Vitex for women's hormones and insomnia

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napstress
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Vitex for women's hormones and insomnia

Post by napstress » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:28 pm

Has any woman here taken Vitex? Or does anyone know someone who has? It is supposed to harmonize the hormones throughout the cycle. I had a good few weeks recently of sleeping straight through the night 6-9 hours per night. And I did not have the over-the-top insomnia I usually get premenstrually. I'm wondering if it's the Vitex I started taking. I started on a gluten-free diet around the same time, so I'm trying to discern which was the cause of that miracle. If anyone is disturbed by hormone-induced insomnia—or knows someone who is—what do you (or she) use?
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Re: Vitex for women's hormones and insomnia

Post by SleepingUgly » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:28 pm

Never heard of it. It has testosterone in it? That would make me nervous.
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Re: Vitex for women's hormones and insomnia

Post by napstress » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:05 am

SleepingUgly wrote: It has testosterone in it? That would make me nervous.
From what I've read, it increases testosterone levels in men, but FSH in women. Did you find a source that said it had testosterone in it, or that it increases testosterone?
Epworth Sleepiness Scale: 14
Diagnostic study: overall AHI: 0.2 events/hour; overall RDI: 45 events/hour
Titration study: AHI: 6.1; RDI: 27; CPAP pressures: 5-8cm

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Re: Vitex for women's hormones and insomnia

Post by SleepingUgly » Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:00 pm

I googled it and for ingredients it listed testosterone.
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Re: Vitex for women's hormones and insomnia

Post by cflame1 » Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:52 pm

What it really is: Chaste tree berry, an herb. It doesn't have testosterone in it.

Not sure where SU got that it had testosterone in it, 'cause it doesn't.

Can't tell you that it'll effect insomnia but it does work on female hormones though.

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Re: Vitex for women's hormones and insomnia

Post by SleepingUgly » Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:36 pm

I don't know where I found it either, because I can't find it again! I can now only find that it boosts testosterone. Hmmm.
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