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Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by stooliepidgin »

specialist wrote: post #83
rojeee wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not that I'm an expert in sleep but I would recommend assessing your cortisol levels - you can do a blood test and I think there are also saliva tests - if you are regularly waking up early. I'd also recommend reflecting on whether there are any chronic stressors in your life - sometimes these things affect you for so long you almost become unaware of them! I guess you alrready know this but 11000 IU is a massive dos…

My cortisol levels were way out of whack. Getting them under control helped. Definitely my first treatment resulting in real benefits. For some of us, insomnia is a multi-factor disease. So I had to do All The Things. My sleep hygiene regiment is a superset of everything listed here. Ultimately, I needed proper diagnosis and then treatment of my sources of chronic pain to attain somewhat healthy sleep patterns. Pinch…

How would someone control their cortisol levels? Maslow's hierarchy of needs, medical/pharma interventions, and/or something else?

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by jjice »

da39a3ee wrote: post #34

Has anyone here managed to reduce the frequency of waking to pee at night (e.g. by controlling liquid intake)? For me it’s 2 times/ night with difficulty going back to sleep so fairly huge disturbance.

As much as I'd rather do it, I stop drinking anything about an hour before bed. Kind of sucks because I'd like to go to be hydrated.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by ryanchants »

m0zg wrote: post #43
rapsey wrote: post #37

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My insomnia was fixed using vitamin d and magnesium. Magnesium has by far the bigger impact.

Magnesium (in the form of ZMA) is known to increase the vividness of dreams for some reason. Or maybe it's something else in ZMA. I did take it daily when I was lifting heavy, and I can confirm. It's a side benefit in my book, unless your dreams are nightmares.

I take ZMA with 5-HTP to take the edge off the dreams.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by rojeee »

stooliepidgin wrote: post #91
specialist wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My cortisol levels were way out of whack. Getting them under control helped. Definitely my first treatment resulting in real benefits. For some of us, insomnia is a multi-factor disease. So I had to do All The Things. My sleep hygiene regiment is a superset of everything listed here. Ultimately, I needed proper diagnosis and then treatment of my sources of chronic pain to attain somewhat healthy sleep patterns. Pinch…

How would someone control their cortisol levels? Maslow's hierarchy of needs, medical/pharma interventions, and/or something else?

More aerobic exercise, less anerobic exercise, more meditation, etc.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by rojeee »

stooliepidgin wrote: post #90
rojeee wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not that I'm an expert in sleep but I would recommend assessing your cortisol levels - you can do a blood test and I think there are also saliva tests - if you are regularly waking up early. I'd also recommend reflecting on whether there are any chronic stressors in your life - sometimes these things affect you for so long you almost become unaware of them! I guess you alrready know this but 11000 IU is a massive dos…

Incorrect. The RDA and TUL amounts for vitamin D are wrong. 10k IU/day is safe. Dr. Fauci takes 6k IU/day. My levels of 25(OH)D3 are optimal. It takes slightly over what the real average TUL should be because of my mass and apparently poor absorption. Edit: Cortisol levels are fine. I also had a complete HPA/G/T workup by an endocrinologist. The results were unremarkable. I even had testing for pheochromocytoma, alth…

That's interesting. Is there a paper I can read? Quite interested in this stuff. Cheers

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by carabiner »

JonathanFly wrote: post #41
tylerwhipple wrote: post #33

If anyone is struggling with sleep, I highly recommend episode 1-3 of the Huberman Lab podcast ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XfCl-HpRM ), it has literally changed my life. Dr. Huberman is a Neurobiologist at Stanford and explains the science of sleep vs just telling you to not look at bright screens at night. I struggled with sleeping for 20+ years, now I easily wake up early. The biggest game changer: Sunlight…

>The biggest game changer: Sunlight in your eyes within 30 minutes of waking up. Try morning walks for 1 week (without sunglasses) and your life will be changed. For me I had to also really avoid light at night. F.lux or Windows Night Mode is not enough. You gotta suffer with strong indoor lightblocker glasses, or use e-ink or something at night. And in the winter there sometimes isn't enough sun. You need a LOT of l…

I've thought about trying to simulate an outdoors awakening. With Phillips hue lights you can simulate the sunrise, then a smart thermostat for having the air become warmer. You could play bird chirping noises as well. Can't do much about making the air smell different in the morning like it does outdoors.

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by [deleted] »

FrankyHollywood wrote: post #56

I needed better sleeping and tried various things. In the end I stopped drinking coffee and tea. For me its now just hot or cold water, sometimes a herbal tea, and an occasional beer or orange juice. First caffeine-free weekend I had terrible headaches, than came weeks of strong urges (I felt I was an addict). In these weeks I just fell asleep on the couch or even at my desk at work. I slept a lot these weeks, during…

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Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by TomJansen »

carabiner wrote: post #97
JonathanFly wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The biggest game changer: Sunlight in your eyes within 30 minutes of waking up. Try morning walks for 1 week (without sunglasses) and your life will be changed. For me I had to also really avoid light at night. F.lux or Windows Night Mode is not enough. You gotta suffer with strong indoor lightblocker glasses, or use e-ink or something at night. And in the winter there sometimes isn't enough sun. You need a LOT of l…

I've thought about trying to simulate an outdoors awakening. With Phillips hue lights you can simulate the sunrise, then a smart thermostat for having the air become warmer. You could play bird chirping noises as well. Can't do much about making the air smell different in the morning like it does outdoors.

Opening a window?

Re: Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality

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Post by arkj »

> At the end of the study, the data on 89 subjects (44 in intervention group and 45 people in placebo group) were examined.

And in the conclusion they add

> Based on the results of the present study, at the end of the study sleep score (PSQI) reduced significantly in vitamin recipients as compared with placebo recipients (P It’s 44 vs 45 why don’t they use the simple language they started with. It would have been great if they also said how many people felt better by placebo alone.

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