good and in the past 2 months, increasing my salt intake has upped my body temperature substantially. I just didn't like the milk yesterday (while milk and chocolate are one of my favorite things, I don't overdo chocolate though lol) and then I went to sleep to experience something what I finally believe to be "too low cortisol". I had this extreme nightmare and in my dreams it felt like I had pain in my upper abdomen area and in the same area on the back (I think it's located at the pancreas/adrenals)? I had this same thing going on last week but without the pain thingy/nightmare and I was quite drenched in sweat when I woke up. Yesterday I woke up and I was legit even in a "hallucinating" state of mind and I got so upset and started investigating (on the phone) what exactly was going on and I came to the conclusion it must have been hypoglycemia. I also had this extreme tight feeling in my throat (thyroid area I think) going all the way down to the abodem area I pointed out, initially I thought it must have been some sort of deep neck flexor/tight muscle but it may aswell have been something else. When I ate some dates/cheese/complex carbohydrates and a coke (over the period of and hour (I know it may not have been the best combo, but I kinda freaked out and just ate what I could), BOOM suddenly some time after eating I felt like my thyroid/muscle/adrenals (or whatever it was) relaxed immediately and I was able to resume sleep. What I normally would've done (without knowing) was just sleep after such thing happened.
What I don't understand is that I did eat something 1-2 hours before bedtime and I was hoping that it would've helped me to get through the night.
I think my adrenals/thyroid (which is what I struggled with since I was little) are the problem. As of lately I don't respond to b3 aswell (this is still an assumption) because it lowers blood glucose too much. Combined with 2 days of fasting in the week (which I started since 2 months), I got very good results in gaining lean body mass but I feel that I still may have an iron deficiency that was left undiagnosed. When I look at my diet and the cupping I have done, iron is not really there in the amounts it should be. I think I have a true iron deficiency but I'm having bloodworks done on thursday. However, I also think I have a cortisol deficiency, so the thyroid should play a role in both of these and I wonder whether there is a connection between all of this?
The one time that I got hospitalized (about 2-3 months ago) after taking the multi (high in b's and minerals, basically high in everything), the doctor (from the hospital) measured my blood glucose and it was pretty darn low. I feel that it indeed may have been the blood sugar after all, even the anaphylactic symptoms I experienced at one point. My own doctor then measured all vits and I was pretty high in b12, I then decided to stop the multi and all other supps (I wasn't really overdoing them).
What I also did was fasting on some days and since 2 months I do it on 2 days of the week. I lost alot of bodyfat and gained muscle mass (probably HGH production that's playing a role here). I just don't think supplementing is helping me out when I fast because it's triggering something which causes these symptoms. The benefits from fasting besides bodyfat/mass is also more clarity etc. Because I am not a big eater (I just sure I get enough cals by choosing the right foods) I try filling in the gaps with supps but as of now it just doesn't work out. I still don't know if there is a connection between the fasting and the symptoms I described, because fasting has really done me good. I started reintroducing supps since two weeks (started out with high quality Energin) I felt I couldn't really take a full dose, even half a dose was a bit troublesome but it didn't produce anxiety (so I guess that's a good thing), I also didn't take it orally so I don't know if that makes a difference). If I fast and don't take B vits, I imply that nothing would happen.
Could anyone clarify, I just don't feel productive and have trouble thinking / coming up with the right words.
I also have trouble writing all of this and it feels I've thrown random words all over the place, so my excuses for a potential hard-to-read topic. If something is not clear or needs more clarification, please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to explain where possible.
Last thing on a sidenote: would pregnenolone/progesterone/dhea help with "too low cortisol" or fill in the gaps by producing the right hormones, I just feel that diet alone can't fix everything at this point and I need something to push me in the right direction.