I Can't Sleep!

[lightningfoot speakin words]

I have a question,

do you guys have troubles sleeping when you eat wheat? I can't sleep at all even if I take a sleeping pill! I am up until like 5 in the morning and then I get up at six, what do you guys do?

thanks in advance!

[Lister]

try not to stimulate your mind after 7pm or atleast 2 hours before sleep so what i meen is dont use a computer dont play video games and dont read, just watch tv or find something else to do. that may help also you say you are taking sleeping pills have you made sure that they dont use a gluten containign binder, lots of pills use wheat always check

but yes if i get glutened i toss and turn and stay in a state of half sleep half awake that gives me abosolutly no rest for the night

[Katie O'Rourke]

Try Kalms, or Valerian (its a herbal rmemedy made from a flower). Also as natural methos, you can try eating turkey, bananas or milk abotu an horu before bed - they all contain an amino acid called tryptophan which acts as a sedative, and is good to give ADHD kids. I find having a banana with some milk is good, as its not too heavy on your stomach before bed. Try taking a while realxing before you go to sleep, and going to bed at the same time every night to get into a routine. Hope that helps, I know how annoying it can be to have insomnia, and be constantly worrying about how many hours sleep you have left before you have to get up.

Hope it works out for you anyway, take care x

[lorka150]

I was unknowingly cross contaminated for five months and I went to bed around three, woke up every ten minutes, and then finally at about 6am for good. I could never sleep having consumed gluten. Now that i am completely and safely gluten free, I sleep very restlessly, but fall asleep around midnight and wake up at 9am like clockwork.

[Kaycee]

Yes I sleep so much better now that I am gluten free.

Before I used to be pretty restless, either no be able to sleep, or wake up on and off all night. I would blame the coffee, or the coke, or anything but the gluten, as I had no idea at the time it was the gluten.

Coffee did not help, and it can still keep me awake, but I limit the coffee, and never drink coke anymore.

I find now, that if I eat some gluten, it keeps me awake along with other symptons.

[elisabet]

My son had troubles with sleeping too.now after almost a year beeing on a cf gluten-free sf ,diet he is sleeping really good.

[I'dratherbecycling]

Ever tried trazodone? Before I got diagnosed I had horrible sleeping problems - couldn't fall asleep, felt like there was electric current running through me I was so restless and jumpy, and if I dozed off, I'd jerk awake again. Really puts a damper on life. My Dr. at the time prescribed trazodone, and it made all the difference in the world. Fell asleep and slept through the night.

Technically it's an anti-depressant, not a sleeping pill, but taken in low doses before bedtime it works wonders. I started taking 50 mg about 1/2 hour before bed, but now that I'm gluten free, 25 mg does the trick when I need it. It's not addictive, and doesn't leave me feeling hung over like so many sleep drugs. Plus, it is fine for long-term use. My father-in-law also takes it to address his own sleep problems and swears it changed his entire life.

[sspitzer5]

I have a question,

do you guys have troubles sleeping when you eat wheat? I can't sleep at all even if I take a sleeping pill! I am up until like 5 in the morning and then I get up at six, what do you guys do?

thanks in advance!

I have a lot of trouble sleeping if I get gluten. I toss and turn all night and sort of half sleep, then feel horrible the next day.

Susan

[judy05]

I have a question,

do you guys have troubles sleeping when you eat wheat? I can't sleep at all even if I take a sleeping pill! I am up until like 5 in the morning and then I get up at six, what do you guys do?

thanks in advance!

I am still having a lot of problems sleeping. I would like to list all of my daily medications to see if it is possible that I am missing any hidden gluten. Sorry the list is so long but I have a lot of problems! Thank you in advance for all your help. You guys are great!

Prevacid

HCTZ

Atenolol

levoxyl

lisinopril

lipitor

klonipin

zoloft

Does anything jump out at you?

[Daxin]

I just lay there until I fall asleep.

Try getting up and walking around for a few minutes. Aslo, I try to get a small snack, and then head back to bed.

I also like to read a good book. At least if I can not sleep I am doing something productive. This is a big problem for me as I am an Air Traffic Controller and need to getmy rest between shifts.

