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yewit37486:
Don't mention, Amen 🙏
I will drop a message here when back (Oct 1) so you can make arrangements to pick up. Unfortunately I no longer have access to the email for my nairaland account, but will message on this thread.

Thank you so muchhh.

yewit37486:
No, don't worry about it, I will add it to a number of things I am getting there, The only thing is you being able to get it picked up (Mainland Lagos) when I'm back.

Thank you, it's a relief after years and years of suffering lol. Amen.

Really?🥺 Thank you so so much. Yes, I will make arrangements to pick it up for sure. God bless you for me 😭

yewit37486:
Heya, pele. I understand the concern but try not to think too much about it because that could be having a psychological effect as well, you will overcome it by God's grace don't worry.
The reason I was asking if you needed the magnesium glycinate is because I'm travelling next week and can easily get it there if you want, but you will need to arrange for a despatch to collect it when I'm back. Just let me know if it's still needed.

My sleep has been good, I think it's normalised now. I know what it's like to not sleep well at all so I'm grateful to God for using this thread to help me find what works, and my prayer is you also find a permanent solution to your challenges.

Oh that's so kind of you. Yes, I definitely need the magnesium glycinate but I cannot afford it right now unfortunately. Thank you so much.

And wow I'm glad your sleep is normalised, I'm really happy for you. Gives me hope to keep going. It is permanent by God's grace.

yewit37486:
Hi Babysho, how has it been? Do you still need the magnesium glycinate?

Thank you. I have wanted to reach out but I have not been myself mentally. I found somebody that gave me advice. Told me to take pawpaw and pawpaw actually helped with my leg aches(the leg aches got really bad) and also improved my sleep greatly and even some digestion issue I was having. It was like magic.

The thing now is I gotta eat like a full pawpaw everyday and pawpaw is scarce and not cheap. I added unripe bananas to the mix and my sleeping is in god mode rn lol but once I stop pawpaw, my body immediately resets to chronic sleeplessness and leg aches.

Using chatgpt, since my liver and kidney tests came out fine, it suggested it was my pancreas and it actually makes sense but I pray to God that it's not. Pancreas issues are scary.

I'm stable rn but I've been worried sick.

How are you?

yewit37486:
Honestly!
Sorry about that. But what makes you sure magnesium glycinate is what you need...? Have you tried it before and it worked consistently? Also, have you seen a doctor? Did they say what could be causing the symptoms especially the leg aches after meals.

Hello, how are you feeling now?

I don't even remember what sleep feels like.

The last doctor i saw ran a series of tests blood, liver, kidney, ecg, i even saw a cardiologist, they both said everything is fine. And told me to leave saying the aches is from sitting too much, recommending melatonin only. I have used melatonin before, it helps me sleep sort of but I noticed I still lose weight. Basically, the melatonin was not convincing my body enough to enter deep sleep enough to restore muscle. I am not even worried about the aches, once I start to sleep well consistently it will go. I just did not want to scare anybody, I have had this sleeping thing for 4 years.

With the way I have been taking teas, I am sure all the teas in the neighbourhood have been gossiping me.

Mynd44:
Technologists want to be equal to engineers so badly.

First off, what Bsc holder doesn't know how to use excel. The same excel university trained engineers have been using since 200 level on stupid assignments and 1 unit courses (SWEP) any one that doesn't know how excel works should be returned to his university

There is a reason University trained Engineers are not rebuilding 40-ton generators and it is because they are trained to assess the building's needs, design their power options and make sure the HND graduate does not just build anything.

Or in a company, a makeshift(note I said makeshift) flywheel is needed and you want the guys in the workshop to just turn on the lathe machine, load the Teflon and start cutting without an engineer designing the wheel itself, giving the required measurements of troughs and teeth, clearance and width

This weird thinking that people with Bng don't know as much as those with HNDs is like saying you should skip architects and just give your building to builders directly. A house will be built but will the house collapse? Will it pass structural tests, will it be livable?

There is a reason there are cadres and an HND Graduate can up his level and get the required certifications too same way university trained engineers are encouraged to get technical knowhows.

Do I agree on the pay, people should be paid based on their work rate? Yes
Yes, Polytechnics should be better funded
As for the masters route, I don't even have a thought about it

But our govt still dey give your projects to Chinese so wetin BSC holder gain? 😂🫵🏽

yewit37486:
Thank you!
That's interesting, I believe anything that moves the body closer to nature will always be a plus. I will put it in mind.
Re: temperature, I think some of us just have more sensitive systems, I know people who can sleep in the middle of loud noise, heat etc, but for others the temperature has to be right.
It's a continous journey of discovery, thanks for sharing.

