Trouble sleeping

Still getting ready to move. As I wrote before, this whole move has really made me very anxious. We should take off Saturday -- wish us luck.

For months now I have had trouble sleeping, on and off, more on. But the last few days have been bad -- waking up at 3, 4 in the morning. Just wondering if anyone has suggestions. I feel exhausted, but there is still more to do.

Thanks!

H.,

Sorry you are anxious and having trouble sleeping.:( It will all be worth it after you get into your new place and can settle down!

Good advice above! In addition...

...have you tried Binaural Beats? (sound wave therapy) It can be very effective in encouraging the brain waves for sleep. Let me know if you'd like links...

S.C.

Hi

Sorry to hear you are having sleep problems they suck and I'm having sleep problems at the moment to.

If I wake up I get up out of bed and sit in the chair next to my bed and read a book until I feel tired then go back to bed. The worst thing you can do is to lye in bed awake because what you want to do is train your brain that your bed is for sleep. I did a post on sleep hygiene a while back you should be able to find it buy doing a search but if you can't let me know and I will look it up.

Keep us posted

Hibee

Hope4:

I've had trouble sleeping, also.

I, too, did not want to take doctor prescribed sleeping pills. My first intro to health food was in reading a book on sleep, and it recommended something called tryptophane (spelling?), a health food.

It worked for years, and then they took it off the market. So I went back to the health food store and now they sell several things that seem to help me.

The one I'm taking right now, and for the last year or two, is Melatonin, 1 mg.

I cut the pill in half (pill cutter from a pharmacy or health food store), so some nights I take 1 and 1/2 mg. of Melatonin and some nights I 1 mg. The reason I cut back some nights is that it works too good.

That is, it's hard to get up in the morning. But, you can't have everything. I'll take, going to sleep, getting 6-8 hours of sleep, and having some trouble getting up out of bed in the a.m., over, not sleeping, any day of the week.

I did take "Power to Sleep" health food pill for a few years and it put me out like a light, also. But my psychiatrist, who treats me for manic-depression, said she didn't like it for it hasn't been tested.

So, I finally switched to Melatonin about a year ago. The health food store probably has a couple of other such sleep aides, so you can check on the computer or at a health food store. Someone else who I rec. Melatonin to said they couldn't get up in the a.m., either, but they just started working a job, so they went back to doctor sleep medicine.

You said, you wake up at 3 or 4. I told this person who took 1 mg. of Melatonin at midnight, that they woke up at 3 or 4. I suggested taking a 2nd 1 mg. (or 1/2 mg.) Melatonin at 3 or 4, and they did and that worked.

So you might take 1 mg. Melatonin, not at bedtime, but at 3 or 4.

If it makes you too sleepy on trying to wake up, try another one. I got up this a.m. when my dog let me know it was time to get up, so it can be tough, but I can get up if I have to.

Tungser:

My hearing is very sensitive, also.

What has helped me is a sound machine on the nightstand, which makes a low sound that blocks out sounds from outside.

The one I tried years ago, it's now called marpac.com ($50) on net. 'Cept didn't work this time around because my ears had gotten more sensitive and it was too high pitched and loud for me. But it might be OK for you, for it has a higher and lower volume and pitch control.

Second, I ordered "LectroFan.com" ($60), and it probably was a little better, it also has a up and down volume and pitch.

I ordered a third such machine, Adaptive Sound Sleep Therapy System, and by then I realized my radio on FM between stations(hisssss) worked well because you can take the volume all the way down to zero if needed.

Trouble with radio is that at night FM between stations (hisssssss) will pick up stations from time to time and play music. But I would try that first if you already have an FM radio, or might buy a cheap one at a flea market.

I needed one with no cut off switch for long play, and the other machine stopped after an hour or two. But probably won't need that, so you can go to something like, "sound machine" on the search engine on the net, and see 5 or ten of them listed.

If sound is too loud, you can move them machine another few feet or more away, or put a block such as a pillow and chair between you and the machine.

I rec. Melatonin to Hope4 above, and noted I also took at one time for years, Power to Sleep, from heath food store. My doctor said, power to sleep, hasn't been tested. Well, I tested it for a couple of years or more, and it didn't hurt me, so what are we talking about, hasn't been tested? And it has sold in stores for decades, so that's a test, also.

I might switch back to Power to Sleep, come to think of it, for it didn't make it difficult for me to get up out of bed the next a.m.

Hope,

I am sorry...I meant to add this earlier and totally forgot.:/

Here is a youtube link you can check out...

...this one is just the sound waves...but be sure to have a look at the others down the page. There are also some with relaxing background music to try....it is simply a preference...

/youtu.be/1l13TSFrNgM

I hope.you find.it helpful. :)

S.C.

Thank you both for the links!

Hope

I will check this out.
Thanks!

What about Stillnox I take the generic one..I take half and sleep all night..