how do i treat insomnia?
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Here are some things that can help.
1. Limit daily intake of caffeine especially after 6 pm.
2. Try to avoid watching TV and hour before bed, if your mind is too stimulated it can keep you awake. 3. Drink enough water during the day, preferably half your body weight in ounces. Water is a metabolism regulator, if yours is stable you will sleep better.
4. Try to exercise 3-5 times a week, when you sleep your body rebuilds itself, so exercising will allow the body to make you tired by emitting chemicals that allow you to get more restful sleep.
5. Try to relax about an hour before bed, limit stimulation to your brain, meditate, read relaxing material, listen to soothing music.
6. One of the best natural treatments for sleep deprivation is lavender extract. Some people dont like it but you put a few drops on your pillow and you will be out like a light.
Regardless of your other issues you have going, some which you may have little control over such as stress, these are small things you can control that can help you sleep better.
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Many insomniacs rely on sleeping tablets and other sedatives to try to get some rest. Others use herbs such as valerian, chamomile, lavender, hops, and/or passion-flower.
Some traditional remedies for insomnia have included drinking warm milk before bedtime; taking a warm bath in the evening; exercising vigorously for half an hour in the afternoon; eating a large lunch and then having only a light evening meal at least three hours before bed; avoiding mentally stimulating activities in the evening hours; and paradoxically, making sure to get up early in the morning and to retire to bed at a reasonable hour.
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have been treating insomnia sufferers for thousands of years. A typical approach may utilize acupuncture, dietary and lifestyle analysis, herbology and other techniques, with the goal to resolve the problem at a subtle level.
Although they may seem unscientific, many of these remedies are sufficient to break the insomnia cycle without the need for sedatives and sleeping tablets[citation needed]. Warm milk contains high levels of tryptophan, a natural sedative. Using aromatherapy, including Lavender oil and other relaxing essential oils, may also help induce a state of restfulness.
The most commonly used class of hypnotics prescribed for insomnia are the benzodiazepines. This includes drugs such as diazepam, lorazepam, nitrazepam and midazolam.
The more relaxed you are the greater the likelihood of getting a good night's sleep. Relaxation techniques such as meditation have been proven to help sleep. They take stress from the mind and body which leads to a deeper more restful sleep.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia
Fisical activity untill you collapse
I know.I got the exact same problem.
Here's what I do to fall asleep at night:
- half an hour before going to be drink a warm milk and read a book
- use your bed only for sleeping
- do sports
- think of something relaxing when you close your eyes. Don't think about work, relation ship problems
- only go to bed when your rally tired otherwise you're going to toss and turn and get more upset after a while get up read a book or watch a movie, the longer you lie awake the angrier you get
- if you didn't fall asleep for several hours get u
-try to always get up at the same time, even on the weekens
- If nothing helps (happens about once or twice a week) I take half a sleeping aid (unisom, pfizer). It makes you fall asleep and I don't feel bad the next day.
Hope that helped.
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insomniac since childhood
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