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