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So, as I broke into a random fit of tears today, a coworker told me that insomnia deprives one's brain of melatonin, and that the best/non sleeping way for your brain to replace the missing melatonin is to make you cry.
Does anyone know if this is true?
Does anyone know if this is true?
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Re: insomnia and crying
Thu, October 14, 2004 - 9:42 AMI thought that the lack of melatonin was the cause of insomnia, and that crying was a result of not sleeping for days.
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Re: insomnia and crying
Sun, October 17, 2004 - 8:52 PMinsomnia IS cause by a lack of melatonin, not the other way around...the doink! There ARE homeopathic ways to boost your melatonin production and some of them are pretty good for otc products, but if you can't boost it on your own, go see your dr. if you can or if you have gone longer than a couple of weeks at a time w/out sleep....I've suffered all my life so I feel for you.... -
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Re: insomnia and crying
Sun, January 23, 2005 - 11:40 PMHey Cay,
From personal experience, not sleeping during the night and missing daylight hours will alter a person's mood. Everyone is right about the melatonin levels, which are influenced by ultraviolet light (sun light). This causes a person to feel grogy, the feelings of fatigue and tiredness. This will also cause other underlying affects such as a mild depression, which may explain why you cried today. I experience mood swings when I have problems with normal sleep.
One treatment that doesnt have to do with any medication, that i have tried on a friend is light therapy. It has been clinically tested in the netherlands and other countries that dont get sunlight for 6 months out of the year. The docs get a good number of ultraviolet lamps and shine the light onto the patient for about 15-45 minutes per day. This has shown to increase melatonin levels and people felt better during the day.
I dont know if you want to get a bazillon lamps but just being in the light does help. :)
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