<story><title>The brain functional connectome is robustly altered by lack of sleep</title><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26712339</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>petilon</author><text>I have had sleep issues for many years. I have seen sleep specialists regarding this issue. They basically tell you to reduce stress. But my daily life is not particularly stressful.&lt;p&gt;But my job as a software developer involves brain-intensive work, and when I come home after work, I work on hobby software development projects, which means my brain is working intensely whenever I am awake. That may be the stress leading to my sleep issues. But I can&amp;#x27;t give up my hobby.&lt;p&gt;All doctors want to do is put me on prescription pills for the rest of my life, and all of these prescription sleeping pills are addictive. So I have been avoiding prescription meds.&lt;p&gt;Then I discovered that magnesium supplements largely solves my problem. I hope this helps someone: If you have sleep issues try Magnesium L-Threonate. Magnesium fixed two issues for me: sleep and muscle stiffness.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>anotherevan</author><text>If Magnesium doesn&amp;#x27;t work for you, you may also consider trying a Melatonin[1] supplement about an hour or so before bed.&lt;p&gt;I have also seen a big impact of turning off the electronics and reading a book[2] in bed for the last hour or so of the day before trying to go to sleep.&lt;p&gt;Lastly, if you are a loud snorer or carrying more than a bit too much weight, you might want to investigate any sleep apnoea[3] issues.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Melatonin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Melatonin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] Actually, I&amp;#x27;m usually reading ebooks, but on an e-ink display, not a light-emitting display of any sort, which is the point.&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sleep_apnea&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sleep_apnea&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The brain functional connectome is robustly altered by lack of sleep</title><url>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26712339</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>petilon</author><text>I have had sleep issues for many years. I have seen sleep specialists regarding this issue. They basically tell you to reduce stress. But my daily life is not particularly stressful.&lt;p&gt;But my job as a software developer involves brain-intensive work, and when I come home after work, I work on hobby software development projects, which means my brain is working intensely whenever I am awake. That may be the stress leading to my sleep issues. But I can&amp;#x27;t give up my hobby.&lt;p&gt;All doctors want to do is put me on prescription pills for the rest of my life, and all of these prescription sleeping pills are addictive. So I have been avoiding prescription meds.&lt;p&gt;Then I discovered that magnesium supplements largely solves my problem. I hope this helps someone: If you have sleep issues try Magnesium L-Threonate. Magnesium fixed two issues for me: sleep and muscle stiffness.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>twentysix</author><text>I can second the opinion on Magnesium. Though, instead of magnesium L threonate, I used Magnesium malate. I have tried citrate and orotate forms and while they were both good, compared to malate the effect was mild. The malate form of magnesium had a better calming effect on the mind and muscles. 
Will try L threonate next time and see how it works.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;examine.com&amp;#x2F;supplements&amp;#x2F;magnesium&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;examine.com&amp;#x2F;supplements&amp;#x2F;magnesium&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>