Staying in Bed

I have been so frustrated with my exhaustion and dizziness lately so I did some more research last night.  I took another adrenal fatigue quiz and I am still coming in at the moderate, nearly severe range for associated symptoms.  Alright, I think I need to focus in and try to get myself back to a safe zone.  I also tried to think about what I've done differently for the last 3 weeks when I've felt so miserable.  I eliminated the morning tea and caffeine associated with it and replaced that with lemon water.  But after a full week, I think I can safely say the caffeine isn't the culprit, I didn't think it really was.  I realized last night, though, that I have only recently started getting up out of bed at 6/6:15 to do yoga or stretch.

On all the website I kept reading about how it's important to sleep as late as possible.  I read that and I guess thought "but I'm awake, so that doesn't apply to me."  Then I read how someone just stayed in bed for 15-20 minutes after waking each morning.  So I thought, what if I just stay in bed and read.  Will laying down give my body more rest?  This morning I started the experiment, of course James came to snuggle at 6:30 so I didn't get as much rest as I had hoped.  But I stay in bed until 7.  I will continue this experiment through the weekend, staying in bed and relaxing as long as is possible.  Hopefully I will start to find some extra energy later in the day through the extra rest in the morning.  I don't need to get up before 7:30 until DD starts Spanish in October.

I also read about someone having a special drink and eating coconut oil and how that helped.  I tried a spoonful of coconut oil this morning and nearly gagged on that, so I won't be repeating that again.  As I met my usual crash after lunch today, I made a cup to see if it would help.  I heated up some water, then put apple cider vinegar, honey, and cinnamon into the cup.  After mixing some I added a spoonful of coconut oil.  It melts in the hot water and is tasteless, so this should be a good way to have it.  I think I added too much of the vinegar so will decrease that a touch tomorrow.  But hopefully this will provide me with a boost through each afternoon.  I'm feeling a touch better right now, but I figure it will take a few days to start working as well.

Hopefully I've stumbled upon some good remedies here.  It at least gives me some hope, which I am in desperate need of right now.