ocd/insomnia

[forbes]

Dose any one have the problem of waking up at every sleep cycle?

 

I have mild to moderate anxiety/ocd and i have done some CBT, i have also tried inositol which believe it or not made my sleeping worse. I cut down the dose to 35mg which seems to work nice in the day but still even with out the anxiety in the day i sleep really bad, i have tried the regular things that people suggest, but i still cant seem to sleep through the night consistently.

 

I know that exercise makes it worse and like i said i tried inositol, but even though i got a nice soothing feeling,but in the night i would wake up so anxious almost having panic attacks, having said that i dont really suffer with them. I cut the dose back as i have mentioned on another post to just 35mg and i seem to get a gentle sothing feeling, but still i will wake up around 2:00 am.

 

I keep a reasonable sleep pattern and i live healthy work 5 dys a week, eat healthy in general theres nothing i can think of.

 

I just wonder if its my brain waves or something, i keep my ocd in resonable control and even when im doing good i still dont sleep well.

 

I wonder if it could be a food allergy i have read that they can cause sleep disturbances and also anxiety/ocd/adhd. I do have some excess gass and have already cut ot potatoes and dairy, this actually runs in my family and my grandfather eventually died od bowel canacer when just 34 possibly as a result of continued irritation of the colon.

 

 

OK i rammbeld a littel, just excited to be able to maybe get some feed back.

 

 

Just to finish if anyone comes across this looking for information on inositol i would recomened they dont try the 18 grams mentioned on nearly every web site, as i think its a crazy amount and have had good experiance with way less 35mg.

[Chemar]

Hi

 

my son uses 12-16 gm Inositol for his OCD daily (split into 3 doses) and that is the only dose that works for him so it is very variable. when he was younger 500mg worked best

 

have you tried melatonin for sleep?

as it is also part of the serotonin metabolic pathway it is often very beneficial for people with OCD anxiety and insomnia. there is is highly recommended to start at the very lowest dose of 300 MICROgrams and work up only if needed. some people start high on it and find they are edgy and groggy, while other need higher dose.

 

 

there is also a great product called Natural Calm, which is ionic magnesium citrate. A teaspoon in a cup of warm water at night works wonders to relaxand promote peaceful sleep

 

some people like the herb valerian for sleep but it has an awful smell!! and some dont tolerate it

 

as with all supps, dose and tolerance is trial and error

 

hope that helps and that you find something to promote good zzzzzzs