People that sleep easy don’t know what God’s doing for them lol
The quality of my sleep is gradually reducing again, my leg aches have gotten really intense now especially after meals, weight loss setting in.
It’s too difficult. My last resort is magnesium glycinate but I can’t afford it.

yewit37486:
Hi babysho. How is it going, did the horlicks make much difference?
For me, my sleep pattern seems to have stabilized now, thank God.

Hello, thanks for checking back. I am glad you’re back to stable sleeping!

Horlicks unfortunately did not make much difference. However, serious meditation and taking a walk at night barefooted (esp on grass) helped me sleep better. I still wake up at intervals but when I do sleep, I sleep deep. I seriously recommend the barefoot walk on grass, it sends in sleep signals right after.

I also found that being too cold or too warm disrupts my sleep.

Ggg I was going to do this

yewit37486:
Hmmm. Did you change anything else in the last two days?
No, I never tried magnesium glycinate, I try to focus on natural sources as much as possible as I don't really like supplements or medication. Have you considered supplementing your cinnamon and milk tea with other sources of magnesium or just increasing your consumption of foods high in MG, e.g. chia seeds, or pumpkin seeds. I started adding chia seeds to my meals (hot chocolate, tea) about a month ago, infact I usually add about a teaspoon of chia seeds to my horlicks because I like it, but now that I think of it, it could be one of the things helping with my sleep together with the horlicks. And the good thing is it's not very expensive, you can get 100g on glovo (depending on your location) for about 2k.

Also, saw this online, so if you are experiencing a number of these, could be a pointer that you do need more magnesium.
Seven common signs your body may need more magnesium include:
Muscle cramps and twitches: Painful spasms or sudden jumps in your muscles, like in your calves or eyelids.
Constant fatigue: Feeling very tired, weak, or low on energy all day long.
Trouble sleeping: Hard time falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up feeling unrested.
Stress and mood changes: Feeling more anxious, cranky, or overwhelmed than usual.
Frequent headaches: Dealing with regular tension headaches or bad migraines.
Numbness and tingling: A pins-and-needles feeling in your hands, arms, legs, or feet.
Irregular heartbeat: Feeling your heart skip a beat or pound too fast (palpitations).

There are so many variables I don’t even know exactly what changed, and I am usually very observant.

I did go on a very long run last week Friday at 5am, I got back and couldn’t sleep that day or the next but then I slept the 3rd day after starting milk and cinnamon, so I don’t know maybe it was the run and the effect has worn off. On the night where my sleeping stopped day before yesterday, I took paracetamol so maybe it was that too, I don’t know. I got the Horlicks today anyway.

Yes I do feel about 6 out of those symptoms so it just might be the magnesium, but I always refuse to believe because I’m steadily on high magnesium diets plus magnesium glycinate is very expensive. Grrrr

Anyway, I will go on a run tonight and see what that does for me. Thanks.

yewit37486:
Ohh I'm really happy for you, that's a great update. Nothing beats a good sleep and being well rested. To be honest, since you have found something which works for you, just stick to it for now, rather than upsetting the balance, plus Horlicks is on the high side, so unless it is absolutely necessary, I wouldn't add it. You also already have quite a good routine - anti-screens, reading etc.

Hahaha @ 30kg in 2 days!! Good luck, lol.

It stopped working. The milk and cinamon tea stopped working all of a sudden. No sleep in two nights. I actually forgot that this was my main issue where something would be working and suddenly just not work anymore leaving me hopeless.

I have been making a lot of research on magnesium glycinate, apparently, adults need 400mg daily and the cinamon n milk tea provides 20mg at most. Maybe my body is requesting for more magnesium for even deeper sleep(because the sleep was improving daily) but I am not meeting it? Is this logical sha?

Did you ever try magnesium glycinate?

yewit37486:
It's about 5 days now and so far so good, but I also had to make some other adjustments.

Chatgpt came up with a night routine after I gave it some info. I have also been doing some research, and one of the big takeaways is the fact that "the body is like a clock, it maintains a general rhythm of roughly 16 hours of wakefulness and 8 hours of rest, and morning light signals your master clock to start a 14 to 16-hour timer to release sleep-promoting melatonin."

