I'm looking for sleep remedies,can anyone help me?

Question

I work shift work that is pretty intense so it is hard to quiet my mind and body.

Answer 1

Try melatonin - it's a natural remedy that's recommended specifically for people who do shift work and people suffering from jet lag.

Answer 2

The best way is to download Ccleaner here http://bitly.com/UrALrK

Or you can go on Windows operating system locate the command prompt and go there to do the following:
Create a Recovery file of system and date it today.

Then begin by;
delete the 'Temp' folders..they have hidden subfolders so you need to set the attributes in order to bypass this. For each subfolder delete all cookies and rubbish left behnd after install-uninstalled programs. Do a 'dir' command to check your progress. Make sure the 'Temp' file is empty.

goto c:\windows\prefetch and delete everything in there..no exceptions

goto c:\windows folder and delete all the '$' files that have been installed by updates. They can all be succesfully deleted and just take up disk space.

Locate the Internet Temporary Files..Check to see how high the saving level is..some have it set at 30 days..but that stores faaaar tooo much data..though it slows down the system overal. Keep this to a minimum..suggest 2 or 5 at most.

Delete all 'cookies' all those you don't need.

Locate the windows directory and go through the folders you know and those you don't need. Check this once a week at least. Some programs will install under XP as NT and older systems where there is no check of systems weight.

Check to see that system files have not changed since last booting. Things like .ini files or .bat are important items.


Check for 'Hidden Directories' all over the disk...do this at the command prompt:

dir *.* /ah wil show these hidden directories

Check the 'dir' command for all parameters

Answer 3

I have monthly insomnia from my menstrual cycle and get very wound up with racing thoughts.
The one thing that helps me is taking a Valerian Root capsule about 15 minutes before going to bed.
It's an herbal remedy with no known side effects that calms the body without the drugged feeling. It smells like mold and you need to wash it down good or that mold taste will burn in your throat.
This can be used in addition to meditation or other methods people may write in with their answers.
Good luck and good night.

Answer 4

I would use Valerian Root or Kava Kava. No side effects at all and non addictive. Follow instructions on the bottle. Melatonin is a hormone I would not use that without advice from a doctor ( natural alternative recommending doctor)

Answer 5

i take 9 mg of melatonin about an hour before bed. a friend of mine that did shift work used to take them with him to work and take them on his way home so he would be asleep within an hour of getting home.

it helps if you black out your bedroom and don't play on the computer or watch tv. they are both lights and lights keep you awake. dark tells your body to produce sleep drugs.

if you have anxiousness before you sleep try walking it off. sounds weird but it works well for me. if i wake up and can't go back to sleep i will take an additional 6 mg melatonin and walk around rather pointlessly and be sleepy again in about 30 mins.

Answer 6

Valerian root is an herb that has been used for many years by herbalists to deal with anxiety and insomnia.

Personally a cup of tea, and a hot lavender bubble bath works for me. :) Also, don't let your feet get cold while you're sleeping... makes you restless.

Answer 7

I find occasional use of Tylenol Simply Sleep works well.

Try drinking some warm milk before bed; you can sweeten it with a bit of honey or vanilla.

Answer 8

Tea with honey works really well for me.

Also a nice warm bath relaxes me tons!

Answer 9

Go jogging, cycling, for 40 minutes before bedtime or after dinner.

Do NOT eat a meal before bedtime. Dine at least three hours before attempting sleep. If you are a red meat eater, go vegetarian, or at least change to fish and eat lighter meals. Drink more fluids, but ease up toward bedtime.

Record natural sounds you find soothing: the sea, waves on rocks, lapping on shore; birds in a forest; rain on a metal roof; a ticking Grandfather pendulum clock; a river babbling over smooth rocks.

Commercial variants are available on CD and cassette.

Avoid the costly psychobabbler, "counselor", the-rapist, versions. Unless you are completely attracted by and to the
speaker's voice and choice of music you will be disappointed and very much out of pocket. These trendy examples of rip-off
political correctness are mostly worthless.

Music that soothes, music you like, is always a good backgrounder. Avoid lively radio, but. It can stimulate.

Avoid also alcohol, more than two standard glasses of wine. These also are stimulants.

Flowers, lavender pot plants, lavender incense are good to have
by your bed.

An airline style eye-mask and blackout curtains to block our daylight, and heavy drapes to soften outside ambient noise are
helpful for daytime sleepers. Even while asleep, our senses are
alerted by and responsive to noise. We mightn't wake, but the noise disturbs, lessens curative deep sleep.

So, there you are, warm bathed - using soft baby lavender soap (Johnsons has one) or lavender bath oil, soothing music, cocoa
cup or herb tea, body gently worked from exercise, good thoughts flowing, tensions easing, weariness waves wafting.

Slip between sheets you find sensual, luxurious: cool cotton if you reminisce over boarding school days; sinewy satin if you
really unwind, look forward to sleep on the promise of sexy dreams; profile hemp for its nautical, sensual rough feeling if
you enjoy the challenge of tactile dreams. Anything, as long as the texture gives you incentive to want to sleep, in the way that sometimes waking in the middle of an intense and pleasurable dream you so want to return to sleep to get back to the dream, see how it works out, specially if you're the centre of attention.

Of course, you've chosen the pillow or pillows that suit you best: soft, plumped, hard, big, small, contoured, downy, foamy.

Play your recording back on a timer-cassette or CD or Minidisk player as you relax into bed with a whimsical, fun, novel - like a Leslie Thomas book, or a romance, but not a stimulating book like a crime novel or a Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum work; have a glass of warm water with perhaps a few drops of lemon, or the usual chamomile and passionflower, Valerian, tea; keep a pad and pencil beside your bed to jot down any worrying thoughts, memos, reminders, residual probs and puzzles from the day - this effectively sorts niggling thoughts neatly and puts them aside to be literally slept on and dealt with if they are still important when you waken; light a lavender scented candle in a bedside bowl, keep it alight while you meditate, dwelling on wishes, good things....
- and make sure you extinguish the candle along with your night or bedside lamp....
.......dab two or three drops of Lavender Oil on your temples, a drop or two sprinkled on your headboard, or on a tissue or cloth inside your pillow.

Lavender is great. But use it sparingly. Best put only the smallest amount in pillow, on bedhead, take special care on skin, one or two drops at first, build up if necessary. Lavender is a potent sleepmaker as well as insect repellant and moth and silverfish retardant.

An' that's a bonus if you're plagued by moths and silverfish in bed.

Sweet dreams.

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Answer 10

1. Let me sing you a la la bi
2. Count Sheep
3. Make sure you sleep all by yourself