That's great that your other symptoms have subsided - sorry to hear about the insomnia....

What have you tried to help with the sleep?

Root cause of insomnia can be many things and can also change during your treatment course. Id like to think of it as root causES and the body adapting to a new but faulty sleep cycle thats hard to break out of.

There are many herbs, amino acids and some Rx's that will help with the below insomnia causes:

1)Hormones: adrenals on edge and low thyroid
2)Anxiety and or depression
3)Body pain
4)candida, ammonia, unbalanced body pH

What I did to break the cycle: Instead total hrs of "bed time", which includes lying awake. I sought more deep REM sleep which happens for most just before sunrise. I restricted by total bed time to going to bed later which resulted in deeper sleep. I also changed my work hours to get up with the sun instead of before in the dark. This resulted in falling asleep quicker and having deeper REM with dreams again.

hi, thanks for all responses. i am treating with biomagnetism and that alone. i am in ireland and there is one lyme doc for the whole country- so decided to give biomag a shot - the therapist i go to is unreal! he started practicing after his brother got lyme and was in a wheelchair for years doctor's where baffled but he's back in full health now , his success rate for many people is amazing he only treats lyme and knows his stuff! .i have seen a massive decline in many syptoms and now have no active infections ( i did have 2 strains of babesia,bart, borrellia was actually a co infect and a good few others ) i do still have massive imbalances and still have a way to go ..insomnia is killing me at the moment - as per sandys post i am taking l'orthithine , magnesium melatonin makes me sleepy but i never actually fall asleep many other sleepy things valerian , 5http, just make me wired! i am seeing an improvement but its so light i question if ive even been asleep - it takes me hours and hours to drift off , i have alot of brain pressure sometimes burning sensations, face pressure and ear pressure and alot of eye flickering- but every month there is improvements about 5 months ago i was having almost seizurey incidents every time id close my eyes but thats all gone now its so much calmer ...i suppose its just a matter of keep going with the treatment lack of sleep is by far the worst symptom ive experienced ...

Per Dr. MR, an LLMD in Seattle Washington, Trazodone 25mg, 50mg or more will attain the all-important REM sleep (or was it Doxepin? I can't remember. Both? sry Lymebrain!..) I was and still am desperate for some shut-eye, the REM and deep stages in particular.

The only thing that knocks me out for 8 or 10-12 hours of badly needed sleep is the following:

Trazodone 50 mg (I only take half or 25mg if I am also taking the Doxepin 10mg)
Doxepin 10 mg
Melatonin 3 mg or less
Sleepytime Tea ( or make your own Peppermint/Chamomile blend)
Hydroxyzine Pamoate 50 mg

Ireland eh? I used to try and read James Joyce's Ulysses in high school (!)

Also good sleep hygiene helps me: cold room preferably less than 75 degrees Fahrenheit, foam earplugs, sleep apnea machine-mask, turn off all cell phones, LED lights....

The insomnia is truly one of the more hellish symptoms of this awful disease!

yeah I was hesitant to post it on here as no one seems to be using it on this forum - TBH i was extremely skeptical starting out but its working simple as that .. I have herxed I have passed parasites etc etc but look each to there own .. thanks again for the sleep advise I know it will eventually fall into place just patience and persistence I suppose

sandyfeet said...
Can you share some info on the retrovirus protocol that you're following k07?

This interview covers a lot of it:
/www.betterhealthguy.com/episode78

Right now I'm drinking cistus tea (sometimes skip a day), homeopathic suramin (2x a day), broccoli sprout capsule (good for cancer prevention too), chinese skullcap. I need to add some other things but I'm feeling pretty good so taking it really slow. To be honest though, I was doing the suramin alone for a good month when I started sleeping better. And I also changed to a non-toxic mattress at the exact same time.

thanks guys, its a tough one because every medical professional i have been too has dismissed firstly lyme and then biomagnetism so maybe i am being a bit too defensive because its just become the norm 🙄 i appreciate your concern and advice .. its working no doubt about it, i went into it skeptical but wanting to give it a fair chance to work as there is nothing to loose ..bar money ( and its prob the cheapest option available) hand on my heart it has got me to a better place and i hope for contuined improvement - it seems to be taking off massively in the lyme community in ireland and i have read many many success stories and met people who it has given them a clean slate of health or gotten them to a place where they can start to have a better quality of life the biggest struggle is having no medical expert to turn too and putting 100% faith into it and beleive me there has been many times i have doubted if i am doing the right thing its been a very tough 9 months on more than one occasion i have thought about giving up and trying something else but i am glad i persevered ... i said i would do it for a year and if im not getting the results i would move on to plan b so thats exactly what im doing.. at the moment my biggest problem seems to be a fairly whacked endocrine system, possibly thyroid related , hormones and that bloody insomnia - thank you everyone for the advice these boards are very valuable to me