Melantonin, valerian root, passion flower, chamomile tea, warm milk, meditation don't do it for me. Ambien and Lunesta are too expensive and have bad side effects.
2006-07-02 16:40:05 · 16 answers · asked by matchcom 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I have alot of trouble with sleeping at times. This is what I do.
1. Put a heating pad on low under my back and it relaxes me to sleep.
2. Get up and do stretching for every body part for about 30 minutes. This always works.
3. Make hot tea called Tension Tamer Tea by Celestial Seasonings. I use two tea bags, no sugar or honey.
4. Sex works for a release.
5. This is the worst suggestion. Watch TV until you can't stay awake any longer.
6. Pray about what may be bothering me.
I hope these suggestions help.
2006-07-02 16:52:33 · answer #1 · answered by cowgirl6000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
7 different things you can try:
1. read until your eye lids cannot stay open
2. Try eating dinner closer to sleep time, it helps me, a satisfied tummy is always happy to sleep(just dont eat too much or it will keep you awake becasue you are so full)
3. yoga or stretching
4. drink lots and lots of wter. it relaxes me sometimes
5. start writing like a diary or like your own book. it lets you get what you are thinking off your mind, and makes you tired like reading
6. eat more, sometimes under eating causes sleeping problems
7. Stop drinking coffee or caffein drinks, Some people do not digest them as well as they think they do, and the caffeine causes energy problems. I used to drink coffe and could never sleep, now i have it like once a month and sleep perfectly
2006-07-02 16:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by Jessica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unisom with or without Advil. Makes you drowsy, calms you down, gets rid of any random aches & pains. You don't wake up groggy. Works great for me! i'd never get to sleep without it. I think they just came out with an "Advil PM" which is Advil and diphenhydramine (benadryl), same active ingredient as in Unisom. Or, like the other suggestion, just get some generic Benadryl and try it. Good luck!
2006-07-02 16:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exercise, exercise, exercise until you really sweat up a storm. Then take a shower, drink a tall glass of water and go to bed. No music playing. No sounds. No lights on. Just dark and quiet. Let your body really relax.
Works for me every time. No drugs, no herbs. Just clean water.
You see, when you put things into your body within two hours of going to bed your system has to process them. If it is processing them while you are trying to sleep you are not really resting. Reduce the processing by exercising, don't eat anything two hours before you go to bed. Then drink that tall glass of water just before you climb into that comfy bed. The water will flush anything out of your system that might cause it to continue processing while you are trying to sleep.
2006-07-02 16:50:55 · answer #4 · answered by BP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try staying busy all day. It's not always fun, but try excercise, or another way of getting physically tired. I'll sometimes get a really boring book and try to read it, or set the tv on sleep and put on a boring show.
2006-07-02 16:46:29 · answer #5 · answered by kookie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why the obsesion to sleeep ,you only neeed 4 hours a day it is only custom that makes you stay in bed longer .
answer some questions if you cant sleep or do the dishes .this means you have more time to do things
i sleep an avarege or 4 or 5 hours in the 24
2006-07-02 16:45:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Benadryl. (diphenhydramine) $1 for a package at the dollar store.
Don't be fooled by Sominex, Unisom, Tylenol PM .. Blah Blah Blah... it's all diphenhydramine and should cost no more than $1 for about 24-25mg tabs.
2006-07-02 16:46:20 · answer #7 · answered by GVD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Research progressive muscle relaxation. I really think this helps. If you find you can't sleep because you are worried, get out of bed, write your worries on paper, and put it in a drawer. As your mind drifts to those worries, tell yourself, "They are written down, I'll deal with them tomorrow." Get in a routine before bed that doesn't involve stimulating activity -- no TV, no computer. Sweet dreams!
2006-07-02 16:45:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use benedryl just about every night & most of the time it works, other times not so well. It's cheap and easy to find
2006-07-03 01:36:05 · answer #9 · answered by Jess F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know what puts me to sleep is watching a boring t.v. channel down pretty low and rubbing my husbands head. It puts him to sleep too.
2006-07-02 17:45:29 · answer #10 · answered by lizardlover42000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