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  • linsey0689
    linsey0689 Posts: 753 Member
    if you have pandora try yoga music station I love it a lot of nature and just peaceful
  • jessbixl
    jessbixl Posts: 34
    Okay I have insomnia..The only way I can fall asleep (not a good way) is with ambien and some other stuff I take to help me go to sleep. I also sometimes have trouble staying asleep =( (just depends) activity "does" help me sometimes. Meditation use to help me fall asleep, hell I use to fall asleep during meditation lol. It sadly no longer puts me to sleep.

    Stay away from caffeine at night, try meditation (may work for you), use a fan or noise machine to down out noise, also maybe open a window? To keep it cool in there. I find a cooler environment helps me sleep better. Melatonin worked for me back then but I stopped taking it because it caused bad nightmares (I don't know why). That's all I know advice wise. Oh! and create a sleep schedule for yourself that seems to help me sometimes.
  • startheory
    startheory Posts: 63
    Have you tried taking vitamins? I used to have terrible insomnia until I started taking calcium, magnesium and a multi vitamin an hour before bed. I sleep amazing now :) GL!
  • Cinnabon64
    Cinnabon64 Posts: 32
    5HTP and GABA can help with sleep. Just don't take the 5 HTP if you are on anti depressants.
  • Suffer4beauty
    Suffer4beauty Posts: 44 Member
    I have insomnia - complete with used to be on meds until I got pregnant/nursing and I HAD to rely on natural methods (with great coaching from my doctors).

    EXERCISE - BUT NOT FOR 3 HOURS BEFORE BED - exercise can release endorphins that keep you awake. Drink enough water throughout the day - dehydration can actually wake you up.

    DO NOT EAT PROTEIN FOR 3 HOURS BEFORE BED- protein breaks down slowly so your digestive system must "work" for hours and that can subtly wake you up - so if you need a late snack, stick to a whole-grain starch/carb or a piece of fruit.

    GET UP AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY (even days off of work). Going to bed at the same time helps too - but not as important as what time you wake. All people are subject to what is called a"CIRCADIAN RHYTHM" - our patterns of waking and sleeping. The pattern is actually 25 hours long - but our days are only 24 hours long - see the problem? That's why we never feel sleepy even when we know "I need to go to bed now for 8 hours" and we can easily stay up another hour. What time you wake up determines what time your body will start to release the "sleep" hormones in the evening that relax our muscles and organs and therefor allows sleep to occur (which is why we can't just go to sleep 3 hours early if we know we need to catch a 5 AM flight - your hormones have not been released to allow muscles/organs to relax).

    DO NOT WATCH T.V. OR GO ON THE COMPUTER FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE BED - research as proven that "back-lighting" activates parts of our brains that fight our sleep hormones and makes us more alert.

    Lastly - set the alarm - but do NOT look at the clock when you wake, even if you think the alarm might go off in 10 minutes. If you do look and you do see that the alarm is going to go off soon - unless you feel happily alert, at least stay in bed and relax - you will be teaching your body/brain that it is rest time until a certain time each day.

    Hope this helps!

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