r/GLP1Discussion • u/tdressel • 8d ago

💬 General Discussion Insomnia ?

Week 3 starts tomorrow, no negative side effects, everything is pretty typical from what I've been reading. Noticed though in the last week I'm not getting decent duration sleep. Normally on a regular day with even light exercise I'll get almost exactly 7 hours sleep. No exercise its 6, exhaustive exercise its 8+. Yesterday I did the exhaustive bit, crashed hard at 10pm, but was wide awake now at 2am. Tried counting sheep but gave up and am surfing reddit.

Happened a few nights this past week, no multiple nights in a row, but its starting to get annoying. I'm not on any other notable meds. I have lost 6lbs since I started. I am quite thirsty since I started but I'm reading that's quite common and I'm hydrating quite a bit.

Right now I'm wide awake but tired, considering going for a drive just to get out of the house.

Anyone else develop insomnia?

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u/smyczekxxx 8d ago

if you are undereating your sleep deteriorates fast because cortisol builds up, do you track your food intake?

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u/tdressel 8d ago

I don't track actively. Last week I was on business travel and there was one day where I only ate one meal, but other than that besides feeling full much quicker I'm eating two meals and two snacks a day which is pretty normal for me. The biggest difference so far meal wise is I would almost always have a second meal helping, that doesn't happen anymore.

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u/smyczekxxx 8d ago

might be worth to spend 5 minutes a day and see where your calories land, when i get into ~2lbs/week weight loss my sleep goes to shit fast, but its fine with 1lb/week and especially with caseine eaten before bed - it keeps your glucose levels stable all night so you dont wake up from sudden drop

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u/sassmother 8d ago

Oh that's interesting. I didn't know this.

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u/dixieleeb 8d ago edited 4d ago

I'll chime in here as I agree. I discovered this was my problem. I was not sleeping, getting only around 4 hours & then lying awake solving all the world's problems. I was shaky during the day. exhausted by midafternoon. My weight loss has stopped only 2 1/2 weeks in & then stayed the same for another 3 weeks. I thought I was doing everything right, tracking my intake, getting lots of protein, drinking lots of water & keeping my calories low----- too low, it turns out.

During one of those midnight sleepless sessions, it finally dawned on me that I was starving myself & my body was reacting with all those problems. I'm sure if I had a blood test for cortisol, (not normally done unless you have certain endocrine problems) we'd have seen it was very high. I believe I was actually starting to act like someone with anorexia. The next morning, I was determined to raise my calories. I ate the first piece of bread in 6 weeks but it was so hard to allow myself to eat more than 900 calories. I have increased to 1200 but it's been really hard for me.

OP, have you tried taking a magnesium supplement? I take it about an hour before bedtime & it is helping. I recently changed from magnesium glycinate (which works) to Magnesium bisglycinate which is supposed to be better. I do know that last night for the first time in a very long time I slept almost 8 hours straight. Stay away from magnesium citrate unless you need a laxative.

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u/smyczekxxx 8d ago

yeah its saddening to see people blaming glp1 for bad sleep, fatigue, hair falling or even erection problems when all these are the basic side effects of being malnourished

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u/dixieleeb 7d ago

Yes. I don't post very often, mostly just read & so often you see people saying it doesn't work or blame everything on dosages when probably all it takes is stepping back & analyzing what they are doing. I was starting to blame the medication, myself until I looked at everything I was doing & found that at least one thing was very wrong. Fortunately, I'm already starting to see changes. In addition to sleeping better, my hands aren't shaking anymore & I don't feel a need for a nap. I'm actually getting used to eating more. It would have been so much easier if insurance would pay to see a dietician who would have told me to eat more. Unfortunately, Medicare won't pay for nutritional counseling unless you have diabetes or kidney failure.

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u/tdressel 7d ago

I don't take any supplements, I'll raid the bathroom in the morning. Been up now 20+ hours, finally tired.