\r\n \r\n Yawning usually indicates you aren\'t getting sufficient oxygen-' + '-not breathing deeply. Look up the side effects of your sleeping pill, fatigue may be a side effect.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Could be sleep apnea especially as you do not breathe through your nose.
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\r\n \r\n Hi NMarch, welcome. I agree that yawning is the body\'s way of getting needed oxygen to the lungs and the brain. Even a half sleeping pill, taken on a nightly basis, can cause a type of hangover or fatigue the next day.
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\r\n \r\n Id try getting off that sleeping pill
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\r\n \r\n Thank you everyone; I started taking the 1/2 pill, cuz the roommate stays up late, tinkering around, fiddling around, lol, and I wake up easy, even though have my own bedroom, I do like fresh air, wish I didn\'t wake up easy, it is a perscription pill of HIS,...it does the job of knocking me out, I sleep through the night, at my age...I was also wondering about my thyroid, thanks.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Many people use comfortable foam earplugs to block out noise and help them sleep, especially those who work a night shift.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Just wanted to add, it really is all very helpful, I have a lot of looking up to do now, this is cool.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n I\'m your age, and I don\'t know much about thyroid, but I do know that prescription sleeping aids aren\'t very good for the brain. Check out information, find out what will benefit you personally and feel free to ask any questions that you may have. The forum itself is a wealth of information. \r\n

