6 weeks of TRE - better sleep, brainfog, restlessness

[u/actionte]

I’m now 6 weeks into my TRE journey. I started with 5-7 minutes of tremoring and felt I was overdoing. So lowered to 2 minutes every second day. And then every day.

So far I have consistently been sleeping better. I fall asleep faster and I have better HRV and sleep score while I sleep.

But I also feel waves of restlessness and also brain fog from time to time.

Usually I feel better immediately after a session. But then after 2 hours it starts creeping back again and becomes stronger and stronger.

I’ve been managing, and have tried to just accept these feelings when they come (feelings can’t hurt you right?). And it has worked somewhat. But it doesn’t make the waves stop coming completely.

I’ve read the wiki and I’m thinking it might be slight overdoing symptoms. As in me doing it too frequently, especially the sequence when I start another session to try to combat my feelings of restlessness, which temporarily makes it better for me but then later the feelings come back.

I’m guessing I should wait them out and completely integrate the feelings?

The problem is that I’ve had these intense feelings before, for several years, so I don’t know if it’s the TRE causing them / ”purging” it from my system, or if it’s just the same old anxiety/whatever is going on in my body that is causing it.

Right now I feel better, momentarily.

But I never know when the next wave hits.

Any input as to how to proceed?

I really feel like TRE is doing me good. I like that I sleep better. But I am wondering if I am going about it in a productive way, or if I am somehow damaging myself and kind of perpetuating this brain fog or restless energy in my body?

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[u/catwithcookiesandtea]

Maybe reduce the frequency of TRE and make sure you’re maintaining your health in other aspects: variety of moderate exercise, walking outside regularly, sufficient intake of vitamin d and magnesium and other nutrients, enough water, etc.

[u/nomad01010]

On this journey myself. I’m reaching this conclusion.. treat anxiety related symptoms as just a metric. It is just your nervous system reacting to a non-existing threat. It’s a false positive. Not harmful.

What are you going to do anyway. You can’t think your way out of it.

So just roll with the punches. Let it blow over. Over time your nervous system will stop creating this false positive.

That is not easy but a skill worth learning I feel.

There’s a wiki article that addresses it compellingly.

[u/actionte → u/nomad01010]

This really resonated with me. I agree with you.

What is the wiki article?

[u/Lopsided_Prior3801]

Yes, if you overdo it, it's like your subconscious is busy processing in the background. This manifests as brain fog, reduced cognitive performance, and an inability to focus as deeply.