The Dynamics of Dysregulated Sleep Cycle and Cortisol Normalization

The physiological cumulative impact of stressful situations and experiences results in physiological challenges- to hormonal and brain chemical regulation , to sub-clinical thyroid function, resulting in sleep dysregulation and gradually much more.
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     For sleep re-regulation , the underlying pieces are

     1. anything that judiciously removes waste, so getting up to urinate in the night is reduced . Sugar and caffeine and non- organic alcohol all irritate the bladder. The simplest tool is often a liquid Bentonite, taken twice a day , in tiny and then increased increments.
     2. Anything that, on a daily basis ,naturally calms inflammation and pain for sleep disturbance, like $$$$ Zyflamend or Zyfamend PM. Boswellia . Bromelain. Meadowsweet. My anti-inflammatory formula is Devils Claw 3 parts, Boswellia 2, Meadowsweet 2, Bupleurum 1, Jamaican Dogwood 1. Amazing for pain and inflammation .
     3. Cortisol regulation , too much, and then too little with ultimate Adrenal Fatigue, stops people from falling asleep and remaining asleep . Take care investigating what herbs you use. Some reduce cortisol nicely , some increase cortisol, for those of us that make virtually none, and some supplements regulate cortisol production, as amphoterics .
     Thus, after considering what little biofeedback machine to save up for and use , integrating exercise, mindfulness , after trying out chewable Theanine and GABA to build things up and cool things out, the cortisol balancers that often foster normalization of sleep are:
     -Twinlab Super c w. Bioflavonoids , powder, often 1tsp 3x day,
     -Pantothenic Acid 500 mg 3x day
     -Magnesium Malate Chelate or Citrate 500 mg 3x day.

All watching for gradual acclimation and bowel tolerance.

(This post is  shared as educational information only, has not been evaluated by the FDA, and in no way, shape or form is intended as medical information. Please always consult with an informed medical practitioner prior to ingesting anything at all.) 

7.18.15 How it is with love

     My daughter comes by today, to help w painting in the rental cottage , to see me and her Dad. 
     We go look at the amazing bounty from the garden he planted, and she happily fills bag after bag with fresh produce . 
     We walk through my herb gardens, and she takes photos , as I identify plant after beloved plant , describing their medicinal properties . She is awash with delight, saying how much her boyfriend would love to be here, for this; he studying to be a Naturopath and Acupuncturist, she studying to be an Acupuncturist and Herbalist .
     And as we meander through and gaze at plants, it all comes round to me.
     All the years, after her birth; all the ages and struggles and remarkable experiences and injuries and the revelation of individual challenges, of gifts. 

           Children are like saplings, a largely unidentified genus.  

 

     You have no idea what their particulars are, or will become . 

     So you tender them , in between being a very human parent, and grossly imperfect, with the very best of intentions.
     You tender them and water and weed and fertilize. You wrap them with burlap for hard times and aerate their soil for hot weather.
     And you sit with them and watch , and discover what kind of tree they slowly , irrevocably, become.

7.18.15 Smoothing it all out

Funny how , years later, in our lives, stuff floats up ; and we have the opportunity to smooth out the residual kinks.

7.18.15 Faith is simply what we grow, when we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel

Faith is simply what we grow, when we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel . We grow faith in whatever holds true and lasting meaning for us. 
     The more difficult the circumstance, the more solid the meaning must be. 
     Like boot camp, for developing the true love of true faith within us. From the tiny imperceptible seeds of faith we are born with, to whatever shape or form our grown and solid and powerful faith becomes rendered into, quite perfectly ... and certainly not easily , by these very experiences. 
     Only after getting to know this magnificent full blown faith within us, are we moved to accept how impossibly difficult things do happen, and the gifts we are left holding.