Left brain hemisphere more awake the first night sleeping in a new place (2016)

Re:Left brain hemisphere more awake the first night sleeping... by officialjunk on Sunday February 14, 2021 @11:17AM (#26133553)

it's normal, at least from my experience. i hypothesize it is related to being vulnerable to predators while stopping somewhere to poop in an unfamiliar environment.

but it sounds like you are also eating something your body doesn't like. for example, before i discovered i was allergic to gluten, i would also poop dozens of small sessions per day. all that went away after doing an elimination diet (systematically introducing 1 new ingredient at a time until you find the problems).

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Re:Left brain hemisphere more awake the first night sleeping... by tpmx on Sunday February 14, 2021 @01:11PM (#26134597)

A more efficient method is a skin allergy test (skin prick test). It allows for testing lots of allergens in parallel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_allergy_test

A quick search shows that it works for gluten intolerance/celiac disease too.

My mom went through this back in the 80s or so after having mysterious issues - turned out it was raw(ish) onion that was the culprit.

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Re:Left brain hemisphere more awake the first night sleeping... by danielheath on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:29PM (#26135960)

Doesn’t help with carbohydrate intolerances. If there’s any carb structure your body can’t crack apart, you will get those exact symptoms due to over feeding the microbiome.

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Re:Left brain hemisphere more awake the first night sleeping... by gopty on Sunday February 14, 2021 @07:03PM (#26137519)

Sorry, gluten intolerance, and there are many variationions - I have a form with an occurrence of one in 10,000, possible 1 in 100.000 - CON NOT be diagnosed with a prick test. A wheat allergy, which is a totally different thing, might be.

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