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Been having disrupted sleep for a week no. wake up in the middle of night & won't sleep again till 2 - 3 hrs later. what can i do and what is this?
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Waking up: It sounds like an inappropriate surge in cortisol to me. You could try taking phosphatidyl serine 100mg at bedtime, which will blunt any cortisol surges and see if that helps. I wish you the best!
Answered 7/14/2014
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