[Guest Robbin]

I am still having a lot of problems sleeping. I would like to list all of my daily medications to see if it is possible that I am missing any hidden gluten. Sorry the list is so long but I have a lot of problems! Thank you in advance for all your help. You guys are great!

Prevacid

HCTZ

Atenolol

levoxyl

lisinopril

lipitor

klonipin

zoloft

Does anything jump out at you?

Judy, I recognize some of the meds and am wondering if you get info from the pharmacy? Our pharmacy gives out info on each drug. You may want to call them and ask. How long have you been gluten free? If it has been a short time it may take a little while to get the gluten out of your system. Also, make sure you are eating enough. Sometimes low blood sugars can cause insomnia. Try eating a carbohydrate food before bed. Hope you all get restful sleep soon.

[Nantzie]

When I'm glutened, it's a horrible experience trying to fall asleep. My thoughts go out of control and I start obsessing about just about every negative thing that's ever happened to me. My thoughts race out of control to the point where I feel like my brain is almost vibrating. Just trying to lay in bed with my eyes closed and waiting to fall asleep just makes things 100x worse.

But, if I can give my brain/thoughts something else to focus on, I can relax and fall asleep. So I turn on the tv in our room and turn it to the History Channel or Discovery, or something that I like, but kind of know about and can listen without being interested. The history channel is good for documentaries. Even a movie that you've seen a million times. I turn it on so I can hear it clearly. If it's too low, my brain just kind of hyperfocuses on it, trying to hear it. If it's loud enough, I can just zone out on it. For me it just gives my brain something to focus it's energy on, and I don't get the upsetting, uncontrollable thoughts.

That's what works for me.

Nancy

[indyceliac]

what time of day do you take your meds? Sometimes if u take one at night..if its alright with the dr, try taking it in the morning. Maybe one is causing the sleeplessness. I know most antideppresants caused me to become jittery and feeling wired. Even when the side effects say drowsiness i get the opposite.

Ask the pharmacist about ALL the meds and possible sleeplessness.

sweet dreams!

[murlene]

I have a lot of trouble sleeping if I get gluten. I toss and turn all night and sort of half sleep, then feel horrible the next day.

Susan

Hi, I read in the celiac bible a book that has tons of info in it under medicines that lipitor has gluten in it. I was on it for only 3 days and luckily it made me sick so I stopped taking it. then I read it has gluten in it so that explains why I was getting sick and having terrible sleep too. Hope this helps.

[Fiddle-Faddle]

I am still having a lot of problems sleeping. I would like to list all of my daily medications to see if it is possible that I am missing any hidden gluten. Sorry the list is so long but I have a lot of problems! Thank you in advance for all your help. You guys are great!

Prevacid

HCTZ

Atenolol

levoxyl

lisinopril

lipitor

klonipin

zoloft

Does anything jump out at you?

Hi, Judy, I'm on two of your meds, and my husband is on two others of your meds!

The only thing that jumps out at me is that it's alot of meds for one person. When my husband and I started seriously exercising and getting outdoors for an hour a day, my sleep problems totally disappeared, my thyroid dosage went down, my bad cholesterol went down, I felt like I could actually handle things, and my husband's atenolol dosage went down. Any chance that could help you any?

[BRUMI1968]

I googled Lipitor and found this site, though I'm not sure who is behind it. I remember hearing quite a few bad things about lipitor...anyway, here's the site.

Open Original Shared Link

It does not mention gluten; however, it talks about other side effects.

Also, Zoloft ANd Atenolol can cause insominia/sleeplessness. (though it seems the Klonopin should make you sleepy).

[BRUMI1968]

I am still having a lot of problems sleeping. I would like to list all of my daily medications to see if it is possible that I am missing any hidden gluten. Sorry the list is so long but I have a lot of problems! Thank you in advance for all your help. You guys are great!

Prevacid

HCTZ

Atenolol

levoxyl

lisinopril

lipitor

klonipin

zoloft

Does anything jump out at you?

Sorry, I had to keep going back and forth.

Also found that the Levoxyl can cause insominia. More worrisome is that Levoxyl probably shouldn't be taken with beta blockers or cholesterol lowering drugs, both of which are listed here.

