For the past two nights, I have slept 7-8 hours. I took a lot of different things for sleep on both days. But I am not certain which thing helped me sleep so I decided to omit one each night until I discover what works for me. Below is the list of things I did, starting with the first night I slept more than 3-5 hours.
Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6, (7-8 hours’ sleep)
- Breakfast: Olly Ultra Goodbye STRESS
- Lunch: Taurine 1k
- Mg 500 mg.
- Walked the trail (95 degrees) for the sun to stimulate my pineal gland
- Dinner:
- Romaine lettuce and two kiwis (Dr. Greger’s research)
- TrueLife PB™, 2 capsules
- Turned TV off at 8 pm
- Before shower 8:30-9: 1 Zarbee’s Natural SLEEP with melatonin
- Before bed: Two small squirts (less than ½ tsp) of a friend’s cannabis tincture
- The 4-7-8 breathing technique
- Stopped checking the clock every time I got up after going to bed
- Air conditioner (AC) set on 68 degrees
Sunday, August 7 (8 hours sleep)
- Breakfast: Olly Ultra Goodbye STRESS
- Lunch: (NO Taurine) Mg 500 mg.
- Walked trail in the morning, no sun
- Dinner:Romaine lettuce and two kiwis (Dr. Greger’s research) and 2 capsules of TrueLife PB™
- Turned TV off at 8 pm
- Before shower 8:30-9: 1 Zarbee’s Natural SLEEP, Two small squirts (less than ½ tsp) of my friend’s cannabis tincture
- Stopped checking the clock every time I got up after going to bed
- AC set on 68 degrees
Monday, August 8 (6-7 hours sleep)
- Breakfast: Olly Ultra Goodbye STRESS
- Lunch: (NO Taurine), Mg 500 mg.
- Walked trail in the morning, no sun
- Dinner: Romaine lettuce and two kiwis (Dr. Greger’s research) and 2 capsules of TrueLife PB™
- Turned TV off at 8 pm
- Before shower 8:30-9: 1 Zarbee, Two small squirts (less than ½ tsp) of my friend’s cannabis tincture
- Looked at the clock every time I got up.
- Air conditioner set on 70 degrees
Tuesday, August 9 (6-7 hours sleep)
- Breakfast: Olly Ultra Goodbye STRESS
- Lunch: Mg 500 mg and 1 capsule TrueLife PB™
- Walked trail in the morning, no sun
- Dinner: Romaine lettuce and two kiwis, 1 capsule of TrueLife PB™
- Turned TV off at 8 pm
- Before shower 8:30-9: 1 Zarbee, NO cannabis tincture
- Looked at the clock every time I got up.
- AC set on 69 degrees
Wednesday, August 10 (6 hours sleep)
- Breakfast: Olly Ultra Goodbye STRESS
- Lunch: Mg 250 mg. and 1 capsule TrueLife PB™
- Walked trail in the morning, no sun
- Dinner: Romaine lettuce and two kiwis, 1 capsule TrueLife PB™
- Turned TV off at 8 pm
- Before shower 8:30-9: 1 Zarbee, 2 squirts of cannabis & CBD tincture
- 4-7-8 breathing technique
- Looked at the clock every time I got up.
- AC set on 69 degrees
Thursday, August 11 (almost 6 hours sleep)
- Breakfast: Olly Ultra Goodbye STRESS
- Lunch: Mg 500 mg., Taurine 1 K, 1 capsule TrueLife PB™
- Did NOT walk the trail
- Dinner: Romaine lettuce and two kiwis
- Turned TV off at 8 pm
- Before shower 8:30-9: 1 Zarbee, 2 squirts of cannabis & CBD tincture
- Used 4-7-8 breathing technique
- Looked at the clock every time I got up.
- AC set on 69 degrees
- 4 AM took 3 mg of time-release Melatonin
What did not make a difference:
- Walking without sunglasses in the sun to stimulate pineal gland
- Taurine
- Doing the 4-7-8 breathing technique
- Taking the ½ cannabis ½ CBD tincture; the cannabis tincture seemed to be more effective without the CBD component.
Summary:
This project was intended to find out what product didn’t work for me so I wouldn’t buy it again. As a retired professor who does lots of research, I can say that this little study might not be accurate. Even so, I will continue doing what worked for me on Sunday night, August 7 when I slept for 8 hours because sleeping is more important to me than being accurate at this time.
My next project will be “What to do when you wake up and can’t go back to sleep” because that’s what happened Thursday night, August 11 when I got up for a pit stop at 4 a.m. and could not go back to sleep.
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Till then,
Please be kind to everyone you meet, for we all have our hidden sorrows. ~Tzaddi
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