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on 6/17/21 5:58 pm - Amarillo, TX
I've been sleeping rather crappy for a long while now. I've got pretty intense back issues so that plays a huge part. My biggest block of sleep tends to be an hour to an hour and a half. I get usually two of those and some shorter periods. I have a Fitbit that tracks. All together I get around 6...being so chopped up I never feel rested. Lately I've been getting less than 6 total.
I do nap every once in a while. It's usually just for 30 minutes or less.
I hope your kitty gets more settled in and doesn't wake you up!
on 6/17/21 7:42 am - LA
Thanks' for your input.
I will have to have reversal from Distal back to proximal.
I have taken all my vitamins and still suffering this issues.
Bariatric advantage Vitamins for distal and nothing..very weak and having nausea and can hardly sleep
I can't say I have been down this road exactly but depression is not a stranger to me. It's one day at a time but counseling and the right medication has helped.
Unfortunately your doctor never took you the next step to explain that because of the distal you'll need dry vitamins (because of the malabsorption you have). The shortened intestines help with weight loss but as you learned the intestines are where you absorb your vitamins and nutrients. ADEK are typically oil soluble but as you learned with malabsorption you don't absorb them. You can find dry vitamins on Amazon - in my opinion the best brand is BioTech and they make dry versions of all these vitamins. Get a baseline set of labs drawn to see just how low you are and make the appropriate adjustments.
As far as your psych meds, you may need to experiment to find the right balance. Check the DS board to see if there's anyone with the distal that can provide some more direction.
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
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Unfortunately, this is very common with a distal.
You need (ed) to supplement as a DSer, so you might like to search on that board for their supplements regime.
I'm sorry your doctor did this to you and I would suggest you get some help for what sounds like very virulent GERD. If your surgeon is no help, get a referral for a GI consult to check what damage is being done.
Good luck.
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on 6/16/21 8:00 am, edited 6/16/21 8:05 am - LA
Please, Help if anyone here has been having this?
I have been suffering with this Malabsorption?
In the last 6 month my health ..I have been not able to absorb my vitamin, anxiety, depression meds.
they finally did test found it. I have been telling my doctor and he ignored it.
now I am burning in my stomach and vomiting up 3 and 4 times daily!! Not to mention intestinal problems.
In 2015 I started with vomiting and no weight loss.
I went from proximal to distal, My surgeon thought it was the best thing to do. I lost 80 pounds
but I acquired this Horrendous problem.
PLEASE,HELP!!!
Depression is just awful. I hope you are on your path to healing soon.
about six hours. I also have a cat who wakes me up at ungodly hours. But even when I'm away from home (i.e., no cat around), I still only get about six hours of sleep. It's a rare night when I clock in 7+.
Some things you might try:
Don't feed the cat right when you wake up. Wait a half hour. You want to break the association in the cat's mind between you waking up and the cat getting food.
When the cat wants attention at night, pull it close and wrap your arms around it. You can do this without really waking up. The cat probably wants to play, not to be held closely like this, so they will learn that bothering you at night doesn't get the desired result. But also, you're not rejecting your cat, so you can go back to sleep without feeling guilty.
All of this behaviour will probably settle down over time as your cat feels more confident in their new home.
Typically, 4 to 6 hours. I think it's less important how much sleep I get vs when I get that sleep. If it's 10 to 2, great...if it's midnight to 4, not so great. I typically wake up at the same time every day, without an alarm clock, so this seems to be the right sleep approach for me -- everyone is different though.
There's been some interesting research into REM sleep, into changes in sleep pattens as we moved to more modern times. I've read that the 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep is just something made up and historically people would sleep for shorter periods of time, sleep for a few hours, then do things for a few hours, then sleep again. That makes sense if you think about agrarian households and the need for things like keeping a fire going overnight, etc.
If I feel like I'm tired because I'm not getting enough sleep, I'll use an sleep timer website to determine when I should go to bed so that I wake up at the right spot in the REM cycle, which can be useful. (I'll use the most when I'm trying to pre-shift my sleep cycle if I'm going to have a big timezone change). I'd also lock the cat in another room (if I had a cat that was disturbing my sleep that much (I do not have a cat)).
Good luck!
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
