Day 118 of amino acid experiment. Sleep 9/10 I think I remember slightly waking up somewhere in the middle but went back to sleep straight away. I barely woke up a few times when I turned around and back to sleep again. I don’t write 10/10 because. That’s the ideal sleep, when you go to sleep fast, never wake up, and then fully wake up, well rested 8 hours later. But I’m not even aiming for that 10/10.
9/10 is good enough and I feel blessed I can have it, even if not all the time.
So here’s what I did: I had Inusitol 7 gr with 1/2 cup of warm milk and honey and 3 pieces of cheese before bed.
Honey and cheese before sleeps seems to be of major help to not wake up full awake after 3 hours. I recommend it to anyone having this sleep pattern. Apparently, a cracker with peanut butter and Jam does the trick also but for a French guy like me, cheese comes to mind first (plus it’s high in Tryptophan) and peanut butter and jam is a weird mix for me (I tried it. I guess it’s an acquired taste). But whatever suits you: you need a small portion of protein, fat and carbs to provide energy for the night, so you don’t have a cortisol / Adrenalin / Nor-Adrenaline spike during the night when low on energy. That’s why we wake up after 3 hours. That and pfs of course.
Also for those interested, lack of Choline is linked to short term memory not transferring to long term memory. Choline Bi-Tartrate will help with that, along with eliminating excess estrogen, excess fat from the liver and regulating the vagus nerve. I think it’s an important supplement.
I didn’t take Taurine, GABA, Phenylalanine during the day. I’m ruling those out of my regimen, they give no results or bad results.
I increased Anti-Histamine (hydroxyzine) to 10 mg and Clonazepam to 4 mg (I’ll try to lower to 3.5 mg, which was the dose I took before trying to taper off)
I changed the timing of the second dose of 5-HTP, L-Dopa and Tyrosine to 30 minutes before lunch and increased Tyrosine. The recommended dose is 1000 mg for 100 mg of 5-HTP. I’m still not there but will increase to 1000 mg next week.
For the moment, I’m back to normal. Normal days. Normal nights. I’ll keep it like that for a while before trying anything funny. Next trial: Schisandra (which is not supposed to be active on GABA but boosts Dopamine and sex drive), Bacopa and Ashwagandha, (both of which are adaptogen that balances neurotransmitters where needed) and eventually Kava Kava and Passion flowers which acts directly on GABA but interact with Clonazepam (So I’ll have to stop Clonazepam before trying them, easier said than done)
All changes are updated in Ozeph Regimen and Supplement.
I’m happy I can temporarily crash and get back on my feet on a relatively short period of time.
Update: I don’t know if it’s Sulforaphane or taking the 3 brain aminos before lunch, but I’m definitely relaxed while having energy and focus.