Insomnia

Insomnia

Another sleep disturbance is waking in the night and not
being able to go back to sleep for hours. Or not being able to get
to sleep.
I believe these problems are caused by a high ammonia level
in the brain. This belief is based on two observations. Ornithine,
an ammonia reducer, induces a wonderful sleep in sleepdeprived
persons. It is also observed that after killing parasites,
which produce ammonia, sleep is much improved. Our metabolism
does not produce ammonia. We produce urea which is excreted
by the kidneys along with water and then called urine.
When we are parasitized, our metabolism is burdened with ammonia,
though, made by the parasites. We have to turn it into urea
in the liver and kidneys so we can excrete for them. But this can't
be done in the brain! The brain lacks an essential enzyme,
ornithine carbamyl-transferase, for this bit of biochemistry. The
brain was never meant to be parasitized or infected and has no
defense. Most of our parasites come from animals we associate
with. We weren't meant to live with horses, cows, sheep, pigs,
monkeys, guinea pigs, cats, dogs and chickens nor to come in
contact with dozens more at a zoo. We do so at our own peril.

It is known that ammonia is a strong brain irritant. In fact, a
person can be awakened from a coma by being made to smell
ammonia “smelling salts.” Ornithine reacts with ammonia,
mopping it up like a sponge. Arginine, another amino acid, also
reacts with ammonia, but does not put you to sleep. So there is
more to insomnia than mere inability to reduce ammonia levels.
Arginine results in alertness and therefore should be used in the
morning, when needed. Ornithine, given at bedtime, may take ½
hour to do its magic. Both are perfectly safe, since they are
natural to your body, and a food constituent.
Start by taking two ornithine capsules (each 500 mg.) on the
first night. Take four the next night. Take six the night after and
choose the dose you like best. Sometimes it takes five days to
“catch up” on everything that needs to be done for the brain and
get you sleeping. Meanwhile, of course, you are planning to kill
your parasites and be done with insomnia in the most effective
way of all.
Another sleep aid is herbal. A couple of herbs, valerian and
skullcap, are known for such action. The mechanisms are not
understood and this makes for nonuniform action. Some persons
sleep well with them, others do not. Simply try them to find out.
We are all so different in our metabolism details, we respond
differently to herbs. But it is a blessing that the mechanism is not
understood. Herbs, a tradition that precedes civilization, need to
be forever off limits for intervention by government agencies.
Tryptophane, another amino acid, is about twice as powerful
as ornithine, but was taken off the market a few years ago.
Some persons taking it daily were seen to become quite ill and
some deaths ensued. Since tryptophane had been used in prior
years without noticing toxicity, something unusual should have
been suspected. My tests showed extreme pollution of tryptophane
capsules. They contained PCBs, mercury, ruthenium,
strontium, praseodymium, aluminum, and benzalkonium. I can

only speculate that a mixing vat broke, dumping its precious load
onto the floor—but it was salvaged. Or that the mixing vat wasn't
cleaned thoroughly from it's last use.
Persons with illness due to taking tryptophane developed an
extremely high eosinophil count in their blood test—an index of
parasitism, too. Parasitism, that would have led to insomnia in
the first place! Were these unfortunate victims seeing the cause or
the result of their tryptophane use? This tragic event should have
led to a discovery of the heavy pollution, a revelation of the
industrial manufacturing process, and a safeguarding against any
repetition. It has not been done (certainly not publicly).
Foreign countries' manufacturing processes do not come under
U.S. scrutiny or jurisdiction, although some imported products
must pass tests. There are no safeguards against repetition of
the tryptophane experience. It behooves us to demand safe
supplements and medicines. It is not the list of ingredients that
informs. Lot analysis, after bottling, would give us the necessary
safeguard. The presence of filth contamination and toxins cannot
be completely avoided but the consumer can make informed
choices if he or she knows it is there. Disclosure, of course, is
the bane of the manufacturing business. Interest rate disclosure
was the bane of the money lending business. Such important
matters can't be left to “self-regulation” policies. The consumers
must simply demand to know what they are consuming.