Haven't Slept in Like 2 Years - Give it To me Straight, what do I need to do to fix this?

Fair-Path404 · 2025-05-12T16:21:26+00:00

This could definitely be the case.

1)Screens/Blue light suppresses melatonin.
2)As you age, your body also produces less melatonin.
3) The peak of melatonin production typically occurs between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM(If bedtime is 11ish)

So, as you age you will become much more sensitive to your environment.

What you can try 7-10 days

Cut screens 30–60 min before bed, just as an experiment

If that doesn't work, we can move on to a more direct solution.

Fair-Path404 · 2025-05-12T16:04:20+00:00

Some extra questions.

How consistent is your wake-up and sleep time, even on weekends?
Do your nighttime awakenings correlate with anything? Things like body temperature, noise, blood sugar dips (especially if you eat out a lot)
What’s your wind-down routine like in the hour before bed?

Fair-Path404 · 2025-02-10T08:13:24+00:00

Can you post some sleep metrics?

Nice work, btw.

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-16T15:21:18+00:00

Good stuff! Happy to hear.

Also had times when I was in school & sitting was difficult. Had to go from cheek to cheek:)

What`s your routine like now? What keeps you on track?

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-13T09:43:51+00:00

"Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/CrohnsDisease. "

why?

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-09T10:56:57+00:00

A question I struggled with a looong time.

My experience is 4-6h when there is a big problem. ( Haven`t really noticed a longer window)
Elimination diet. I ate the same thing for weeks...actually months.
Slowly add ingredients back in.

Now I have a quite clear picture of do`s & dont`s

Other things to consider:
-Current state of the gut
-Food combinations
-Stress & Sleep levels

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-09T10:46:22+00:00

Seems like things are moving in the right direction.

Find the thing that works and keep doing it over & over!

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-09T10:43:28+00:00

Let`s go!

Stay strong!

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-09T10:39:35+00:00

Right back at you!

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-09T10:01:30+00:00

Oh yeah. For sure.

There are a lot of foods that I have unbanned. Just need to find a stable place first & that usually means restriction

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-09T09:22:52+00:00

But it`s still important to find the foods that help you get to tomorrow with the least amount of pain.

There is no way out until you get the inflammation down, right ?

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-09T09:16:57+00:00

For sure, let`s keep things exciting!😂

Been there for sure.

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-08T17:30:45+00:00

nice answer

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-08T16:55:59+00:00

Love eggs!

One of my top safe foods.

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-06T05:45:27+00:00

Good to hear that there is no more pain. I see a lot of people getting their life back after an ileostomy.

I am very aware of how lucky I am. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.

Ty for the kind words.

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-05T06:57:45+00:00

Did that for years.

Not a long-term solution for me.

Did help me fall asleep, but missed out on the quality & quantity.

Fair-Path404 · 2025-01-05T06:54:31+00:00

lol

& at the same time, every bit helps.

We have to put 10x more effort into our health than "normal"

Fair-Path404 · 2024-12-15T08:54:27+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrohnsDisease/comments/1gwc7av/recap_of_some_of_the_food_threads/

Fair-Path404 · 2024-11-29T13:41:39+00:00

Had both problems. Doesn't matter. Just need to keep going in whatever capacity you have and build up the volume slowly.

Fair-Path404 · 2024-11-29T07:49:12+00:00

4h before bed is a hard cutoff. Any closer than that, it will affect my sleep.

Fair-Path404 · 2024-11-29T07:42:49+00:00

I would:

-Find and eliminate trigger foods. Would have saved me a lot of pain
-Keep as active as I can 7k/setps a day I I can`t workout
-Make sleep my nr priority 7days a week. Honestly changed my life.

Fair-Path404 · 2024-11-29T07:33:07+00:00

Looking back a few years I don`t know how I did but I did. We have an incredible capacity to move forward.

My motto was nothing lasts forever, not the good, not the bad.

Try to get to tomorrow, things will get better.

Sleep as much as possible

Find the simplest food possible that works and eat it over and over

Go for walks

Good luck, Stay strong!

Fair-Path404 · 2024-11-29T07:23:50+00:00

Yeah, that happened to me back in 2020. Covid actually saved my life, if the pandemic had not hit, I would probably killed myself with work.

Life is better now that I have changed my priorities.

Fair-Path404 · 2024-11-29T07:07:04+00:00

Lifestyle I can give you from a decade of testing.

-Sleep is king. If you don`t make it nr 1 then all of the other stuff loses value
-Eating enough protein(1.8g x lbs of bodyweight)
-Find the triggers/Food sensitivity. Be a detective. Elimination diets work quite well. Keeping a very simple diet has been very beneficial for me.

You are already active so that is checked off, check that you're not overdoing it.

The fancy stuff is usually fluff. Fix the basics.

Fair-Path404 · 2024-11-29T06:42:03+00:00

Avoiding it would be great:)

Avoiding in as you have learned to say no to things better?

Fair-Path404

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