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I was thinking some days ago that you might be wondering! My sleep has been reasonably fine since I stopped the cortisol. No more massive problems.. just the occasional sleep irregularities I might have had in past years. Thanks for asking.

thanks for all your thoughts. I have temporarily at least solved the issue.. first I went on a juice fast and started sleeping again while doing only juice. Then I talked to a doctor and found out she had 2 patients who this happened to with Bikrams…I think she said their cortisol levels went up though I can’t say if she saw tests or was hypothesizing. Anyhoo, I decided to go off the cortisol I was taking as the Bikrams may be getting my adrenals working naturally, and so far it is successful. Been sleeping and not feeling more tired from going off it.

Thanks so much for your attention to this.
Prior to hormone replacement therapy including thyroid, starting nearly a year ago, I didn’t have sleep issues. I used to sleep deeply for 9 hours. Prior to yoga, the hormone therapy caused some sleep issues but not too bad…Sometimes I would fall asleep immediately or it could take up to an hour. I might wake up during the night but could fall back asleep very quickly. The yoga though seems to have cause drastically worse sleep issues. I think I’m barely sleeping 6 or maybe 7 hours a night now (which isn’t enough for me), and some nights less than that. It seems no matter when I go to sleep… 10pm, or 11:30pm… I fall asleep around midnight. I might wake up in the middle of the night and be up for hours.

I did have the feeling I should exercise in the evening. One day I tried rebounding for a half hour in the evening and I did sleep better. It was not a dramatic improvement or I would have done that every night.
After yoga i feel good but also tired. I can’t easily move the sessions because I am doing them with a friend and am tied into her schedule. I know she can’t do evenings, unfortunately, or all mornings. She could do all afternoons though… I’ll talk to her, but one thing I could do is add on some exercise in the evening…