Sleeping is a workout

[Freaken_Out]

I'm Bipolar1 with severe depression(when it happens) and severe anxiety with Severe back issues. I having issues with sleep big time. it happens off and on, there are a couple of months where I can get about 6 hours of sleep, which is good cause back will scream and yell at me if I do more then that. Then there are times where I will only get 3 to 4 hours sleep, like no matter if I take my muscle relaxants, over the counter sleep aids, tried a walk before going to bed. I mean everything seems to NOT work. Medications I've tried is mainly over the counter cause I think I have an issue with being a lightweight, 1 pill is too much and will zombiefy me when I wake up yet won't keep me asleep sometimes not able to fall asleep with the medication. I'm not sure what wakes me up, I can go to sleep at different times, midnight, at 8 pm, noon. No matter what, 4 hours. I'm so tired of being tired. I think I may be agoraphobia cause the anxiety gets so real I can't leave to really work out so I'm overweight and the lack of exercise may contribute to it.

sorry to ramble on, just trying to give out as much info to see if maybe someone that might have a suggestion.

[JAYnLA]

I tried something recently the actually seemed to work. Waking up too early can be because your blood sugar dips and you 'need to eat'. Taking a teaspoon of RAW honey before bed seems to help. The body digests raw honey slowly, keeping your blood sugar levels more even through the night. If you're not diabetic, give it a try!

[Freaken_Out in reply to JAYnLA]

that sounds like a good idea and tasty.

[lillyofthevalley37]

Have you tried 5htp ?