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<blockquote data-quote="Cocosilk" data-source="post: 2382313" data-attributes="member: 501623"><p>I have this problem when doing keto as well. Over the last 2 years since I started doing it, I would always know when I was in ketosis because I couldn't fall asleep and would be up till 2 or 3am, and sometimes I'd have this rushing buzzing sensation through my limbs, as well as heart palpitations. The energy rush from keto is great in the daytime but I don't enjoy it at night and it always makes me go and do the following, which I find does help:</p><p></p><p>-Take an electrolyte (or make your own using no more than 1/4 teaspn Lite Salt, which contains more potassium than sodium)</p><p></p><p>-Take Magnesium (I have 300mg at night when I feel like that and sometimes and extra 150mg the next morning). Magnesium helps with sleep, cramps and helps get things moving on the loo.</p><p></p><p>-Eat a small amount of carbs before bed (and skip the carbs with your other meals if you want to be stricter). I might have half a cup of cooked rice (I was just reading that leftover cooked rice might be better than freshly cooked to increase resistant starch and not affect your blood sugar as much - haven't test yet though to see if it make any difference for me.) Some might eat a piece of fruit instead. I've been known to eat dried apricots out of desperation because they are high in potassium, but also high in sugar so probably not ideal. But when I'm experiencing those symptoms, things are not right in my body so if eating a few carbs are the only thing that helps, I do it, because in the short term, being able to get some sleep trumps everything else. </p><p></p><p>If you've gone back to a few carbs and have fallen out of ketosis, try having the potassium and magnesium on hand as you go back on keto and see if that helps you avoid the symptoms next time. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I've only ever managed to cycle in and out of keto so I have to keep trying at it myself.</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine with what I think is a bit of an eating disorder, was trying keto and she was already underweight before, and she was getting a really bad racing heart waking her in the night as well, and after I told her what I did she tried eating a banana before bed and felt it helped. But I think she was literally starving herself eating no carbs and not enough of anything else either. </p><p>I, on the other hand, eat plenty of protein and fat when I try keto, but I still will have those symptoms if I don't watch the electrolytes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cocosilk, post: 2382313, member: 501623"] I have this problem when doing keto as well. Over the last 2 years since I started doing it, I would always know when I was in ketosis because I couldn't fall asleep and would be up till 2 or 3am, and sometimes I'd have this rushing buzzing sensation through my limbs, as well as heart palpitations. The energy rush from keto is great in the daytime but I don't enjoy it at night and it always makes me go and do the following, which I find does help: -Take an electrolyte (or make your own using no more than 1/4 teaspn Lite Salt, which contains more potassium than sodium) -Take Magnesium (I have 300mg at night when I feel like that and sometimes and extra 150mg the next morning). Magnesium helps with sleep, cramps and helps get things moving on the loo. -Eat a small amount of carbs before bed (and skip the carbs with your other meals if you want to be stricter). I might have half a cup of cooked rice (I was just reading that leftover cooked rice might be better than freshly cooked to increase resistant starch and not affect your blood sugar as much - haven't test yet though to see if it make any difference for me.) Some might eat a piece of fruit instead. I've been known to eat dried apricots out of desperation because they are high in potassium, but also high in sugar so probably not ideal. But when I'm experiencing those symptoms, things are not right in my body so if eating a few carbs are the only thing that helps, I do it, because in the short term, being able to get some sleep trumps everything else. If you've gone back to a few carbs and have fallen out of ketosis, try having the potassium and magnesium on hand as you go back on keto and see if that helps you avoid the symptoms next time. Personally, I've only ever managed to cycle in and out of keto so I have to keep trying at it myself. A friend of mine with what I think is a bit of an eating disorder, was trying keto and she was already underweight before, and she was getting a really bad racing heart waking her in the night as well, and after I told her what I did she tried eating a banana before bed and felt it helped. But I think she was literally starving herself eating no carbs and not enough of anything else either. I, on the other hand, eat plenty of protein and fat when I try keto, but I still will have those symptoms if I don't watch the electrolytes. [/QUOTE]
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