Sleep deprivation and fibro (also lupus symptoms)

December 3, 2007

FINALLY SOME INFORMATION TO REALLY HELP FIBRO!

Not only fibro, but changing sleep habits can improve EVERYONE'S life, but since fibro is especially disabling, it is important for fibro patients to re-learn about sleep.

I am watching the best sleep documentary on public TV. This Dr. is called the sleep Dr. because he has saved marriages and saved lives by helping people change their sleep lives. He says he saved more marriages by being a sleep Dr. than by being a marriage counselor. His name is Dr. Breus.

Sleep science is a relatively new science, and N. America, UK and Australia have more fibro than the rest of the world. We are pushing ourselves harder and not taking care of ourselves. Not all countries have fibro.

YOU CAN CUT YOUR FIBRO SYMPTOMS IN HALF BY LEARNING THE RIGHT SLEEP HABITS FOR YOU, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.

He thinks that fibro has now become an epidemic because of all the toxic chemicals in our atmosphere, because of our toxic unhealthy habits, and foods, things that grandma knew as common sense, but those words of wisdom have not been passed down in the past 3 generations (about 40 years), and because of the lack of sleep and sleep habits.

The cause of fibro is that we don't get enough of stage 4 sleep, the healing stage of sleep, which heals your muscles and organs. Also without enough healthy sleep (not just sleeping pills), you can gain a lot of weight, because your body produces the weight control chemicals of leptin and if you are deprived of sleep, you get more cortisol, which keeps fat on you. Weight gain makes fibro worse, because being overweight messes up MORE body chemicals, which causes more fibro symptoms. They found that sleep is when your body creates more growth hormone, which is what heals the damage your body has gotten throughout the day, and keeps your skin looking young and you get less wrinkles.

If people get a sleep study done, some find that they only need 45 minutes more than they are getting now, in order to change their life. Some need 2 hours more. The over the counter sleeping pills and prescriptions do not allow your body to do the things it naturally does during sleep. There are only 4 herbs that are proven to do any good with helping with sleep. Lavender, chamomile, Valerian (I take this) and tryptophan or 5 HTP (I take tryptophan too.) Not enough sleep affects your thought processes, personality, irritability. If you drive and have gotten less than 6 hours sleep, you are legally drunk. If you took a test, you would fail the sobriety test.

Getting enough sleep can even improve your sex life, and getting enough sex has a number of other health benefits. Its no longer "not tonight I have a headache", Its now "Not tonight, I am just too tired" and we are hearing it from men just as much as from women.

Needing 8 hours of seep is a myth. Everyone's body is different. People have 5 sleep segments of about 90 minutes. The way to decide how much sleep you need, decide when you need to get up . If you have to get up at 7, you need to go to sleep at 11:00 to get enough of those sleep segments. There are ways to make over your bedroom for free to change your sleep. You need a dark bedroom or dark curtains. There are other hints in his website and book.

He says sleeping in late on the weekend makes things worse, because it throws off your body's cycle. Having a nap during the day is a better idea on your day off, instead of sleeping more. He does not say to get rid of the TV. Some actually need it to wind down, but he insists that it have a sleep button on it, so it will turn off 30 to 60 minutes after you try to go to sleep. He talks about mattresses and sheets and pillows that could change your life, and they are NOT the most expensive ones. He says to avoid polyester sheets. He explains the science why in his site and book.

You can cut your fibro symptoms in half by improving your sleep habits. He explains all the habits that can be changed, and which need to be changed for different types of people. He spoke so fast about the things to do to help you sleep better that I could not write it down fast enough. I would suggest looking online at Dr. Breus's website. http://www.yourbeautysleep.com/ He talks about sleep apnea and C-PAP machines etc. His book is called "Beauty sleep" but doesn't just talk about beauty. He has other gadgets that help with sleep also. The video I watched is called "Good night with the sleep Dr." Breus PH.D. Specialty is sleep. You can get a newsletter from his site that gives you all these tips month by month. He has a whole set called "The Complete Sleep Solution". He had people on TV whose lives had COMPLETELY changed from changing a few things about their sleep. He said he is teaching people to increase the QUALITY of their sleep, not necessarily the quantity of sleep.

Every solution is very very cheap and easy and does not take much time. I am looking forward to changing my life with this! Its so true that the health habits our grandmothers knew has not been passed down because of broken families and both parents having to work so the kids just did not get to learn all that they needed to, and the parents were/are too exhausted to teach the kids everything they used to get taught. His website is so great! It has TONS of great information.He talks about EVERY aspect of your life.

December 4, 2007

My Beautiful Sister Sheila,

My heart goes out to you, my sweet for I lost my Dad in '03

and it was sooooooo hard! Losing a parent, oh, there are just no

words, the pain gets more tolerable but Never goes away. Just know

please, that I am here for you as are so here in your family!! I

thank you also for posting this message about this fine Dr. whom

really seems to understand what Fibro is about. I think she is

starting on the path that others doctors will hopefully follow. Yes,

Valerian root for keeping calm is great! Have you possibly tried

Kava Kava, dear *humble suggestion to your ever so helpful and

amazing love* I thank you for posting a message here even tho your

heart is hurting. I again wish to say I am here for you and thank

you again for your love and sharing this information on Fibromyalgia,

it is SO very much appreciated, dear one!! Namaste and hugs, Luna

>

> FINALLY SOME INFORMATION TO REALLY HELP FIBRO!

> Not only fibro, but changing sleep habits can improve EVERYONE'S

life, but since fibro is especially disabling, it is important for

fibro patients to re-learn about sleep.

