Insomnia--Any advice?

I took melatonin for over a year, 3 a night. Stopped cold and there was no withdrawl/dependency with it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin

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I've never used Melatonin, but I have heard it works. Just check out any poss side effects.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by ThyTempest

I have tried my girlfriends Chamomille tea and I just cant stomach any more of it.
I am going to try and find some melatonin tomorrow.

Tonight, I tried a double dose of benadryl and still no luck, though I at least feel a bit less aware....closer to drowsy I guess.

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Tea is great. The thing about it, there are a lot of brands....and most of them are horriable!!

About the chocolate, since its a small piece it shouldn't be a big deal, but chocolate = caffeine.

+1 on the up and doing things eary, as well as not eating late and furthermore not drinking caffene after mid day, or earlier.


Hope you find something that helps!

Melatonin is great. It knocks me out cold, and no side effects. Although, my friends say that they tend to have more vivid dreams when they use melatonin to sleep, I haven't found this to be the case though.

Also... definitely exercise a lot during the day. NOT just before you sleep - this will only wake your body up. Rigorous exercise during the daytime will make you very sleepy at night!!

I think most of the other methods mentioned are psychological... which can help, but they aren't fool proof, especially when your insomnia gets really bad and interferes with your life.