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\r\n \r\n Are you using caffeine in any form? A lot of people\'s sleep is affected by caffeine and they end up on sleeping tablets to counteract it.
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\r\n \r\n Hi, thank you for your response, and yes, I do drink 1 or 2 cups of coffee in the morning, then quit, I try to eat healthy, I think maybe women wake up easier??? not sure...I fall asleep ok, almost always, it\'s just that if I don\'t take something and someone else is up, and say...opens a cupboard door and closes it, I hear that, it wakes me up, some people sleep so soundly. I just don\'t have the pep I used to, I\'m not old, I\'m not young....ha. And wonder what I can do to feel better. I do work every day, never a day off for now, however, I have breaks in between, but still my day is 10 or 12 hours, I do sneak a nap now and then. I have a cupboard full of pills I don\'t take, cuz I guess I\'m lazy, like vitamins and ginseng and fish oil, etc. I do pop one here and there. I try to eat right, but actually am on the go so much, I grab, then at the end of day when finally done, I make myself a big taco salad or something, too much at end of day probably and should not do that....should get up and eat breakfast, but instead I rush around in the am.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Hello, OK, I\'m getting the picture.
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\nChinese medicine talks about 2 basic types of energy in the body - yin and yang. You are showing signs that your yin energy is depleted, the energy of rest, cooling, nourishing and moisture (yang is heat, activity, etc). Women are more susceptible to this because yin can easily be depleted by menstruation and childbearing and because \'the female pertains to Yin\' i.e. women are more likely to have yin-related problems (it doesn\'t mean that women are yin or anything like that). The female yin energy can particularly decline around and after menopause (hence the typical symptoms of heat, night sweats and so on - \'empty heat\' because of the depletion of the cooling system).
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\nCoffee depletes Yin energy.
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\nReplenishing Yin energy is difficult and takes a long time. According to traditional Chinese health theory, you would need to really sort out your whole lifestyle. It doesn\'t sound like you\'re having very much nourishing food at all - i.e. whole grains, fresh vegetables, beans, a few nuts, some fruit, a little animal produce if that\'s your thing (but avoid dairy). Taking supplements may possibly be helpful (don\'t know, it\'s not my field), but the basic diet must be in place. It doesn\'t make any sense to eat badly and then take supplements to make up for it. It\'s the same mentality that the drug corporations promote - you mess up your body and then take a pill to get fixed.
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\r\n \r\n That\'s some good advice a person hears so many things... I was raised a Seventh Day Adventist, but do not go to that church now, or any, for that matter, not that it wouldn\'t be ok, anyhow, SDA\'s are usually vegetarian, they say don\'t drink coffee, alcohol, etc. but I think they step up the dairy without realizing it, because they don\'t have the meat, also, some of them look sick to me, they worry too much about their diet and legalistic things and miss the point of everything, LOVE, but also, they eat a lot of sugar, in my opinion...so...I guess I should know better then the coffee, it is a vice of mine? I have some belly fat I hate, and am just going to have to try to walk every morning, although, with my job I walk a lot and take the stairs, etc. No one thinks I am my age, guess I look 8-10 yrs younger, the belly is the only fat, ha. But, I should pack a lunch, too, I tend to skip breakfast, too much of a hurry, then grab something during the day, and like I said, come home and am just hungry....have to switch it around. To add to it all, I am with bi-polar family members, (I am not) and I have been reading the book The Four Agreements, and I had said a sentence about myself, then started reading that book, and was shocked to find the same sentence, almost exact, in there. Something along the lines of, why do I do this to myself, I\'m too smart to be doing it. I have also been studying more about our conscious mind versus our unconscious mind, I think I am very frustrated with myself and my life at times, and I try to say Thank You to God, though....I\'m mad at myself, I have been mean to myself, and I am trying to love myself more, but not in a selfish way.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Wish I could help, as I know that yin is difficult to fix as tuina says. I\'ve been dealing with this as you are. Essentially, you have fatigued your adrenal glands. Sugar, alcohol, caffeine, and other such stimulants fatigue these glands. You can help them by supplementing with vitamin C, either ascorbic acid or fruits such as kiwi, amla, rose hips, acerola cherry. And supplement with the B vitamins as well, especially B5 pantothenic acid. Vit C and B5 are the most important nutrients for the adrenals.
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\r\n \r\n have heard of this stuff some, started massage school a few years ago, had to quit, my daughter is bi-polar, as is her dad, just tooooo much. well, I am going to begin to try to take your alls advise, do you think trying to switch to green tea instead of coffee will help some? and then all the rest, the vit c, ginseng, etc. btw, what is the best ginseng to get? it is a little confusing about that. I try not to have much sugar...I do use honey some, like if I have oatmeal, I put some nuts in it, also some chopped dates, then I do drizzle honey in there, I try to almost always avoid pop, try to drink H20 with lemon....tea, etc. don\'t buy sweets, not usually....did have a thing going for awhile with redbox movies, beer, popcorn after work...ha, don\'t now. I work too much I think. Yours and Tuina\'s advise is not wasted, I am going to try. Thank you.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n another thing, at my age, I was reading somewhere, that we get low on enzymes or something about that, and that we don\'t even absorb stuff like we used to, so I\'m being robbed, even if I do try. I suppose I should get some enzymes, also, I have been doing research about \'bitters\' like bok choy, how they make your liver and gallbladder activate or something....mannn...it\'s crazy how we have to try so hard. probably if I just felt happier it would help everything, ha.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Well, thank you. another thing that has probably messed up my stomach...diagnosed a few years ago positive for H-Pylori, treated with 3 strong antibiotics, felt I still had it, was checked for it another way, still positive and they gave me even more and more antibiotics. That probably threw everything off, I probably still have it, and guess yogurt (Greek?) could help...what do you think? Thanks for all the info\r\n

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\r\n \r\n thank you so much, don\'t know the word dimorphic and will look it up, I know my stomach doesn\'t feel right, also, there is something going on in my whole body, I can feel it, along the lines of what we are talking about, but also had a cyst removed in middle of forehead, of all places, in about 2000, and while putting vit E there an energy came out with me outside but around my body, now, this is getting weird. I\'ll go back to the H-Pylori, it can also get into a person\'s salivary glands I found out, I believe I have something amiss in my sinuses, head....all the way down into my stomach, and these are the 2 reasons I can pin it on, and/or I\'ve wondered if my lymphatic system is overloaded. All I know is, my stomach feels bad at times, and I\'m trying to eat right....the cyst thing and how I can pull on ???something out beyond my body, there is an energy....any thoughts, anyone. LOL\r\n

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