Effect of a Dietary Supplement on Quality of Life

Each participant will be in the study for about 1 month. The questionnaires consist of Chubon Quality of Life Rating, the Multi-dimensional Fatigue Inventory, Insomnia Severity Index, the Epworth Sleepiness, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Subjects will be screened with a medical questionnaire, vital signs, height, weight, oximetry to identify sleep apnea, a CBC and chemistry panel and the Insomnia severity Index. Weight, vital signs, adverse event questioning, dispensing and collection of test material will be done at each visit. During each treatment week subjects will wear an actigraph, keep a sleep diary and at the beginning and end of each treatment week subjects will have a polysomnography. At the end of each treatment period subjects will have a chemistry panel, a CBC, and a buffy coat will be archived.

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy men or women >50 years of age
• Usual bedtime between 9pm and midnight
• Insomnia for >6months by ICSD-2 criteria
• Insomnia Severity Index score >10 and Sleep-onset latency or Waking after sleep onset >30 minutes

Exclusion criteria

• Have diabetes mellitus
• Taking chronic medication not on a stable dose for >1month
• Taking sedating or hypnotic medications
• Have a sleep disorder other than insomnia (like sleep apnea) Adults unable to consent Prisoners Pregnant women Individuals not yet adults