sleep

Mardy's note:  I'm copying this from the original Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 2010 Forum about two months after the 'big day' and tweeking the original title just a bit (to formalize it a bit more), because I wanted it to be easily found on Lumigrate.com (and I also copied it to Deirdre Rawlings Forum, as she was kind enough to do the interview while our podcasting studio was being constructed (and naturally behind schedule).  When Deirdre and I batted the idea around of what to do for this collaboration, I wanted it to seem very informal and appealing to the public with fibro  read more »

 What you eat affects how you sleep. One of the keys to a restful night's sleep is to get your brain calmed rather than revved up. Some foods contribute to restful sleep; other foods keep you awake. We call them sleepers and wakers. Sleepers are tryptophan-containing foods, because tryptophan is the amino acid that the body uses to make serotonin, the neurotransmitter that slows down nerve traffic so your brain isn't so busy. Wakers are foods that stimulate neurochemicals that perk up the brain.  read more »

 Sleep.........zzzzzzzz!

Sleep is one of the key components for repairing Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  It is so important to address this issue or the patient will never really recover.

I have a questionnaire that I use to cover the topics with my patients at the clinic, but I'll   read more »

I used to work for the health education dept at CSU... so was really impressed and pleased to see this GRATE site!  REMEMBER, your Comments can encourage others with how to spend their time and energy for education about progressive health!

Here's what it says:

This pod and vid cast is brought to you thorugh the CSU Health Network Outreach and Prevention Programs. Please take a few minutes and listen to Dr. Jen Thomas answer questions related to sleep and getting your ZZZZ's.  read more »

In November I received a call from one of my best friends in Grand Junction, who said 'I saw something in the paper you might want to know about".  Due to the holidays and busyiness, I called last week -- just in time to get in on the do-over meeting, as people were so scattered with the holidays the guys starting this group here realized they needed to wait until this new year to get started.  It was interesting to me that it was two GUYS who were doing a group -- it's rare!  I called the first name that was listed in the ad in the local paper, which was Alan.  He'  read more »