Tryptophan and sleep disorder; who can help?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

 

 

In the " Life extension Magazine April 2008 " there is a big Article about

Tryptophan.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2008/apr2008_Why-Aging-People-Become-Depresse

d-Fatigued-And-Overweight_01.htm

 

 

 

 

 

I have massive sleep disorder since 2-3 months.. I am an 53 years old

female, probably in the beginning of the menopause-period.

 

 

 

Every night I wake up several times..

 

 

 

Do you think that a specific amount of L-Tryptophan, taken before bed time

can help?

 

 

 

Who has experience with it?

 

 

 

Many thanks for Replies

 

 

 

Lydia

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi I am 56 and have had sleep problems all my life, even as a baby my mother

said I just didn't sleep like other children did - as young as 2nd grade I

can remember waiting for my parents to fall asleep so I could get up and

read......

 

I am sooooooo tired of being tired!!! I'm on my 3rd bottle of HTP-5 - have

tried trypophan, every herbal remedy under the sun, homeopathic and even a

lot of prescription stuff does not work......

 

I just don't think it is ever going to happen...... I do have a tumor on my

pituitary and wonder if that is blocking the production of serotonin or

whatever helps make you fall asleep. I also am hypothyroid and my numbers

are screwy - Endro thinks because of the tumor.......

 

SeaLady

[Guest guest]

Maybe its natural for you to go to sleep later. I hate that we have

to all fit the same mold, even take drugs to make us comform. My son

has DSPS an he has had it all his life. Its people whose circadian

rhythms don't quite match up with the rest of society. They go to

sleep just fine if allowed to sleep when their body tells them its

time, getting up is a big problem. They aren't any lazier than

anyone else; they just find it difficult to function at times when

their body clock tells them they should be sleeping.

http://health.nite-owl/?yguid=106223540

Barbara

 

 

>

> Hi I am 56 and have had sleep problems all my life, even as a baby

my mother

> said I just didn't sleep like other children did - as young as 2nd

grade I

> can remember waiting for my parents to fall asleep so I could get

up and

> read......

>

> I am sooooooo tired of being tired!!! I'm on my 3rd bottle of HTP-

5 - have

> tried trypophan, every herbal remedy under the sun, homeopathic and

even a

> lot of prescription stuff does not work......

>

> I just don't think it is ever going to happen...... I do have a

tumor on my

> pituitary and wonder if that is blocking the production of

serotonin or

> whatever helps make you fall asleep. I also am hypothyroid and my

numbers

> are screwy - Endro thinks because of the tumor.......

>

> SeaLady

>

[Guest guest]

SeaLady

 

I would be pretty sure that the tumor on the pituitary is blocking

alot of things. However, since you had this problem, I would say

that the tumor is a symptom of your sleeplessness. Ask yourself what

traumatic thing happened before second grade that caused you the

sleep problems. EFT would help in your case, I would think. Also do

yoga pranayams, especially long deep breathing while focusing on the

third eye point. Find a good teacher and take some classes that the

teacher can address these problems. Do meditation.

 

GB

,

" SeaLady " <SeaLady321 wrote:

>

> Hi I am 56 and have had sleep problems all my life, even as a baby

my mother

> said I just didn't sleep like other children did - as young as 2nd

grade I

> can remember waiting for my parents to fall asleep so I could get

up and

> read......

>

> I am sooooooo tired of being tired!!! I'm on my 3rd bottle of HTP-

5 - have

> tried trypophan, every herbal remedy under the sun, homeopathic and

even a

> lot of prescription stuff does not work......

>

> I just don't think it is ever going to happen...... I do have a

tumor on my

> pituitary and wonder if that is blocking the production of

serotonin or

> whatever helps make you fall asleep. I also am hypothyroid and my

numbers

> are screwy - Endro thinks because of the tumor.......

>

> SeaLady

>

[Guest guest]

SeaLady,

 

Just to let you know, you might wish to try, when i

take Moringa Oleifera fresh-frozen leaves as tea with

ginger, turmeric and cayenne powder, i all of a sudden

feel so sleepy and have deep sleeps at night.

Moringa can be found in big Asian Stores and Filipino

Stores in the freezers. Called Drumstick,

Horseradish, Malunggay. One of the three names would

appear on the package.

 

Melly

[Guest guest]

did not know there was a DX for this except that my circadiam rhythm is out

of whack - my cortisol levels are highest at midnight and lowest at 8:00 am

- which accounts for the " night " owl part of my problem - just not the

can't fall asleep no matter what time it is part..........lol

 

Maybe its natural for you to go to sleep later. I hate that we have

to all fit the same mold, even take drugs to make us comform. My son

has DSPS an he has had it all his life. Its people whose circadian

rhythms don't quite match up with the rest of society. They go to

sleep just fine if allowed to sleep when their body tells them its

time, getting up is a big problem. They aren't any lazier than

anyone else; they just find it difficult to function at times when

their body clock tells them they should be sleeping.

<http://health.nite-owl/?yguid=106223540>

http://health.nite-owl/?yguid=106223540

Barbara

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

As I had sleep problems even as a baby - I don't know how I would know what

" dramatic " thing might have happened to me - I started staying up to read in

2nd grade........well because before that I didn't know how to read all that

much......lol

 

I think my body just does not make serotonin, possibly from the pituitary

tumor...

 

I have also tried the " third " eye, didn't get any relief from that either -

I truly believe there is not much I can do if my body just doesn't make what

is needed. Except to find out why - which there is only guessing about -

not much has been done in this area.

 

 

SeaLady

 

I would be pretty sure that the tumor on the pituitary is blocking alot of

things. However, since you had this problem, I would say that the tumor is a

symptom of your sleeplessness. Ask yourself what traumatic thing happened

before second grade that caused you the sleep problems. EFT would help in

your case, I would think. Also do yoga pranayams, especially long deep

breathing while focusing on the third eye point. Find a good teacher and

take some classes that the teacher can address these problems. Do

meditation.

[Guest guest]

SeaLady

 

Did someone die when you were young or did you have a traumatic birth

or something else? Ask your parents? When you have more info, check

into doing EFT?

 

GB

 

,

" Kaylee " <kaylee4848 wrote:

>

>

> As I had sleep problems even as a baby - I don't know how I would

know what

> " dramatic " thing might have happened to me - I started staying up

to read in

> 2nd grade........well because before that I didn't know how to read

all that

> much......lol

>

> I think my body just does not make serotonin, possibly from the

pituitary

> tumor...

>

> I have also tried the " third " eye, didn't get any relief from that

either -

> I truly believe there is not much I can do if my body just doesn't

make what

> is needed. Except to find out why - which there is only guessing

about -

> not much has been done in this area.

>

>

> SeaLady