So it looks like at least three of your meds can cause insomnia. I didn't initially find info on any of them contgaining gluten; but even if they don't, I'm sure your sleep is being disrupted.

Anyway...

[Fiddle-Faddle]

atenolol makes my husband sleepy--he can barely stay awake!

[taz sharratt]

I have a question,

do you guys have troubles sleeping when you eat wheat? I can't sleep at all even if I take a sleeping pill! I am up until like 5 in the morning and then I get up at six, what do you guys do?

thanks in advance!

last straw this one, but when i get insomnia it lasts a couple of days ( dont know whether its due to G ) so the second day i have a stimulation drink and exercise a lot dont sit down allday and keep VERY buisy all the time, by the time bed comes around im falling in to it, it works more than it doesnt.

[raven]

I am still having a lot of problems sleeping. I would like to list all of my daily medications to see if it is possible that I am missing any hidden gluten. Sorry the list is so long but I have a lot of problems! Thank you in advance for all your help. You guys are great!

Prevacid

HCTZ

Atenolol

levoxyl

lisinopril

lipitor

klonipin

zoloft

Does anything jump out at you?

[raven]

Hi, I'm new here but it is a help to know I am not the only one. I have suffered for 25 years without knowing the problem. It was my husband who diagnosed me. I have been wheat free for a little over 2 years. He kept saying that my problems had to be linked to one illness. Sure enough...

Anyway, to sleep problems. I am also bipolar and my Dr. suggested I take 3 mgs of melotonin before bed.

Melotonin is produced in the pineal gland and as with anything, functions slow down with age. It gives you a nice heavy feeling and a wanting to go lie down. Since it is something your body should have I don't have any problems with my other meds. It takes a little while to build up in your system but it should help. You can buy it in any drug or grocery store and it is quite resonable in $.

Raven

[ravenwoodglass]

"I am still having a lot of problems sleeping. I would like to list all of my daily medications to see if it is possible that I am missing any hidden gluten. Sorry the list is so long but I have a lot of problems! Thank you in advance for all your help. You guys are great!

Prevacid

HCTZ

Atenolol

levoxyl

lisinopril

lipitor

klonipin

zoloft"

Hi, What you need to do is to go back to the pharmacist with your meds, all of them and tell him to check with the companies for gluten. Anything that is over the counter should have a phone number or a web site. Many times a drug will be formulated with different binders, that's where the gluten is, depending on whether it is generic or not. The only real safe thing to do is ask the drugist, your doctor will be clueless on this.

[BRUMI1968]

Just to repeat - gluten or no, many of those meds cause insomnia.

[JSmith]

This is my first post on this site. DH has just been diagnosed. He hasn't even stopped eating gluten because he still has his biopsy this Friday.

He has never been able to sleep since he was a baby. He was also extremely hyperactive as a child. I'm sure if he was younger he would have been put on ridalin. Of course, he has always had stomach trouble but I somehow justified it all down to his whole system being hyperactive.

Right after we found out, I knew his stomach problems would get better but I started to wonder if this would help him sleep better and if his hyperactivity was also caused by the allergy. I am so encouraged by this forum. I see that going gluten-free hasn't helped everyone sleep, but it looks like it has helped many.

My husband also does not dream. We think he just never sleeps deeply enough because he never sleeps long enough. I am hoping dreams will come too (as an indication that he is getting a better sleep).

Thanks so much!

Now I'm off to the areas that tell me what to buy at the store for him. We go gluten free this Saturday!

[jerseyangel]

I am still having a lot of problems sleeping. I would like to list all of my daily medications to see if it is possible that I am missing any hidden gluten. Sorry the list is so long but I have a lot of problems! Thank you in advance for all your help. You guys are great!

Prevacid

HCTZ

Atenolol

levoxyl

lisinopril

lipitor

klonipin

zoloft

Does anything jump out at you?

I take lisinopril (Sandoz Labs)--it is definately gluten-free, as is the Prevacid. Prevacid seemed to interfere with my sleep, and I started waking up in the middle of the night unable to keep my balance--this stopped when I stopped taking it.