Where did you get this? I am in Minnesota so I’m sure my vitamin d is low these months.
Based on your comments I don’t see how you could have.
I tried cbd last night and so far that was a bust. Going to try to cut caffeine completely and see if that helps.
There is good CBD and wimpy CBD. The first few times I tried it, it didn’t do anything for me. I got some THC gummies on a trip to Colorado and just 1.5mg would pretty much knock me out all night without getting me high. I’d get about as relaxed as you get on 1/2 glass of wine with no hangover.
Lately I’ve been trying some CBD hemp oil with all the turpines, made my CBD Distillery. If I take about 30mg, then it works pretty well.
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I bought “justcbd” which is one of the highest reviewed. I took about 25mg
Don’t get me wrong, it knocked me out like melatonin does. I just still woke up at 3am.
Looking on their site, I’m using the equivalent of their ‘full spectrum tincture’. I also use it sublingually for maximal absorption.
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Another possibility. I usually eat dinner around 5-6 and then don’t eat much if anything else before bed.
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What did you eat and how long before bed? I’m thinking I’ll eat some oats or a peanut butter sandwich about an hour before bed?
I have found CBD not to be a cure all, but certainly helps. My gels are 1000mg though, so a big difference with 25mg
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Yeah didn’t help me at all with cbd, melatonin, ate at 9, and no caffeine at all. Still up at 330 
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(female)
I’ve just started hormone therapy for a medical condition. I’ve had times where my mind is not ready to sleep - wide awake. This has been sudden and started after the first injection.
I figure men have hormones too.
This might be helpful
It looks like there’s a complex relationship between testosterone levels and sleep…
Things that I (think) have helped me personally
Vit d
L-theanine
ZMA
Looking at the sleep cycles on my garmin app, the L-theanine creates a rhythmic cycle, so possibly has the most effect? No idea, n=1
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Myself & my partner decided to buy a sunrise lamp this winter to see if it made a difference. It was only a cheap one, but the sunrise effect really helped with sleep in the nights & mornings. It was mostly for her benefit as she struggled more in the mornings than I did, but I’ve really noticed the difference too.
Two interesting points related to this discussion.
First regarding Vitamin D. As has been shown many times it’s hard to get your body to actually absorb vitamin supplements. Also, vitamins and other nutrients are often not used directly by your body, but rather transformed by your body to produce other important compounds. There’s some research discussed in this Outside article how Vitamin D is probably not as important as believed but rather the nitric oxide that your body will produce if it has Vitamin D AND sun exposure. Vitamin D by itself hasn’t been shown to improve health even though people with lots of Vitamin D naturally in their body do have better health.
Second, food timing has an effect, but most of the discussion so far is talking about eating way too late in my experience. There’s a trick to getting over jet lag and that is to fast (eat nothing but water) for 16 hours before your destination’s breakfast time. That resets your circadian rhythm to use that as your new wake up time. I have found this to work great for me and James Huang from Cycling Tips has sworn by it for years. My wife essentially does this everyday (intermittent fasting, eat during an 8 hour window starting with breakfast, fast the other 16 hours) and it has helped her sleep problems. I also found that my nighttime heartburn issues disappeared after I learned to avoid eating 4 (preferably 5) hours before bed. If I have to eat later than that I am super picky about what I will eat.
Also, I suggest not drinking any water for 11~12 hours before you want to wake up. Anything you do in the middle of the night, including using the toilet, is training your body to wake up. A full bladder is a trigger to wake you up. You can get enough hydration during the rest of the day if you consciously drink often.
The Outside article is very interesting. I didn’t realize that the body produces nitric oxide from sunlight.
We all know that vegetables with nitrates (beet root juice) are performance enhancers because they raise nitric oxide levels.
Sunlight also raises testosterone levels - another known performance/recovery enhancer.
Yep, this is something I have always naturally done anyway. I am usually awakened by hunger in the morning, and taper how much I eat all day, never been a big dinner person.
I’d recommend against doing that regularly. Benedryl is an acetlycholinesterase inhibitor (as are many antihistamines to varying levels), which are implicated in the development/acceleration of memory disorders such as dementia/Alzhiemer’s, and some movement disorders as well. They have been shown with regular use to impair executive memory function, recall, and the like. I personally avoid them as much as possible, with the exception of Zyrtec, which does not seem to impact choline and is what I generally recommend as a daily antihistamine.
Melatonin is, by comparison, generally safe, less habit forming, and does not seem to shut down natural melatonin when used periodically.
Otherwise, I agree with you - alcohol bad, cannabis good for those with easy access and able to tolerate.
Note: former biochemist, but not for many years - working as a software engineer for over a decade now. So don’t treat as medical advice, yada yada.
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