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[twistedchick]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Wednesday) now to midnight UT (8pm Thursday Eastern Time).

Poll #23956 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 69

How are you doing?

I am OK
57 (82.6%)

I am not OK but I don't need help right now
12 (17.4%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
29 (42.6%)

One other person
19 (27.9%)

More than one other person
20 (29.4%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

Sleep tips

[kathmandu]

Things I've experienced:

* If you're starting to drift off to sleep, then wake up with a jerk! ...drift almost to sleep, wake up with a jerk! ...repeat, that's calcium deficiency.

* If you lie in bed and you're tired, and your muscles are relaxed, but your mind will not slow down or drowse, it just runs and runs... that's often magnesium deficiency.

For both of those, I take supplements. You could try milk for the calcium, or dark green vegetables for the magnesium, if you don't have supplements.

Relevant to current conditions: both calcium and magnesium are used in the nervous system, and people tend to need more than usual when under stressful conditions.

* Sometimes I'm topped up on both of those, and still have trouble relaxing into sleep. Those times, getting more omega-3 fatty acids helps. Fish oil works, or nuts like cashews, almonds, walnuts.

* My brother at one point was waking up in the middle of each night, and not falling back asleep. He eventually realized he'd gone vegan without noticing, for convenience reasons, and his body needed animal fats to make enough sleep hormones. Getting even a little animal fat, even butter, helped.

That's everything I know, sorry it's not more.

Re: Sleep tips

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

I've heard potassium lack can make muscle pain worse. That's bananas and plantains, though I'm sure other sources work too.

A variety of foods if possible is key. I, might, be a touch bad at that myself. =)

Re: Sleep tips

[rose_griffes]

AHA, thanks so much for this. Accidental semi-veganism recently + more stress recently (due to... everything) sound like possible culprits for me.