Struggling with an Irregular Sleep Cycle :(

[TEUser2K1]

@ssslayer

I have come to conclusion that not everyone is equally adept at extracting the same nutrition from the same food, and hence may require supplementation for these micronutrients.

You are correct there, for eg., many people are genetically predisposed for Vit. B deficiency as their body cannot absorb that vitamin naturally. If they are diabetic, the problem amplify more. Hospitals provide Vit. B infusion also.

@honest1

Yes, I mentioned that I am a morning person and whenever I wake up at 4, I really like it. As I told, my productivy level at this time is atleast 3x !
The only problem is if I dont sleep again at 6 AM, the whole day I feel very dull !!

Interestingly, I had the same issue. Stress is the primary cause.
Mild exercise, brisk walking, yoga, etc. in morning help me get sleep early. But, make one wake up early too.
When taking health supplement, check the timing / schedule since some supplement may make you sleepy and vice versa.
Melatonin supplement is used by many, but I never tried. I used an ayurvedic tablet which helped a lot to avoid stress, get good sleep, etc.

[Emperor]

@ssslayer

On the similar line as below:

I can vouch for one thing:
I started having non restful sleep (trouble getting into sleep, sleep interruption, trouble getting back to deep sleep) few months back, resulting in fatigue-full feeling for the entire day; used to get completely discharged by sunset. However, post sunset used to tend towards semi-energetic state.
What I realized is that I was taking multi-vit tablet last year, but stopped taking it this year. I had a hunch that this could be due to lack of some vitamin or mineral.
The symptoms got completely eliminated within 2-3 days of taking the multi vitamin + mineral tablet.
After that I have experimented that whenever I stop taking the tabs for 1-2 weeks, the symptoms start re-appearing (have done this experiment a few times just to make sure that there are no other factors influencing).
Hence in my case, whatever doctors claim about health balanced diet - I have come to conclusion that not everyone is equally adept at extracting the same nutrition from the same food, and hence may require supplementation for these micronutrients.

my Doctor too prescribed some Multivitamin but as soon as I told them that I’m recurring kidney stone patient, they just write, take it for 15-30 days and than stop. And after few months or a year I again start facing same vitamin deficiency issue and again Doctor prescribed for 15-30 days and story keep going, once I asked Doctor why there is not vitamin tablet/capsules with few vitamins that do not help kidney to form Stone.. he just smile and …

[anmolbhard004]

@Emperor

y Doctor too prescribed some Multivitamin

what kind of multivitamins are you taking’?

[Kloud]

Luminette 3

[Emperor]

@anmolbhard004

what kind of multivitamins are you taking’?

FolviteMB but with restrictions to use for 30 days only and than stop.

[psyph3r]

Zincovit is a good pocket-friendly alternative that a lot of people use as well.
Then there are other options made by companies like Swisse that cost 1800 for 60 tabs.

[honest1]

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@anmolbhard004

check your HbA1c and vitamin D. Take vit D supplements if inadequate.

Both are within limits.

[ssslayer]

@TEUser2K1

You are correct there, for eg., many people are genetically predisposed for Vit. B deficiency as their body cannot absorb that vitamin naturally. If they are diabetic, the problem amplify more. Hospitals provide Vit. B infusion also.

Interestingly, I had the same issue. Stress is the primary cause.
Mild exercise, brisk walking, yoga, etc. in morning help me get sleep early. But, make one wake up early too.
When taking health supplement, check the timing / schedule since some supplement may make you sleepy and vice versa.
Melatonin supplement is used by many, but I never tried. I used an ayurvedic tablet which helped a lot to avoid stress, get good sleep, etc.

One thing I clearly remember, in spite of being voracious non-junk food eater, and slightly overweight kid in childhood (simply because of excess calories of “healthy” food - hence I don’t believe I was ever nutritionally deficient), I always suffered from the hang nails (

).
The problem goes away whenever (in past or today) I consume multi Vitamin. It is almost magical thing that I have observed over past two decades or so! Weather/climate doesn’t matter, activities don’t matter. I take no care of my nails and finger ever except trimming nails, clearing the gunk from underneath (say if I have played in mud) and general soap washing.

@psyph3r

Zincovit is a good pocket-friendly alternative that a lot of people use as well.
Then there are other options made by companies like Swisse that cost 1800 for 60 tabs.

In my view there are few things one should look out for when buying multiVit/mineral tabs:

1. the vitamins and minerals should be present in more bioavailable forms.
   e.g.
   Vit D comes in two variants D2 and D3. D3 is more readily absorbed and utilized by the body.
   Similarly, Vit B12 comes in two variants: Cyano cobalamin and Methyl cobalamin, the methyl form is better than cyano version.
   The same goes for even minerals: general rule is that organic slats are more readily absorbed by the body; zinc acetate/citrate/gluconate is better than zinc sulfate/oxide.
2. the oil soluble vitamins: A, D, E, K are not required daily. one may overdose and take the next one after one week. Water soluble vitamins like C & B are required everyday; and any consumption more than RDA will simply get flushed away from the body with sweat and urine.
3. try to find if there are lab tested products, so many spurious and fakes, and even the branded ones tend to have lower than reported compositions