My biggest struggle was falling asleep, I could go to bed by 12 midnight and still be awake at 2am or 3am, every day, so during the day I would be tired and cranky. My mind was always active and busy at night and just wouldn't sleep, meanwhile it is not like anything is bothering me, just random things would be on my mind.

Changes I have made:
- I started following the routine below and also set my alarm for the same time each day.
- I used to sleep with blackout curtains, no single light, now I open it midway and when I wake up, it is no longer an issue suddenly flooding my eyes with light.
- I stop using my phone at least an hour before bed.

So far:
- In the last few days, I sleep within 20 mins, I have also noticed some improvement in my weight, I think it is because I am better rested. So I think the most important thing is helping my mind and body unwind at the end of the day before going to bed, and warm milk with horlicks has helped. I hope to transition from it after a while once I have adjusted fully (fingers crossed).

Bedtime routine
10:30 PM: Drink Horlicks.
11:00 PM: Warm shower.
11:15 PM: Get into bed and read your physical book
11:45 PM: Put the book away, pray and get to bed.
7:00 AM: Wake up once the alarm goes off and open your curtains immediately.

How is the cinnamon and milk going?

Wow you're doing great!
I have never really had the issue of falling asleep. Maybe because I've always been anti-screens and pro-sunlight/natural darkness from teenage. I do breathing exercises too, read physical books b4 bed and very recently I added yoga to release tension lol, all of it was only improving my sleepiness but none ever fixed that waking up at 2/3am.

However, the cinnamon tea and milk seems to be doing the trick! I've slept really good 4 nights in a row now and I feel great! That I'm even wondering if there's need to buy the Horlicks. It's been months since I've felt like this. Thank you.

If I'm buying the Horlicks, it'll be for weight gain because I need to gain like 30kg in two days 😂 Nothing like sleep sha. Waking up well slept today, I was so motivated and energised to take a job test I'd been stalling for days, did intensive laundry and enough energy left to call my friends. My legs have also stopped aching.

yewit37486:
That's good to hear, long may it continue to work! I will add it to my research list.

Amen o
How far? Is the Horlicks still doing the trick for you? Any other improvements other than the sleep?

nikaShow:
First you have to separate CAPEX from OPEX.

CAPEX is capital expenditure.

OPEX is operating expenditure.

CAPEX is things like cost of land , ponds , borehole, pumping machine. This are huge funds that you won’t recoup in a cycle. Yet they are part of your expense.

Then OPEX is things like fingerlings or juveniles, fish feed, cost of changing water etc.

Whilst Op’s heart is in the right place, his calculations are false.

Asher’s Tarpaulin ponds of 500 fish each cost 250k each for full installation. So that’s 500k for 2 mobile ponds that can take 1000 fish already.

Juveniles of 70n : 70k

Feed at 2400 per Kg for 1000 fish is already 2.4m

Then cost of labour and water change etc

But what do I know ?

I’ve only being a full time fish farmer for 13 years now.

Google Akinfish and see 😎

Why are we buying 1000 bags of the fish feed?

I have always believed that rearing poultry or fishery should never be for commercial purposes. Every single person should have something like it in their backyard and a little garden. If you then have extra, you can sell.

When you start to commercialize these things is when people go crazy.

yewit37486:
How far? Were you able to try it?
Yesterday, I slept for a number of hours during the day, so that made it hard to sleep on time at night even with the horlicks, but when I did, I slept very well.
I also had a chat with chatgpt, where i explained my current routine and sleep issues, and it proposed a new routine that would help build new sleeping habits. So you could try that as well for your other symptoms.

Thanks. I don't have money for the Horlicks yet so it's on hold. However, I tried Cinnamon Tea with milk and also moved my sleeping location to the ground and I have been sleeping better in the last two nights. I really don't know what's in Cinnamon n Milk that makes it work but it does.

spiceadole:
What do you want to do with girls or women?
Especially Nigerian ladies?

Are you ragebaiting me? Lol I just want to greet them good morning

And wym especially? I'm a Nigerian in Nigeria, if I see another country lady, gbewa.

yewit37486:
Thank you o, I know how horrible insomnia can be.
I've attached a photo, I really hope it works for you. No, no leg aches or swelling, but I had some weight loss though nothing drastic, I think it was more the side effect of not having a well rested night almost every day.

