re: Treating insomnia without prescription meds

Benadryl

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Ambien

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I wish I had saved all the text messages I used to get from a girl who took ambien.

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Never helped me sleep, personally. And I've tried just about every product available at dispensaries.

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That sucks.

What is your physical activity and diet like in the 6-7 hours before you go to bed?

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I'm just constantly reading how too little sleep is bad for your overall health so it makes me paranoid and I'm just sick of laying in bed trying to sleep.

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Here's your stressor. Stop doing that.

"Across From Midnight"

It’s come down to just the two of us
Me and my shadow on the wall
Radio playin’ softly
Somewhere down the hall

And over in the next room
The hollow sound of the cigarette come
I’m sittin’ across from midnight
And morning ist a long way off

There’s a fire in the trashcan
In the alley below
A thousand others gather ’round
Sipping wine and talking low

We’re companions of the night time
We’ve got no place to go
Just sitting across from midnight
Time dragging by too slow

You can feel the night when you’re all alone
There’s comfort in the room
You keep hangin’ on
You wait … until … the dawn, oh yeah

The skeletons in the closet
March around like habitué
I guess it’s too much to ask for
I need some breathing room

And the tall city buildings
They cover up the moon
I’m sitting across from midnight
Bored and you can’t come to soon

The early morning hours
Bring out the darkness of your thoughts
When you sit across from midnight
Morning’s a long way off, so far away

Sitting across from midnight
It’s gettin’ dark
Sitting across from midnight
Me and the shadow on the wall

Sitting across from midnight
Morning’s such a long way off
You know I’m sitting across from midnight
sitting across from midnight

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My girlfriend started taking magnesium and unisom (the doxylamine version) at bed time, and it has changed her life. She went from only a few hours of sleep per week to getting a full 8 or 9 hours every night. She does not wake up feeling groggy or in a fog at all. I highly recommend giving it a try.

The root cause of this is something is stressing you. Find out what it is and change it. This happened to me a few years ago. Had some stressors in my life i had to get worked out. I did and sleep a solid 7-9 again.

The weed, melatonin, meditation etc etc are just to help cope for now. You have to find out what is eating at you and it's usually not really something obvious.

Edit: I did the "workout till you are tired" thing too. I ended up feeling worse from it since i couldn't sleep well enough for my body to heal properly. I would recommend against doing this.

I struggle with it during the summer in Alaska. Meditation does work, but I hardly do it. Best thing for me is to just go for a run or hike late in the day.

The room needs to be dark, cold, and have white noise at baseline. I assume that you've already checked these boxes.

Do you snore? Getting a CPAP changed everything for me. I can now get deep restful sleep instead of waking up 100x a night. Get a sleep study if you think you may have sleep apnea.

If it's stress, you have to try and put those worries aside and know they'll be there for you in the morning. Meditation, write them down and put them in a box, whatever works.