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Whoa tiger! Careful how far down you burn that candle at both ends.Oh well. I promise to pay my energy reserves back with sufficient rest when it's all done.
Sigh. Yes, m'am.Whoa tiger! Careful how far down you burn that candle at both ends.
What do you do after that to promote sleep?
Right now I'm dealing with the second week in a row of disturbed-sleep nights where I wake sometime between midnight and 3:30 and I can't get back to sleep, night-upon-night. Putting things together, I wouldn't be surprised if this is occurring because I've pushed myself beyond 1 or 2 o'clock.
I have double COMT mutations as well. More activity and exercise also leaves me revved up for 24 hours or more.I’ve always been like this even before i got sick which suggest to me that’s it’s a neurotransmitter issue. My daughter is also like this- the more active she is the more hyper she gets and the less she can sleep - she’s not sick (yet but is showing some very mild signs) I do wonder if people who experience this have the COMT slow gene (met/met) which means they struggle to break down dopamine fast enough which would cause that revved up feeling after exercise.
In recent years I've been forcing myself to walk 3 miles every day (not briskly but just at a comfortable pace).
I'm also wondering if any of you experience MORE energy if you sleep less.
That happened to me when I was more on the mild end. It doesn't happen so much now. I think of this as the running on fumes and adrenaline stage and that it's a harbinger of a crash.That's certainly the case with me. I feel really revved up today even though I couldn't sleep last night.
I'm also wondering if any of you experience MORE energy if you sleep less. That's certainly the case with me.
That happened to me when I was more on the mild end.