> I am watching the best sleep documentary on public TV. This Dr. is

called the sleep Dr. because he has saved marriages and saved lives

by helping people change their sleep lives. He says he saved more

marriages by being a sleep Dr. than by being a marriage counselor.

His name is Dr. Breus.

> Sleep science is a relatively new science, and N. America, UK

and Australia have more fibro than the rest of the world. We are

pushing ourselves harder and not taking care of ourselves. Not all

countries have fibro.

> YOU CAN CUT YOUR FIBRO SYMPTOMS IN HALF BY LEARNING THE

RIGHT SLEEP HABITS FOR YOU, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.

> He thinks that fibro has now become an epidemic because of all

the toxic chemicals in our atmosphere, because of our toxic unhealthy

habits, and foods, things that grandma knew as common sense, but

those words of wisdom have not been passed down in the past 3

generations (about 40 years), and because of the lack of sleep and

sleep habits.

> The cause of fibro is that we don't get enough of stage 4

sleep, the healing stage of sleep, which heals your muscles and

organs. Also without enough healthy sleep (not just sleeping pills),

you can gain a lot of weight, because your body produces the weight

control chemicals of leptin and if you are deprived of sleep, you get

more cortisol, which keeps fat on you. Weight gain makes fibro worse,

because being overweight messes up MORE body chemicals, which causes

more fibro symptoms. They found that sleep is when your body creates

more growth hormone, which is what heals the damage your body has

gotten throughout the day, and keeps your skin looking young and you

get less wrinkles.

> If people get a sleep study done, some find that they only

need 45 minutes more than they are getting now, in order to change

their life. Some need 2 hours more. The over the counter sleeping

pills and prescriptions do not allow your body to do the things it

naturally does during sleep. There are only 4 herbs that are proven

to do any good with helping with sleep. Lavender, chamomile,

Valerian (I take this) and tryptophan or 5 HTP (I take tryptophan

too.) Not enough sleep affects your thought processes, personality,

irritability. If you drive and have gotten less than 6 hours sleep,

you are legally drunk. If you took a test, you would fail the

sobriety test.

> Getting enough sleep can even improve your sex life, and

getting enough sex has a number of other health benefits. Its no

longer " not tonight I have a headache " , Its now " Not tonight, I am

just too tired " and we are hearing it from men just as much as from

women.

> Needing 8 hours of seep is a myth. Everyone's body is

different. People have 5 sleep segments of about 90 minutes. The way

to decide how much sleep you need, decide when you need to get up .

If you have to get up at 7, you need to go to sleep at 11:00 to get

enough of those sleep segments. There are ways to make over your

bedroom for free to change your sleep. You need a dark bedroom or

dark curtains. There are other hints in his website and book.

> He says sleeping in late on the weekend makes things worse,

because it throws off your body's cycle. Having a nap during the day

is a better idea on your day off, instead of sleeping more. He does

not say to get rid of the TV. Some actually need it to wind down, but

he insists that it have a sleep button on it, so it will turn off 30

to 60 minutes after you try to go to sleep. He talks about mattresses

and sheets and pillows that could change your life, and they are NOT

the most expensive ones. He says to avoid polyester sheets. He

explains the science why in his site and book.

> You can cut your fibro symptoms in half by improving your

sleep habits. He explains all the habits that can be changed, and

which need to be changed for different types of people. He

spoke so fast about the things to do to help you sleep better that I

could not write it down fast enough. I would suggest looking online

at Dr. Breus's website. http://www.yourbeautysleep.com/ He

talks about sleep apnea and C-PAP machines etc. His book is

called " Beauty sleep " but doesn't just talk about beauty. He has

other gadgets that help with sleep also. The video I watched is

called " Good night with the sleep Dr. " Breus PH.D. Specialty

is sleep. You can get a newsletter from his site that gives you all

these tips month by month. He has a whole set called " The Complete

Sleep Solution " . He had people on TV whose lives had COMPLETELY

changed from changing a few things about their sleep. He said he is

teaching people to increase the QUALITY of their sleep, not

necessarily the quantity of sleep.

> Every solution is very very cheap and easy and does not take

much time. I am looking forward to changing my life with this! Its so

true that the health habits our grandmothers knew has not been passed

down because of broken families and both parents having to work so

the kids just did not get to learn all that they needed to, and the

parents were/are too exhausted to teach the kids everything they used

to get taught. His website is so great! It has TONS of great

information.He talks about EVERY aspect of your life.

>

December 4, 2007

WOW WOW WOW.. GREAT INFORMATION~ GREAT LINK..

THANK YOU!

I have gone into the triad sleep for about 3 years now.. Meaning I

wake every 2 to 3 hours.. I never go into the REM.. or very rarely..

I have Fibro.. and a bunch of other problems with this earthly body..

at the moment.. and this just might be the ticket for better health..

Again.. Thank you

~Karma

>

> FINALLY SOME INFORMATION TO REALLY HELP FIBRO!

> Not only fibro, but changing sleep habits can improve EVERYONE'S

life, but since fibro is especially disabling, it is important for

fibro patients to re-learn about sleep.

> I am watching the best sleep documentary on public TV. This Dr. is

called the sleep Dr. because he has saved marriages and saved lives by

helping people change their sleep lives. He says he saved more

marriages by being a sleep Dr. than by being a marriage counselor.

His name is Dr. Breus.

> Sleep science is a relatively new science, and N. America, UK and

Australia have more fibro than the rest of the world. We are pushing

ourselves harder and not taking care of ourselves. Not all countries

have fibro.

> YOU CAN CUT YOUR FIBRO SYMPTOMS IN HALF BY LEARNING THE RIGHT

SLEEP HABITS FOR YOU, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.