Sleep Experiments Continued

Using the Imitation crab as a protein source to create serotonin rarely works.
Using only spirulina as a protein source to create serotonin rarely works.
The combination of these to works more often, but still less than 25%.

Using spirulina and Whey protein rarely works.

In all the tests above, there came a desire for sweets in 30 minutes.
Indulging with honey seemed to increase the chance of sleep,
but it took too much in my opinion.

In all of these tests, I am also taking seroquel and Xanax.
I switched to taking Xanax at night, and it did seem to imporve things.

I have used Tuna Fish (TF) as the source for protein, with Spirulina, for the last 3 nights.
I continued hte use of Xanax and Seroquel
The results have been very good. There is still a desire for sweets, but instead of honey,
I ate more tuna fish, and that seemed to handle it. I fell alseep within the first hour of starting this regimine.

On the first TF night, I slept very soundly for 3 hours. I dreamed for the first time in a long time. Upon waking, I had more TF and Seroquel, and was able to get back to sleep in an hour. and slept deeply and dreamfully 3.5 hours when the alarm went off to get ready for Church (9AM). I tried on this amount of sleep, and it wasn't enough. I was barely able to stay awake. I did not take any more meds/food, and slept again. I woke up at 4PM, seven hours later. This was not a deep sleep.

On the second TF night, I only had TF at the start. , with the same results, 2 sleep periods, very deep with dreams. I believe the waking after 3 to 4 hours is the seroquel running off. I tried going to work at 9 AM, and last 5 hours before I was just too sleepy to continue. Also flu symptoms returned, had diarhea all the rest of the day. So I fast and drank only water. I was supposed to go shopping that night, but didn't. I was upset because I didn't get home fast enough between bouts of diarhea, and soiled my clothes. I did not want to wear diapers, so I didn't go out again.

On the third TF night, I only had 1 can of TF left. This time the first sleep period was 6 hours. I think was due to adding one additional therapy.

Prior to bedtime, I use the computer. Note: I have altered my Display so that is only using 20% of its Blue Light. It comes from the factory configured with 50% for each of Red, Green and Blue. I won't wexplain here why blue light is an issue for sleep quality

I was typically using Stumble Upon for months, until I found a game called W101. A week ago, I used a meditation game called Journey to the Wild Divine for the last waking hour of the day. I was much more relaxed, but I did not fall asleep. The difference today was that I used the Alpha-Stim for the entire evening while I used the computer. I was using W101 for 2 hours. It was an active session, meeting several new people, and battling monsters that were of a classification outside the range of my character. I think this is why I slept for 6 hours instead of just 3, but it could also be because of the accumulation of 3 days of better sleep after so little sleep for so long.

If I had more tuna, I would eat it now. The only protein in the house is eggs and Spirulina. I did experiments with eating eggs at night as the protein source to create serotonin, with no lock. I have taken more seroquel and I hope that is enough. I have been awake for an hour now - it is 7 AM. I hope this new regimine will last more that just a week. In the past, when I find something that works, it only works for 3 to 7 days, then stops.

I was taking more L-Tryptophan to help the creation of Serotonin, and at first this worked when taken with just Spirulina. But the sleep was dreamless. This only worked for 3 days.

In the last 3 days, when I do have a deep sleep with dreams, I wake up with sweaty upper garments. Whatever I have worn from the waste up have to be removed and replaced.

One the second TF day, I had a weird experience on the second awakening of the night. This use to happen a lot when I was younger. I was awake, but I was not able to make my body move. It took great effort just to take off the CPAP mask and sit up on the side of the bed. My muscles would not respond to the requests. Since this has happened to me many times during my life, it did not freak me out. I subscribe it to whatever drugs the body creates to keep us from sleep walking during the night.

This is why I started using the blue light therapy to wake up years ago. It was the only thing I found that was affective against removing those sleep-paralysis drugs out of my system. My hands would start out feeling like I was wearing a tick pair of gloves on, and the fingers would move slowly, and they had no strength. I would drop things often. Once I was able to hold a pen in my hand a write, it was safe to do other things, like crack an egg. If I tried to crack an egg before this time, I would either drop it or smash it to bits with my thumb.