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I could not sleep 6 hours in a row without wetting my bed. I am happy if I can make it 4 hours, but the biggest problem is that I have a hard time to fall asleep again after I woke up. I live semi vegan already, and eat fish for my animal protein only. Physical problems prevent me to exercise an hour a day, or do most Yoga exercises. I meditate daily for many years already.
It is nice tat those changes helped you, but they seem to do nothing for me.
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Your story sounds like mine before I made the changes. Exercise or yoga can be done in a chair. There are videos for this on YouTube. Walking every day can help, even just a little like 3 to 5 minutes several times a day. Just moving and getting the blood flow going and muscles contracting is what makes the difference, but then again I am not a doctor. All the fitness and health professionals I've spoken with have said never do anything that creates ouchy type pain, shortness of breath, or dizziness. I've also cut sugar and oil out of my diet. I am very sorry what you are doing now isn't working for you. I hope someone else's solution might work.
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@lindes You wrote "Physical problems prevent me to exercise an hour a day, or do most Yoga exercises."
Exercise need not be an hour a day to be valuable. It can be 2-5 minutes, several times a day, working up as your stamina improves. This can be accomplished as simply as walking around your house or apartment for a few minutes after every trip to the bathroom, or before every meal or snack.
Not to say it is easy - when I was recovering from one surgery, for the first week my walks were about 50' to the mailbox and then back again - the temptation to sit back and get someone else to do it was great, but I knew the exercise was essential. Some days, with my lungs, I feel like I'm "breathing underwater" but I force those 5-10 minute walks several times to help clear the mucus.
I would like to introduce you to one of our inspirational members @artist01, who also has many issues that prevent exercise, but who has made a commitment to move and try to improve - she calls them baby steps. Some days her walks are only 500 steps, then she works her way up a bit. After every challenge, she gets back up and tries again. You should read some of her posts - and they can be very entertaining as well.
Our goal here on Connect is to help each other live our best possible lives, in spite of limitations and challenges. Can I encourage you to take some "baby steps" of your own and share them with me? Perhaps if you can move a little, your body will be physically tired, instead of fatigued, and sleep will be a bit easier.
Sue