Posted by dreamboat_annie on November 30, 2006, at 18:32:14
In reply to Any Ideas What This Daily Pattern Is?, posted by blueberry on November 30, 2006, at 17:52:35
I was experiencing the same thing for quite some time, and for me it was a blood sugar thing. My blood sugar is low, so the mornings were not very pleasant - shaky, anxious, tired even the times I managed to get more than 6 hours of sleep . . . I would get the afternoon crash and would seem to come back to life about 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. A regular doctor did not find the hypoglycemia, but I did see a naturopath who did tests, including blood tests (glucose tolerance test, which is done over a period of 2 - 3 hours). I started taking chromium 3 times a day, increased the amount of protein I was eating, ate 6 small meals a day instead of three, added in some protein snacks like almonds and used a few other natural things for a few months that the naturopath suggested. It took a couple of months until I started waking up not shaky, etc., afternoon energy and mood improved and I seemed to sleep better. Anyway, it's happening to me again (not to the same degree), but I am pretty sure it's my blood sugar because I started drinking coffee again, and being the addict that I am, I have gone overboard in my consumption.
Sorry this was so long.
> For 2 years now I have experienced a strange daily pattern. I have tried to change it with things like high carb meals vs protein meals. Also tried different med dosing times. Even with supplements...like tyrosine that gives me a nice boost...the afternoon crash happens regardless. Xanax gives me a real nice mood...but fails me in the afternoon. Nothing changes the pattern. I will rate mood on a 1 to 10 scale, 10 being suicidal, 1 being fantastic.
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> Waking = 8
> Morning = 5
> Afternoon = 9
> Evening = 3
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> I feel really bad upon waking. I improve throughout the morning. The afternoon sinking, as I call it, is viscious and highly predictable no matter what I eat or anything. The evening bounce, as I call it, is fairly predictable no matter what I eat or anything. I've tried various meds the last 2 years. Different doses. I've tried my longtime zyprexa at 2pm, 4pm, 8pm...no difference. Even with a steady state of the long halflife of prozac there was no difference. The evening bounce comes with or without zyprexa. I drink decaf coffee.
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> What is this pattern? Some kind of hormonal thing? Some kind of glucose thing? Some kind of bipolar thing? I don't understand it except that it is relentless. Any ideas? What am I overlooking?
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