Any natural remedies for sleeplessness?

Question

My 15-year-old daughter is having problems going to sleep at night. She is doing exams this year and finds school stressful. She finds that her brain is still so active when she goes to bed that she can't just drop off. Then she is really tired next day at school.
Does anyone have any remedies that worked for them?
(Not sleeping tablets)

singing blondie - what's in turkey that helps?!

Answer 1

I also have a 15 yr old who had the same problem, some nights he was still awake at 2-3 in the morning.if you can take a grumpy child this worked really well......
sam went to bed...still awake at 2am
woke sam by 6.00am (do this two mornings in a row) sam went to bed..still awake at 12am
woke sam by 6.15am.....
.If you try this Make sure she gets up
do this for a few days until she gets into a good sleeping pattern, DONT LET HER SLEEP WHEN SHE COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL
It took sam about a week to get into a decent sleep pattern he now gets up at 7am and looks as if he has had a goodnight sleep.(bright eyed and bussy tailed)
Make sure her homework is all done before 7pm also check she has done all her homework and isnt too stressed with it and make sure there is no other problems that are niggling her. This year, like my sons, will be very stressful for your daughter as she will have more work to do and the teachers pushing even harder and is made worse if your daughter is tired
The weekends can be a time when they have a lay-in, dont let her stay in bed for to long. It was hard going with a lot of shouting and tears but it will be worth it. hope this works for you as it did with my son...good luck

Answer 2

The ultimate remedy is routine.

Send her to bed at an agreed upon bedtime (make it an hour window, like anytime between 21:30 - 22:30).

If she's stressing about her workload, wake her up early so she can attack it in the morning. She will be far more productive.

You can also help her to reduce her stress level by showing her how to discipline herself to put her homework time in before doing everything else.

The rule of thumb in Canada is that a student's homework time should increase by ten minutes every year starting with 10 minutes in grade 1. So in Canada she would need to be doing at least 1 hour and 40 minutes of homework a night.

I find you have a better social life if you do your homework than if you procrastinate anyways.

Answer 3

I agree with hazmat bulldog..............valerian (not valium) are excellent. You can get them from herbal shops & about 1/2 hour after you've taken them you can actually feel your body relax.

Putting lavender by her pillow is very good, use lavender oil and put a few drop on a tissue & then just tuck it by her pillow. If you have the heating on you can drape the tissue over the radiator if you prefer & the smell disperses throughout the room.

Another good thing you can do is take a bath & sprinkle just a few drops of lavender oil into the water ( you dont need a base oil as it's literaly only 2 or 3 drops) after you have finished running it and swish it about. The lavender aroma from the water relaxes you & also the oil soaking in through your pores relaxes you too.

Hope this helps your daughter

Answer 4

The 'stuff' in Turkey people are talking about is an amino acid called tryptophan, it appears naturally in a number of foods, but Turkey is the most often cited source. Whilst it's a natural sedative, tryptophan apparently doesn't act on the brain unless it is taken on an empty stomach with no protein present, and the amount of turkey you eat, even during Christmas when you're using up all the left overs :-) is generally too small to have much of an effect. There's more information on snopes.com about this, including further links to Turkey federations, and also on L-tryptophan dietary supplements.

Answer 5

The Good Sleep Store website had some interesting information. I also have heard of a mix of oils including: Chamomile, Marjoram, Lavender, & Sandalwood have helped sleeplessness. There is another site that deals with aromatherapy too. Best wishes on your daughter getting good sleep!

Answer 6

1)Drank warm milk

2)Read the Bible(not kidding)

3)Do something boring

4)Have a full day of activites

Stop watching Tv, or beening on online for at least 30 mins before going to bed. This helps the mind get ready for sleep..

Answer 7

its not a big problem rose, its just tat ur sweety's body clock got tuned that way due to some reason. this can be easily rectified by adjusting, i mean just make her go to bed in time, may u can her her to take a subject she finds most boring to read while shes in bed, it wud make her sleep. also make sure she gets up in time. this might take few days to get adjusted but done once its for all. once the body clock ticks properly it wud help her manage everyhting else.
plz dont give ur sweetheart any sleeping tablet, they are not meant for 15 yr old children, also they are not required at all...
bye

Answer 8

i usually have that when i'm stressed about school
what i do is try sleeping first..if she doesn't fall asleep in an hour, tell her to get up, relax, watch tv or watch old videos (it's really helpful because you know what happens next anyway so you can fall asleep anytime), then once she's tried, get her to go to bed again...it'll work but it may be 3 or 4 am already (depending on when she usually goes to bed)....but hey, a little sleep is better than no sleep
oh ya, food or drink doesn't work but make sure she fulfills her hunger or thirst before going to bed

Answer 9

After finishing home work in the evening, allow her to play with friends of her age group or you can take her for a long walk. Then let her do meditation, have dinner, watch T.V. or do light reading (in this order). This will surely help her catch a nice, sound sleep.

Answer 10

I understand eating lettuce has something in it that makes you sleepy.

Also, try getting her some vitamin B complex that relieves stress and Lecithin also. Lecithin is a good health food, cheap and good brain food.
Just a suggestion.