Cure Insomnia Easy
Cure Insomnia Easy
Household cures for insomnia?
What are good household ways to get to sleep easier? Note: I'm not talking about pills, I'm literally talking about household cures. Things like foods or candles (also any tips on if it's possible to light a candle before you go to sleep without a major fire hazard. I'm guessing not).
Another thing I should note: I'm actually trying to reset my sleep cycles as well. I go to bed around 3AM, I'd like to make that more around 11.
A warm bath is a great way to relax to help you to sleep. If you can’t take a bath, you can give yourself a foot massage with slightly warm massage oil, sesame oil, or castor oil from a health food store.
What was very helpful to me, especially when my mind was racing, was to lie in bed and listen to relaxation CDs, especially those that contain someone speaking with relaxing music in the background. Many of these CDs are available on eBay for very low prices.
A helpful technique is to relax your body one part at a time. So you could relax your feet, your lower legs, upper legs, moving up from your lower belly up to your chest, etc., etc.
Of course, guided relaxation methods can help, imagining yourself in the country, the beach, or whatever is most soothing to you.
If you have annoying thoughts or personal issues that run thru your mind when you are trying to sleep, you might have to deal with those issues first. You might want to talk to a counselor or therapist about that. I suggest avoiding prescription sleeping pills unless nothing else helps.
There are herbs that are helpful for sleep, eg, valerian root, kava kava, chamomile, hops, passion flower, skullcap. Probably, valerian root and kava kava are the best. With some herbs, it can take a few weeks to build up in your system before it works.
You can also try 5-HTP, trytophan, GABA or melatonin (2-3 mg). I would not take melatonin for over a month unless your doctor says it is ok. It is a hormone produced by the pineal gland. If you take too much, your pineal gland might get "lazy" and produce less melatonin naturally.
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