Insomnia

Hi Jan

How distressing!

So, what is your daily routine?
What time do you practice yoga?
It seems you practice about 3-4 times a week. Are the classes always at the same time?
What is your bed time?
What is your specific routine around bed time?
Do you read? Listen to anything? Take anything?
Do you shower before you get into bed?

I am sure that keeping up your practice will help. I have some ideas but please answer those questions first and add in any details you care to share.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

I went through this too for a period… I would lye down and I could feel the inside of my body starting to get all wound up. My heart would pound and race and my head would buzz. For me this was about physical stress and a jump in cortisol levels. try breathing during the day to keep yourself calm and keep things low key for a while. the calmer and more relaxed you can stay during the day the better you will sleep when you hit the pillow. avoid VIGOROUS activities…. (just focus on the YOGA part of the bikram instead of trying get a workout in ;-P … keep it lite and breathy and just AHHHHH )

Hi Jan

Did your GP dismiss your concerns as stress WITHOUT testing? Because if they did then it may be worth considering changing GP.

Regardless of the cause, some kind of way to relax at night would still be useful. Relaxation is a learned skill and you may need to redevelop yours. So while you’re finding out what’s up, find yourself some recordings. You could start by finding some classical music in your collection, or some ambient music. You may have something at home. You could search the internet for meditation recordings. There are tons of those (really a massive amount). I know for a fact you can go and download some free samples of varying lengths. It is surprising how you can even think it’s not working and then wake up later with your headphones on!! 😆

So I would suggest asking your friends if you can borrow something, go the library and borrow something, download from the net. You can see how that works before going to spend money on seductive products by trialling something first. There are products out there that cost hundreds of dollars.

I just did a search for you and here is a link to a free meditation site with which I have no personal experience: Meditation Downloads.

See how you go. You can choose music or guided meditations both of which can be very powerful depending on the nature of the recording.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Jan

Sometimes test give false results. Positive or negative. So if you think you need to be retested then organize that.

Regarding your thyroid and fixing it with yoga: It’s very hard to say this early on in the piece. If it is your thyroid then I would certainly NOT expect it to only take a month to completely fix itself! But I wouldn’t rule it out. It COULD happen. Just don’t expect it to. You STILL need to do more investigation to keep you happy and get your mind at ease. Or you have to let it go and be patient. Only you can decide the best approach for you. You can use the same GP or a different one doesn’t matter. I am not so sure your body doesn’t like it. There could certainly be other issues. I know someone who was having a reflux problem which caused a throat issue. They were eating too late at night and lying down too soon.

Keep up the music for a while to see how your system starts to learn how to relax again. It’s great that it worked one night. Let go of the expectation that it will work every night – just ‘be’ and try to let go of your thoughts (gosh I know, sometimes that’s the hardest thing to do).

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