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11-19-2006, 01:10 AM
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Natural sleep aides?
Anyone know of any natural sleep aides that actually work????
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11-19-2006, 01:16 AM
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I used to have problems sleeping so I'd turn off the lights and listen to my ipod. Reading also makes me fall asleep too.
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11-19-2006, 01:17 AM
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Two things work for me, I don't know if they're commonly accepted, but hey...whatever works, right?
1.) Anything lavender scented. I sometimes burn lavender candles or essential oils when I can't sleep. I find the scent relaxing for some reason. 2.) chamomile tea. It actually doesn't taste half bad, it's easy and fast, relatively cheap, and even better...it's healthy for you! I know here, I can find it at Wal-Mart for cheap. I'll just drink some when I get stressed out, and it calms me right down so I can sleep. (I have a problem with stress-induced insomnia.)
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11-19-2006, 01:19 AM
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Wine, one glass and a warm shower.
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11-19-2006, 01:28 AM
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Valerian is the most commonly used homeopathic aide. You can get it in a sublingual, a gel capsule, or a tea.. it also works well with a little Feverfew thrown in (works great for migrane sufferers)
Be warned, tho. It is a strong smelling herb, reminiscent of old socks boiled in turpentine, but I didn't mind it because it was still a natural (as opposed to chemical) earthy smell... |
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11-19-2006, 01:29 AM
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k, thanx. But how about things you can buy at the store? like natural pills or something. I know melatonin is supposed to be good, even though most people say it doesn't do anything.
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11-19-2006, 01:50 AM
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Lol.. they sell all of the ones that I mentioned at the health store, and a pared down version at most walmarts with the vitamins...
and you could probably get the tea, the candle, and the ipod while you were there, too... 
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11-19-2006, 02:20 AM
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Diet!
Avoid all stimulants in processed foods and drinks for a few days and your body wil do the rest, but make sure you're able to sleep in since your body will want to catch up on lost sleep. I've tried many over the counter things and they all failed until I changed my diet. As for the melatonin pills, the only way it helped was to take a quarter of a pill to sleep okay, not the whole pill since it made me a nervous wreck.
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11-19-2006, 03:11 AM
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Hi
I would read history book if I couldn't sleep. It would bored me to sleep. LOL. |
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11-19-2006, 03:18 AM
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Valerian - for me it works the best. Right now I have some herbal capsules for situations when there is a lot of stress icluded and these are their ingridients:
125 mg Valerianae radix - valerian 25 mg Melissae folium 25 mg Menthae piperitae folium Try to find something similar. Maybe it will work for you. And check out your habits. These are the things that are not helping you to fall asleep: - watching tv 2 hours before you go to bed or playing computer games - drinking coffie, coke or tee with teine (it has an effect as coffein) in the evening - I can't drink coffie afer 3 p.m. if I want to be in bed at 11 p.m. - eating a lot of sugar - eating just before going to bed - for some people getting a shower right before going to bed doesn't work - It wakes me up! - watch out that your bedroom is not too hot - there is possiblity you will wake up everal times during the night because of that. - keep tv out of your bedroom - buy your self curtains (if you don't have them) that are not transparent - clean any dust in your room if you have it. - buy only natural fabrics sheets and pijamas - put some relaxing pictures on the walls (if you have a working area in your room avoid relaxing pictures there - put a small photo of something active there - buildings, traffic or something) - avoid annoying (active) colours in your bedroom as bright red. So I suggest you to drink camomilla tea with some honey (I purchased honey with etheric oils of ylang ylag,lavander and cammomile - it tastes great) or valerian tea (it has awfull taste and it stinks) before you go to bed. 2 hours before going to sleep I suggest reading something easy - magazine, a good book (not SF, action...) or dooing some hobbie - making jewlery, combining clothes what to wear tommorow.. Don't spend that time in a room that is full of artificial light as you are in the middle of the day. Half an hour before going to bed I suggest lightning a candle or reducing light. Last edited by Siriana; 11-19-2006 at 03:34 AM. |
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