Sleep...how?????
I have a LOT of trouble sleeping, due to depression, stress, anxiety, etc....
I have tried prescription meds (like Ambiem, Sonata, etc.) they make me TOO drowsy the next day.
I have tried all OTC stuff...sleep aids, Melatonin, Unisom, Sominex...you name it!
I limit caffeine and no chocolate too!
Any suggestions????
I am lucky to eek out 4 hours nightly!
Thanks to all!
I have tried prescription meds (like Ambiem, Sonata, etc.) they make me TOO drowsy the next day.
I have tried all OTC stuff...sleep aids, Melatonin, Unisom, Sominex...you name it!
I limit caffeine and no chocolate too!
Any suggestions????
I am lucky to eek out 4 hours nightly!
Thanks to all!
Replies
Do you go to bed thinking about stuff all the time? Cause if you do, that is your problem. Another option is to get yourself checked out by a family doctor, blood tests and urin tests. Find out what you have too much of or not enough and get your health corrected accordingly. For example, I used to have high blood pressure, made me feel awful all the time. Since on the medication, I am doing a lot better.
I always have had some issues with this myself I find what tends to work best to to figure out when exactly it gets worst. In my case the closer we are to a full moon the less I sleep, it rains I can\'t sleep. Ive learned to maximize the time that my body naturally wants to be up. I have several apps on my phone I\'ve more recently I\'ve found to help 1: chakra alignment app - it\'s has soothing sounds to help balance your energy 2: positive affirmation apps- helps you think pleasant thoughts while you drift off 3: Sleep sounds- personally trains are really calming this one helps a lot 4:fix pain hypnosis (actual app name for android) i was skeptical but surprisingly i started sleeping better. Hope it helps hun *hugs*
I used to have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. But for the past 2 weeks I have been exercising every day and by 9 or 10 p.m. I am able to drift off to sleep. I also take 3 - 100 mg pills of Magnesium Glycenate. Magnesium is a mineral that our bodies desperately need and I read somewhere that about 85% of Americans are magnesium deficient. Taking magnesium has been a blessing to me. My boyfriend is even trying it. Exercise also helps with depression. I am not just exercising to lose weight. Working out makes me feel great and I feel like I can take on the world after my workouts. Hope this helps.
I have a lot of trouble sleeping too. I wake up with panic attacks at 1am a lot and can\'t go back to sleep. I do keep a notebook by my bed. Hard to write in it without waking up the husband, but if I am panicing over something I need to do I can write it down for morning. Yeah I am so OCD I make lists almost in my sleep, but sometimes it does calm the anxious feeling and get to a point where I know I can do it in the morning. Pain meds also help me sleep. Not sure why, none of the drowsy when I wake up from those either.
For me it\'s Benadryl! There are times during the year were I live on that stuff! I only use it for like 2 days at a time otherwise I\'ll get used to it and it won\'t work. Hope this helps bro!!
Hey Friends!!!
Many thanks to all responses and I plan to implement each and all of them!
I appreciate you all:-)
I have alwayes had problems sleeping ...but last year ...it got so bad ....I had not slept for 3 weeks so I had to take sleeping pills .....one dident work I have to take two .....but I also have to let them work and not fight them .....so I have to go to bed at a de ascent time each night ...we go to bed at 10 ..our puppy lets us know when that is ..lol ....I read ....or do relaxation .....if I just lay there ..Ii just think ...not helpful I also take the pills half an hour befor I go to bed ....so they have time to work .....the pils I take don\'t leave me tired in the morning ....when I needed two ......but when I started feeling tired In the morning I cut Dowen to one a night and they worked just as good ....because the cause of my not sleeping has been healing ......so I will be able to eventually get off them .....they are ....zopiclone ..........7.5mg.....I hope this helps ...God bless