Re Sleep

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Laha1960@... wrote:

> In a message dated 10/22/04 1:01:26 PM Central Daylight Time,

> Autism and Aspergers Treatment writes:

>

>> My son didn't sleep through the night until he was 7. There is huge

>> laundry list of things that I tried. Here is partial list.

>>

>> 1. A specific bedtime routine

>

> My son had this problem too until he was about 6 or 7 and we went to

> having a bedtime med which does also help with sleep. He is a good

> sleeper now and his meds help that. Also, we have had him listening

> to light classical music, and he loves a lava lamp to stare at and he

> has his fan running to drown out noise. Also make sure that they

> only do calming activties before bed and no caffeine two hours or

> more before bed.

Louie had those problems too, and nothing we tried worked (except

L-tryptophan, and it was taken off the market). Then I read something

somewhere (I don't remember where) that said apples disturbed sleep

patterns in some autistic. Louie loved apples, and could go through a

couple of pounds a day if we didn't watch him. So we took away apples

and apple products and guess what! He began to sleep through the night

for the first time in his life! As it turns out, it was probably the

phenols that were doing it. Anyway, cheap solution and it worked, if

anyone wants to try it.

Annie, who loves ya annie@...

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If I am like others, who will be like me? -- Yiddish Proverb

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*** I have the same problem and it's been going

on for months now, can't sleep, only for a couple of hours each night. I feel

so exhausted. I've tried many things too and nothing seems to work. I wake up

after a couple of hours, feel very anxious, shaking inside, stressed, irritable

and I'm sweating like crazy. The sweating does go away and then I feel cold but

can't get back to sleep. Around noon at work I feel so tired I was to sleep.

It's the worst things. I'm assuming it's from the candida or a combo of

candida/thyroid/adrenals.

Maddy

Thanks for sharing. I go to bed around 9.30 to 10 at nite & am always

up at 1 am. Sometimes with palpitations, sometimes, just up & tossing

& turning. It's so irritating.

So if anyone has a method that works.... pleeesseeee.....

Shirin

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>

>

> *** I have the same problem and it's been going

> on for months now, can't sleep, only for a couple of hours each

night. I feel

> so exhausted. I've tried many things too and nothing seems to work.

I wake up

> after a couple of hours, feel very anxious, shaking inside,

stressed, irritable

> and I'm sweating like crazy. The sweating does go away and then I

feel cold but

> can't get back to sleep. Around noon at work I feel so tired I was

to sleep.

> It's the worst things. I'm assuming it's from the candida or a

combo of

> candida/thyroid/adrenals.

Hi Maddy. I believe that toxins are the main cause of sleep problems.

Bee

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> **** thanks Bee .... wouldn't you think lots of the toxins would be

cleaned out now since being on the diet very strict for 4 months. I

understand it will take a lot longer to heal the body.

+++Hi Maddy. Candida is still overgrowing and putting out toxins until

the immune system becomes strong enough to " make " candida " change back "

into the friendly helpful organism it is supposed to be in the body.

Also some toxins that have accumulated in the body take time for them

to clear out, depending upon when you acquired them, how much was

accumulated, and what kind of toxins they were.

Hugs to you too my friend,

Bee