whats the best natural remedy for insomnia?
Im being so depress lately and I find it hard to sleep. I spent my nights surfing and chatting online or watching movies on tv.
The best natural remedy for insomnia I've found is Dr. Dave's Sleep Wizard (just plug those terms into a search engine to find it). Basically, it's a mixture of melatonin, GABA and some other stuff. Very effective.
When it comes to prescription meds, stay the hell away from them, for the most part. They are dangerous, addictive and will screw up your sleep cycle for years after you stop taking them. They will also leave you feeling stoned and and unable to concentrate for days after your last dose.
There is one exception. There is a new drug named Rozerem that was just released this year. Unlike all other prescription sleep medications, it's not a narcotic. It's more like a type of super-melatonin. It does not make you feel dopey or sleepy in any way, is not addictive and research so far shows it to be completely safe. Taking it is weird (I've suffered from extreme insomnia for years). You take it and feel absolutely nothing at all. But, you fall asleep where you didn't before. Good stuff.
Also, you need to practice good "sleep hygiene". Things like working on a computer, playing video games and watching TV all dramatically interfere with sleep. Don't do any of these things for at least 3 hours before you go to bed. Don't leave the TV on while trying to fall asleep (MANY people do this to help them sleep but are actually making their insomnia dramatically worse). Also, never use your bed for anything except sleep and sex. Don't lie in bed during the day. Don't watch TV from bed. Don't read in bed etc. Stay the hell out of bed until bed time.
do exactly the contrary, don't go to computer don't read just go bed and help yourself with some drug by the dr
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Melatonin, it is a natural, and you can find it at any vitamin store.
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Progesterone Cream – It works!
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Valerian from health food shop or lavender oil on pillow.
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Mikeyray is right, Melatonin is the answer to your sleep problem. Hope you get some zzzzzzz's!
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well there is something wrong w/ you deep in you you must resolve that first either by your faith or yourself rediscover yourself
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try warm milk before bed or chamomile tea.. there is also a tea called bedtime tea which has chamomile plus some other relaxing herbs to help relax you at night.
don't drink caffeine after 1pm. don't watch tv/movies/or go online. it will keep your mind busy and you can't really relax.
if your depressed then you need to talk to your doctor. sleep is vitally important to keep you healthy and your body's immune system up. take vitamins on a daily basis.
also try some deep breathing (deep belly breaths) at night to relax your breathing.
good luck and happy resting
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do some sport before you go to bed, like run 0.5 mile or something like that
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It sounds as though you lead a rather leisurely life. Try exhaustion. Work physically hard at something. Do some yard work, get busy. I guarantee (my opinion) that you'll sleep like the proverbial baby.
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Count sheep.
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go to the doctor and get your depression under control. try to fix whatever problem in your life that makes you feel down. eat right and exercise. you cannot change the past work on the future. my granny always told me real hard work will fix sleepless nights.
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Lavender essential oil.
Best way to calm the mind and scent your room beautifully.
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Melatonin 3 mg. is good for insomnia. So is an herb called Valerian, but it has a strong odor to it.
For the depression, try something called DLPA. You'll find it at your local health food store. It's an amino acid that is an effective pain blocker as well as an anti-depressant. I'm actually going out to buy some today for the pain blocking effect.
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Valerian Root really helps me. Nice to see someone else is a night owl. I'm surrounded by early birds and it's kind of annoying!
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Exercise. Get off the counch (or walk away from your computer) and move.
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Turn the computer off and have sex.
Its more fun than pills and puts you right to sleep.
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take deep breaths , fill air to he bottom of your lungs and think as if your muscles are getting oygen coming to them..
it work for me..
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The best natural remedy for insomnia I've found is Dr. Dave's Sleep Wizard (just plug those terms into a search engine to find it). Basically, it's a mixture of melatonin, GABA and some other stuff. Very effective.
