chamomile has allways helped me with insomnia but it dosn't seem to be doing the trick tonight nayone got some sugestions
2006-12-12 14:35:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
This is what I do & it works every time: I lie quietly in bed and starting with my toes I'll flex & hold while saying "my toes are relaxed" and then relax them. I then go to the next body part (top of the foot) and tell it to relax while flexing the muscle and so on until I reach my head. Many times I am asleep by the time I get to my neck. It's a great relaxation technique and also helps quiet the mind as your giving your body instructions which overrides the noise clutter of the brain.
2006-12-12 14:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Keep your room darkish and quiet, and create a winding-down activities earlier than mattress to allow your mind ease into it, turning off whatever with a monitor (too stimulating) an hour earlier than, ingesting a tumbler of water, milk, or natural tea, listening to a few quiet track, making plans your day for the following day, studying, meditating. Meditation train would possibly aid certainly if you are burdened. Start this activities at a really steady time, and pass to mattress as quickly as you consider worn out. If you do not go to sleep inside 20 mins, stand up and do anything quiet, ideally in a further room, earlier than going again to mattress. Make definite you are now not ingesting caffeine or another stimulant within the afternoon, and ensure to stand up at a steady time within the morning, even on weekends. If this does not aid, speak to a general practitioner approximately chemical and different interventions. There are over the counter slumbering aids like melatonin to be had, however there may be a few predicament approximately whether or not they are trustworthy for younger folks, so they don't seem to be to be messed with with out a general practitioner's recommendation.
2016-09-03 15:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by peentu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tylenol PM works if you need to get to sleep within an hour. If you don't have any then I'd suggest ditting up and maybe reading a book for a little while, it'll take your mind off of whatever is keeping you awake. If you have a pet, keep them in bed with you and pet them til you feel sleepy.
2006-12-12 14:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by dolce 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try reading something, like a magazine or the paper, or a novel. Nothing exciting. Watching TV and looking at a computer screen actually make you more awake...something about stimulating nerves in your visual center or something like that.
Some people say warm milk helps, but the thought turns my stomach...unless there was chocolate in that milk of course...
2006-12-12 14:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by OK yeah well whatever 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd go with what Cookies says but add this: During the inbreath, think HUNG. During the outbreath, think SAW.
2006-12-12 14:48:14 · answer #5 · answered by slippped 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try taking sleeping medicines, but you don't want to take too much since it works too effectively (you won't be able to get up by morning). I would ask the pharmacist to ask which one to buy.
2006-12-12 14:42:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go out for a jog, have a snack and watch the news for a few minutes. then try to sleep again
2006-12-12 14:38:09 · answer #7 · answered by Michael C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have anxiety? Perhaps you need professional help. There are medications to stop obessive thoughts. Remeron is one medication for racing thoughts.
2006-12-12 15:24:18 · answer #8 · answered by breeze1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do something productive,
study for school, do that one thing you have to do,
and when you get really tired you just fall asleep
it always works for me, but i don't have insomnia so...
2006-12-12 14:44:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tylenol PM will WORK!!!!
Nyquil will knock you out too
2006-12-12 14:51:40 · answer #10 · answered by tanya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