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Adelaide Hills, AU

I have had so much trouble sleeping for quite a while now. I have been finding it very hard to function and I even hallucinate at times. Does anyone have any ideas that could help me sleep?

November 12, 2018
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Members responded to a question about severe insomnia and diabetes with a range of practical suggestions and personal experiences. Several... Read more

Members responded to a question about severe insomnia and diabetes with a range of practical suggestions and personal experiences. Several members recommended taking magnesium supplements (at least 700 mg daily in divided doses), with some explaining that diabetics are often deficient in magnesium due to their medications. A recurring theme was the importance of bedtime routines and lifestyle adjustments, including warm baths, meditation, chamomile tea, cutting off caffeine by early afternoon, evening walks, sleep music, and working with doctors to time medications so drowsiness-inducing ones are taken at night.

A DiabetesTeam Member

I take non herbal "NYTOL " .I get off to sleep with these but you have to give them a break every few days or they don't .but at least I get some sleep xx

November 12, 2018
A DiabetesTeam Member

Diabetics are very low in magnesium. Take at least 700 mg of chelated magnesium.

January 22, 2019
A DiabetesTeam Member

Thanks. I do take magnesium perhaps I am not having enough

January 20, 2019
A DiabetesTeam Member

Low magnesium levels can cause insomnia especially for diabetics, since diabetics are low in magnesium due to the meds. Try taking at least 700 mg a day, divided doses. Take 1 of the doses at bedtime.

January 20, 2019
A DiabetesTeam Member

@A DiabetesTeam Member I've also had tinnitis for years. So long that I just ignore it, mostly. I sleep with my radio on all the time; maybe just for background noise or maybe to block the constant ringing in my ears. I'm not sure which.

November 23, 2018

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