how do you beat insomnia without medication?

Answer 1

Hi ROd

Here are some ideas to heal the issue.

Quick Action Plan for Sleep Disorders


1. Avoid alcohol, caffeine, sugar, salt, refined carbohydrates and unhealthy partially hydrogenated fats.

2. Emphasize a diet high in fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, as well as easily digested protein foods and whole-grain, complex carbohydrates. Vegetables for Insomnia: Cabbage, carrots, celery, collard greens, kale, lettuce, parsnips, potatoes, spinach, turnip greens, squash. Juices: Lettuce, celery, apple, onion.

3. Avoid eating late in the evening, which can unsettle your stomach and make sleep difficult.

4. Supplement with B-complex vitamins, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin E, calcium, chromium, copper (taken away from zinc), magnesium, and the amino acids phosphatidyl-serine and L-tryptophan.

5. Melatonin supplements taken for short periods of time can help relieve insomnia, as well as advanced and delayed phase syndromes and REM behavior disorder. Start with a small dose (0.5 to 2.0 mg) taken one hour before bedtime.

6. Useful herbs include chamomile, hops, linden flower, lime blossom, passionflower, skullcap, and valerian root.

7. Try meditating before you retire for the night to ease your mind of worries and promote relaxation.

8. Sleep at least six feet away from all electric appliances and devices, unplugging them before you go to sleep. Also avoid using electric blankets and electric heating pads, as well as waterbeds.

9. Avoid lying in bed for other activities, such as reading or watching television. Make your bedroom a place devoted solely to sleeping.

10. If you can't fall asleep, get out of bed and go to another room to engage in a relaxing activity. When you start to feel drowsy, return to your bedroom and go to sleep.

Best of health to you

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Don't ever take the sleeping pills route!!

1. They will damage your liver big time and you can get into serious health problems.

2. You will get hooked up on them and you won't be able to have a normal life any more if you don't take your pills everyday.

The sleeping pills industry is damaging our health by capitalizing on our ignorance, and by distracting people from effective and natural ways to deal with this problem. I had been taking prescription sleep medications [Ambien] for over 5 years. It stopped working and I simply took more. Still did not work. Nights were very difficult - medication put me to sleep but I would wake up after 2–3 hours with a strong sympathetic response (fast pulse, pounding heartbeat, wide awake alert). It was a very difficult cycle to break. I was really in bad shape due to lack of sleep.

After years of struggling I was able to cure my insomnia naturally and pretty fast. I followed the Sleep Tracks sleep optimization program, here is their official web -site if you want to take a look: http://www.insomniacure.net

Ohhh..and Good Luck!

Answer 4

You need to follow all the tips about a good bed time routine.
No caffiene or alchohol or sugar for at least two hours before you go to bed. Have a de-stressing routine for at least an hour before you try to sleep (no TV, video games, computer etc......) try having a bath or warm milk, read a book. Try going for long walks late in the day or go to a gym, excercise is good for helping sleep. Go to sleep the same time every night and set your alarm for the same time every morning. Do not take naps in the afternoon as you only need so much sleep a day, a 2 hour nap in the afternoon means you only need 6 hours at night instead of 8.

If you can't sleep then don't fight it. Do something with your awake time. (reading is best as you don't get over stimulated and you are still getting some rest). Laying in bed getting frustrated about not sleeping just makes it worse.

Go and see a sleep specialist, you may not need as much sleep as most people (my father only sleeps 3 hours a day and spent decades trying to cure 'insomnia' instead of just getting only the sleep he needed. Now he is a very happy healthy unstressed person who only sleeps between 2am and 5am every day)

Answer 5

It depends what is causing your insomnia. In my case, I think my "sleep clock" got broken when I was 16. That was 40 years ago. You can read my insomnia story at www.fms-help.com/insomnia.htm. Nothing (and I mean NOTHING) works for me except meds. A list of things I've tried for sleep (and how it worked for me) since 1982 is at www.fms-help.com/sleep.htm. We are all different as to what causes our sleep disorder and what we need to be able to sleep. I wish mine were just simple insomnia, but it has been a lifelong problem. I think my hypothalamus gland (in the brain) does not function right. I also have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue & immune dysfunction syndrome. I hope yours is simple transitory insomnia that will improve with better sleep hygiene. If not, read my story and visit my site at www.fms-help.com.

Answer 6

Insomnia is often caused by fear, stress, anxiety, medications, herbs, caffeine, depression or sometimes for no apparent reason. Make sure your bedroom is quiet and dark. Soak a tablespoon of mint leaves in a cup of water for an hour, drink every night. Check out http://useinfo-insomnia.blogspot.com/ for more info

Answer 7

"I feel your pain." My diagnosis of fibromyalgia was in the early 80's. Sleep has consistently been a problem. The doc started me with amytryptolin(sp). It helped sleep but caused memory and concentration problems. I tried a couple other prescriptions but eventually opted for natural help. Melatonin helped for many years, but in greater and greater doses. It seems that something will help for awhile and then my body builds up tolerance.

For several months now, I've been successfully using Sleep Link and also L-T (a relaxing amino acid) from the Pain and Stress Center, plus magnesium. I found the link online and their catalog is very interesting--focusing on amino acids.

I hope this helps.

Answer 8

You would have to figure out the direct cause, like playing video games before bed winds your mind up, or working second shift has shifted your internal clock, or maybe a longer time without caffeine before bed, maybe keep a daily log of these things and an outside person might spot the unusual thing that is keeping you up at night

Answer 9

Your mind must be spinning or stuck on something that is bothering you, sounds stressed. Don't take naps, lots of exercise, hot bath before bed and don't eat at bed time.
If you are stressed try to figure a way to lighten things out or you may become really depressed.====

Answer 10

learn to relax.

i could not for the life of me fall asleep when i was supposed to, or sleep in until i was supposed to.
but after taking a couple yoga classes, i learned how to relax and calm down before i go to sleep.
listening to peaceful music like the Hours or the Forrest Gump suite also helps.
if you're a Christian, a prayer before sleep always helps.