Violeta
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Mary, I am so glad you found something to help your insomnia! It's so great that it helps lower your blood pressure, too!
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Yes - I'm still stunned by how well I'm sleeping and that my BP has gone down - couldn't ask for anything more out of a cheap bottle of herbs!Mary, I am so glad you found something to help your insomnia! It's so great that it helps lower your blood pressure, too!
I know B-6 helps some with sleep but taken at night gives me insomnia
@L'engle - Interesting! I found the opposite to be true for me, if my potassium is low in the evening, it interferes with my sleep. I don't think I ever have high potassium! How do you tell when yours is high?I've found B-6 is potassium sparing so if I have high potassium in the evening it can keep me awake longer. If I have low potassium it can help me sleep. Not sure if it works the same for others but it's an idea.
Hi @Mary -- I've been meaning to mention that I recently started regularly using a hand held massager (similar to this one). I started using it because of some pain and stiffness in various parts of my body, especially my lower back. I discovered that when I use it all over my body for 5-10 minutes, there was much less stiffness in my body when I got up in the morning. It also seems to modestly improve my sleep quality!@sb4 - good question. The hawthorn did indeed stop helping with sleep - not surprising, this happens with everything I try, though I think the hawthorn helped longer than most things I try. But I still take it - I think it is still helping my BP.