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Have you had your thyroid levels checked? There is a connection between
celiac and thyroid disease, and when I went to an endocrinologist after a
year of insomnia he found that I had thyroiditis. Something you might want
to look into.
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I used to have this problem.  I saw a sleep specialist and went through a
sleep study to find out I have sleep apnea.  I now use a CPAP machine to
sleep at night and get into actual deep sleep for the first time in my life.

There are over 70 sleep disorders that can only be properly diagnosed by a
sleep specialist not a primary care doctor.  Did you know that if you have
sleep apnea and take sleeping pills, it can make the condition worse?  It is

important to understand why you are not sleeping well and only a specialist
can properly diagnose this.
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*1)  About 100-200mg of powder from a Magnesium Glyconate capsule, hot
water, few drops of liquid Stevia extract, squeeze of lemon. (This hot drink
helps calm my racing mind and slow down the "mind noise" of yesterday's,
today's, and tomorrow's worries.  Instead of lying in bed with my
negative-self-down-talk.) *
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*2) About 100-200mg of the vitamin, GABA. (GABA is the natural form of
Valium and is very relaxing.  It is addictive-forming, be careful.  Helps
relieve anger & anxiety, and helps calm emotions down.) *
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*3)  Eat protein (meat or beans/rice) for dinner and 2 hours later have a
snack, without dairy or protein, with cooked potatoes with the "skins" still
on! (The potato skins have all of the good stuff in them and will activate
the release of Tryptophan from the "protein dinner" to transform, then, into
the "natural sleep-aid" Serotonin.....and I get SLEEPY.......very, very
SLEEPY and relaxed.  Very pleasant & satisfying way to get sleep.) *
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*4) Look into the possibility of vitamin Zinc & B6 deficiencies: A condition
I also have called, PYROLURIA. (Deficiency of vitamin B6 can cause insomnia,
little to no dream-recall, and/or severe nightmares.  Deficiency of Zinc can
be noticeable by white flecks on the fingernails.)  *
*See also: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroluria *
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*Again, pleas ask a professional health care adviser "before" trying any of
these methods.  I am not a doctor, nor do I "claim" to be a doctor. *
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 I discussed the situation with my
doctor and she prescribed APO-Amitriptyline for me.  This medication has
been around a *long* time and has few contraindications.  It's not a
sleeping pill (my doctor won't prescribe this).  It basically mimics Rem
sleep and relaxes you.  I take a very low dosage (~10-12 mg) when I feel
wound up or unable to relax.  I'm not celiac (I'm on this list so I can
gather info. about the condition for my husband, who is celiac), so I don't
know what the gluten-free status is.  Also, this med. may be called
something else in other countries.

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I also tried L-tryptophan, which is the thing in turkey, almonds, and milk
that promotes sleep. That worked just fine. It is available at health food
stores. Recently I found a mangosteen juice I like really well that is
packed with
anti-oxidants, and it has helped regulate my hormonal imbalances that cause
occasional sleep problems.
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 Try Benadryl, 25 mgm. Be sure to buy original brand, not generic. It is
very safe. McNeil is gluten free, off Clan Thompson list
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I have had sleep issues, mostly waking up in the wee hours of the
morning and not being able to get back to sleep.  My doctor put me on a
sub-therapeutic dose of amitriptyline (sp?) an antidepressant with a
side effect of drowsiness.  I take 5 or 10 mg. before bed.  It's great
for me - I've never looked back.
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I've tried different things, but have found that B-12 Sublingual, 800 UI of
Vit D, and Omega 3 have helped me tremendously, in addition to my Multi-Vit,
selenium, B6, and Super B Complex.  I still have some sleeplessness but can
usually attribute it to eating chocolate late, too much sugar, being hungry
or thirsty, caffiene.  If I watch what I'm doing, I usually sleep pretty
well now (4 years GF).
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 My sleep issues have been solved by taking the supplement 5-HTP
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you might try: magnesium.
Typical symptoms of Mg deficiency are dry mouth but water goes straight to
your bladder, and waking up in the night and being unable to fall asleep
again.  Stir 1/8 tsp Epsoms salts into 6 oz water and taste.  Unless it is
bitter, you need Mg.  You can supplement this way, I do, by drinking the
solution.  If it ever turns bitter, stop for the day, you have enough Mg for
that day.
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I REALLY would not take Ambien. My husband ended up in
the psychiatric ward of the local hospital and again
at the VA from bizarre side effects - VERY bizarre.
After that our primary MD told us he had taken it and
after three nights was so jittery and shaky he thought
he was going to have a breakdown. Since then I've
heard horror story after  horror story, I couldn't
even list them all. The manufacturer is very specific
that it isn't to be used routinely, definitely not
long-term.
I drink a glass of warm milk (honest!) and maintain a
strict caffiene-free life, a bedtime routine that
never varies, and if I'm really tossing and turning, a
benadryl.
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