Shemp, it's my understanding that ayurveda recognizes three types of sleep disorders: (1) trouble falling asleep, (2) waking in the dead of night and (3) waking a few hours before one would normally arise. It would appear you have traded one sleep disorder for another. The fact that ayurveda recognizes these different disorders suggests that it may yet hold a cure. Regardless of the route you take to getting a good night's rest, good luck in your investigations, and please report back.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > cardemaister wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine wrote: > > > >> Chocolate usually has caffeine in it, doesn't it? > > > > The primary methylxanthine in cocoa seem to be theobromine: > > > > http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa090301a.htm > In general it would not be a recommended > way of fulfilling a bitter > taste for pitta. And it wouldn't be a > good food to eat before going to > bed. But the experiment has shown > promise and provided a clue. Shemp > has to do his own digging or preferably > find an ayurvedic practitioner > or two. If he wants a MAPI practitioner > then he can call them for one. > When I called 15 years ago they gave > me a list of practitioners and one > was an MD. Turned out he had taken > both the MAPI and Ayurvedic > Institute courses for doctors. > If I do vata balancing things then > often I get a very thick deep sleep > that lasts for about 4 hours. Then > I wake up. Backing off the sleep > is not so thick and lasts much longer. > The key is to understanding how > the three doshas relate to the metabolic > rate particularly how we burn > carbs: slowly, normally or too fast. >
