Posted by Nocturnal1 on December 11, 2009, at 21:41:59
In reply to Re: Vitamin C interferes with my sleep, posted by 49er on July 11, 2009, at 6:39:11
> I know this thread is a 4 months old but I wanted to share my experiences.
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> A few nights ago, I took 3 fish oil capsules and a multivitamin. At around 7pm, I took 500mg vitamin C because I thought that due to it lowering cortisol levels, it might help with sleep. I had still been feeling hyper.
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> I wasn't optimistic that I would get enough sleep but I did.
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> Yesterday, I took 1 fish oil capsule and the same multivitamin dose. Because I felt sleepy after dinner, I didn't take the vitamin C. I easily fell asleep but woke up at around 3am and couldn't get back to sleep.
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> I am not sure what this all proves if anything but it just shows how variable our experiences can be.
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> 49ersorry to post to an old post, but I read old posts all the time! Fish oil has been found to act like an antidepressant in research, and would therefore improve sleep. I started to take it a year ago for sleep problems and it did get me sleeping thru the night. I used to wake after 2-3hours of sleep, but it got me up to five straight hours of sleep, and still does. I normally am a 6 hour sleeper and am searching in vain for another hour of sleep! not all fish oils work the same and could be a hunt and find job for a person. I found a concentrated(I think its a walgreens brand: natures finest, concentrated) and the EPA component is the most important value in the fish oil that helps the sleep side. I also found I have to take it in the morning, and one at dinner time. it didn't work as well if I took it before bedtime for some reason. I used to take larger doses of vit C, like @1500mg, and decided to cut down on it to what ever is in a multi vitamin, cause I thought it was doing more harm than good(constant sinus problems, frequent urination)other than sleep changes(losing that hour of sleep) and I don't know if that's from less C, I think I do better without the 1500mg of C. I may try the 250mg of C at bedtime though. I know I've read we need a lot of C to get past the blood-brain barrier, supposedly involved with the neuro-transmitters. but how much is a lot for a person? I am leary of mega-dosing in C anymore because of the contraindications with that. But so far, fish oil is the only supplement that works consistently over time, just looking for other supplements to push it over the 5 hour mark now!
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