I suffer from a insomnia I used to get hooked on sleepaids?
Insomnia i’m facing:
but I don’t like feeling grogy after so what else helps with insomnia besides a doctor?
friend workithoney1 said:
A list of things I’ve tried for sleep since 1982 is at http://www.fms-help.com/sleep.htm I’ve had insomnia since I was 16. My story is at http://www.fms-help.com/insomnia.htm If over the counter sleep aids, melatonin, etc. don’t work well for you, check out my list. Also, you might have to see a doc. If you do, find one who is sympathetic with your problem and will listen if you say a certain med or dosage is not working well for you. I had to try a lot of things before finding what I am on today. Everyone with insomnia is different, so you may have to experiment some. A list of things I use now is at http://www.fms-help.com/what.htm
friend goddesswithin132 said:
Try melatonin. Take a small dose on an empty stomach. If it doesn’t work, take a bigger dose. Three mg should be enough, but too much is as bad as too little.
Be sure to only be in bed the hours you want to sleep, and don’t do anything in bed except sleep. Get up on time regardless of whether you sleep. Try to get some bright light early in the morning.
friend meganzss3 said:
Hi,
this might sound silly, but you could try some cookies or something a while before you go to lie down, just enough to help have a sugar ‘crash’ – but not enough to keep you up.
like someone before me said, don’t do anything in bed except sleep.
if you can’t fall asleep in 15-20 minutes, get up and do something like read a book for 25-30 minutes and then try to fall asleep again.
try deepening your breathing while you lay there.
try relaxation – start at your toes, tense them and then relax them, then your ankles, shins, etc… up to your butt, then start on your fingers and work up to shoulders, then torso, then to your face and head, and if necessary, start all over again.
try classical music, or i used to find static on the radio that sounded like rain if i turned it low. or a relaxation cd, whales singing, rainforest sounds, (actual) rain, etc…
avoid caffeine – chocolate, cola, coffee, etc…
start the bedtime process a couple of hours before bed – try very hard not to exercise or other vigorous activity for at least 2 hours before bedtime.
one of my problems was my brain never stopped running, so i would read myself to sleep – but i could read for hours.
try counting heartbeats, and noticing them slow as you relax.
try to figure out why you have insomnia. now this may sound REALLY silly, but this is what happened to me (i pulled my first all-nighter when i was 5, slept every other night through most of high school, and had little sleep the rest of the time – for over 20 years):
i learned that insomnia can be caused by abandonment issues, i didn’t think i had any, but tried to look back and see if i could find anything. well, when i was very young (2 or 3 years old) my parents went to japan and left me with my grandparents, nice people, love them, etc… but, i opened my mind to the possibility and wondered if it could have had an effect on me. of all the darnedest things, my sleeping schedule and habits turned completely around THAT NIGHT. NO SH*T!!!
i started falling asleep at 1am, and sleeping until 8 or 9am – quite a change from falling asleep at 5-11am, and being up for usually at least 36 hours before sleeping again.
i went with it, and now, 12 years later only suffer insomnia in times of stress (like now). i can even drink coffee after dinner and fall asleep!! i do generally still avoid caffeine, but it is no longer a way of life for me.
you may be pleasantly surprised at what seemingly minor thing in early childhood could have had more of an effect on you than you could ever have imagined. it happened for me, and i wish you the best.
hope something in all of that helps!!