You need to make a ritual of going to bed (I found this out by accident).
-- I take melatonin like the other poster; start with 1 mg and increase until it helps you sleep. If you take too much you will be groggy and just cut back. Trial and error is the only way to figure out the right dose for you, and it changes. I used to need 6 mg and now I'm back to 3 mg.
-- start one hour before you go to bed; get any chores done early, drink a cup of chamomile tea, go to bed half an hour before or just read a book or be quiet and contemplative. Then go to bed (the melatonin helps), turn of the light, play relaxing music on low, and go to sleep. This will take about a week to really start working.
-- Do NOT get on the computer after an hour before bed--it stimulates the brain too much (or anything too stimulating like a gory movie or such).
-- I also take valerian root capsules at night, helps me to relax and it's a natural herb. I don't use St John's Wort and many people can't take it. There are other "relaxing" preparation out there, but valerian works for me.
-- if all this fails, consider a sleep test if you have insurance.
2007-12-13 07:37:31
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answered by Anna P 7
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I have 3 suggestions:
1) You may want to consider getting checked to see if you have sleep apnea.
2) Read the following three books in this order:
1-"Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie
2-"Bradshaw On: The Family" by John Bradshaw
3-"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey
3) Take a 30 minute walk everyday.
Best of Luck!
2007-12-15 23:50:23
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answered by Compguy 3
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try Melatonin you can find it at your local grocery store, in the vitamin isle. Melatonin is what your body naturally produces for you to sleep. I have had really bad insomnia and all other sleep aids made me groggy or have the worst headache ever, this doesn't. Melatonin allows a sleep cycle to be formed, with out the nasty feeling in the morning. I live by this stuff. TRY IT.
2007-12-13 06:26:35
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answered by mala_uglygirl 2
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My daughter is three months and at approximately two a million/two months, she was once sound asleep from 10-6 or 7. I would not wake her up if she is developing by and large. A child will get up if they're hungry!
2016-09-05 11:58:08
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answered by bradly 4
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Sleep disorders range greatly in their makeup and severity. Disturbances in the timing, quality or amount of sleep are called dyssomnias and include insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, hypersomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorders and others. Abnormal behaviors during sleep are called parasomnias and include bedwetting, sleepwalking, nightmares and night terrors.
See if the information below from Total Health helps -- and sweet dreams!
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/sleep
2007-12-13 06:14:20
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answered by Anonymous
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Get some exercise (minimum 30 minutes per day)
2007-12-13 06:14:53
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answered by J B 7
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