Thank you so much, this gives me hope. Already started my search for it in the market, kinda pricey but I know God will come through. I also believe my weight loss is from poor sleep, my blood works and ECG are fine.

Last question, did you ever use melatonin? It does make me sleep through the night and I wake up half tired half rested and was losing weight SERIOUSLY, it was drying me out. Do you know this feeling? and I hope Horlicks sleep doesn't feel like this?

yewit37486:
Hahaha. You don't have to go down that route.
I had also tried a number of options - lemon balm and chamomile tea, warm eye compress at night, exercising, diffusers, but still 1am, 2am, I would still be alert wide awake, infact 2 days ago, I had to pray about it, like God please give me a solution!! Then this post came up with an update few days ago on my Followed topics as I followed it when you first created it, so I read all the suggestions again from Page 1, and decided to go with Horlicks, bought it and took it last night and it was incredible, started feeling drowsy within 10 mins, and slept soundly - I had to look it up online today and saw it is rich in lots of nutrients and vitamins including magnesium, so you can give it a try, I hope it works for you. It's quite pricey, but for me worth the price to get good sleep.

Wow I am not even the one that slept well and I am so happy. That is good news. I am currently at a cardiologists seeking help because I am now losing 1kg per day it seems. I tried running for 40mins at 5am and thought it would knock me out, nope!

Could you please share a photo of the Horlicks, so I get the right thing. Other than the sleeping, do you also have leg aches or swelling in your feet when you eat at night? Any weight loss?

yewit37486:
Pele. Did you try out any of the recommended solutions here - exercising regularly, magnesium supplement, the Gotea, horlicks etc?

Thanks. I tried some o. Exercising, all the teas, honey. I couldn’t afford that Magnesium, my HMO doesn’t cover supplements. All I did was lose even more weight.

The one I’m suspecting might help is to have sex regularly and yet I cannot find a girl to have sex with to literally save my life.

Hello, lovely Nairalanders. This topic has two questions in it and as you listen may you be blessed

As a man in his late 20s, I grew up in the post touch-grass era and the epoque of Facebook. What this means is I was mad social as a teenager; playing football in strangers’ compounds, talking to random girls on the street and having girlfriendsss but still tech savvy enough to use MTN cheat to browse lol

Now it’s 2026, and today will make it 6 years that I’ve been single and there’s nothing wrong with me physically, a little mental health damage, yes but don’t we all have skoi skoi? lol

Therefore, how do you find love? I noticed girls hardly walk on the streets these days and it is so difficult to keep the attention of girls (even young girls aged 19-24) especially if money is not involved and as a struggling 9-5er money is not exactly water. The girls are always so cold too, some even dislike phone calls. Have you experienced this?

Also, as a 9-5er or maybe a business owner, how do you blend work life with love life? Over the years, I did have potential girls especially from work but I’m always too tired to do the follow up and they don’t make it easy either. How do you cope?

This is so genius you guys don’t understand

Nzeodogwu:
Mine started mildly in 2018 and became chronic since 2020 till date. There's no drug or medication I have not received, yet no solution. I would be happy to know something else that's the solution.

Have you found a solution, I have not slept in weeks like this, all my body is vibrating

AishaDant:
I am experiencing the same thing.

I spoke with a psychologist and he said it has to do with stress and worry. Basically anxiety!

He asked me to consciously try to relax. Try to enjoy my hobbies and free my mind of worrying thoughts.

You should try these.

Did it work?

SkyBizzy:
I'm having same issue, mine is even worse.
I don't sleep at all in the night

Have you found solution?

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Do you sell Xbox 360 controller Uk used?

Rielbusinesses:
Bro I have difficulty sleeping ooh but I don't have swollen feet.

What could be my issue

My bro when you find out please come and help me too. I have difficulty sleeping, swollen feet and weight loss. I suspect anxiety disorder with a touch of kidney issues but I no get money to see doctor or run test

Do you have swollen feet? Do you have difficulty sleeping?

I hope Liverpool too don't drop the ball now that Wolves are on a mission to spoil people own.

Diegostan:
I also have the same problem and currently I'm starting to hear insistant ringing in my ear I think it might be an early warning sign for HBP, it also does help that any time I wake up my heart rate spikes like I just concluded a marathon. Please doctors in the platform help!!!

That’s terrible.
This insomnia ehn, I can’t even wish it on my enemy.