When it comes to prescription meds, stay the hell away from them, for the most part. They are dangerous, addictive and will screw up your sleep cycle for years after you stop taking them. They will also leave you feeling stoned and and unable to concentrate for days after your last dose.
There is one exception. There is a new drug named Rozerem that was just released this year. Unlike all other prescription sleep medications, it's not a narcotic. It's more like a type of super-melatonin. It does not make you feel dopey or sleepy in any way, is not addictive and research so far shows it to be completely safe. Taking it is weird (I've suffered from extreme insomnia for years). You take it and feel absolutely nothing at all. But, you fall asleep where you didn't before. Good stuff.
Also, you need to practice good "sleep hygiene". Things like working on a computer, playing video games and watching TV all dramatically interfere with sleep. Don't do any of these things for at least 3 hours before you go to bed. Don't leave the TV on while trying to fall asleep (MANY people do this to help them sleep but are actually making their insomnia dramatically worse). Also, never use your bed for anything except sleep and sex. Don't lie in bed during the day. Don't watch TV from bed. Don't read in bed etc. Stay the hell out of bed until bed time.
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take a hot bath then relax in bed with a heating pad!!
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Get comfortable, relax now imagine you are a baby bird in a nest in the highest tree on the highest mountain and it's snowing, you are warm and snug, you can see for miles and the snow makes gentles sounds as it falls all around you, you want to watch the snow but you eyes are getting heavier and heavier…………………..
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It's what I do.
drinking warm milk before trying to sleep. hope you get some rest!!
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Probably your best bet would be to see a doctor about the depression; however, your insomnia may be feeding into the depression and vice versa.
I had a bad problem with insomnia for many years, and did some research on it. Here are the things I’ve found that help the most.
1. Don't take the sleeping pills. Although they are not addictive in the way we tend to think (you won't jones for them if you miss taking them) they are addictive in the sense that once you have taken them for a while, you will have to take them to get to sleep, but they won't have the same effect they used too. This is because you tend to not get the necessary REM sleep you need to be rested. If you must take a sleeping pill, take it well before you go to sleep. For instance, I prefer to take sleeping pills 2 hours before I go to sleep, so that the pill can get into my system and make me drowsy before I get into bed, then get out of my system (hopefully) early enough that I get some normal sleep.
2. Try to go to bed at about the same time every night. You have some wiggle room on this, but if you stay out on Saturday night till 3, it'll be harder to go to sleep at 10PM Sunday.
(Which somewhat contradicts:)
3. If possible, don't go to bed if you're not sleepy. Note – one thing I have read and found to be true is that you have to be awake for 12 hours before you can go back to sleep. So if you sleep till noon, again, you won't be sleepy at 10PM.
4. Don't spend more than 15-30 minutes trying to get to sleep. If you notice that you've been in bed more than 15 minutes, get out of bed and do something for a while. Make sure what you do isn't going to make you more hyper; e.g. no exercising or energetic music or writing posts to online debates.
5. When you go to bed, choose a chore or some other task that you do not want to do and tell yourself that if you are still awake in thirty minutes you will do that task. Then, if you are still awake, get up and do your chosen task. This is my favorite suggestion, as it has worked nearly every time I've used it. .
Those are the most useful suggestions I have. Other things you can try:
Before you start getting ready for sleep, turn off high energy music and turn the lights down. I love R&R music, but I went through a period where I had to turn the radio off every night about an hour before I went to bed, or I would be too wired to sleep. And our bodies react to reduced light by producing melatonin which puts us to sleep.
Get plenty of exercise, but not right before bed. (Unless you're weird like me – exercise right before bed just puts me to sleep)
Another suggestion that might work is to relax your body, consciously, one area at a time, starting from your feet. You think about the ball of your left foot and relax it, then the ball of your right foot, then the arch of your left foot, etc. You have to concentrate (pretty hard) on what you are doing
Sex *grin* by yourself or with an SO, it produces a nice soporific chemical, which does a nice job of putting you to sleep.
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