Sleep Remedies?!
Question: Natural and alternative, mind techniques
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Tips for Getting A Better Night Sleep
1. Avoid Alcohol
* Alcohol can cause restlessness during the night. Caffeine and nicotine have substances in them that will keep you awake.
2. Avoid Smoking
* Nicotine has substances in it that will keep you awake.
3. Avoid Caffeine
* Caffeine has substances in it that will keep you awake.
4. Exercise regularly
* But do not exercise near your bedtime.
5. Avoid sleep interruptions
* Don't sleep with the pet, close your door, minimize light and noise.
6. Relax before bedtime
* A warm bath or light snack
7. Avoid liquids before bedtime
* Limits having to use the bathroom at night.
8. Avoid long naps during the day
* Naps can disrupt your sleeping pattern.
9. Avoid trying to sleep
* the more you "try" to sleep, the more difficult it becomes.
10. Get up at the same time each morning
* Too much time in bed can lead to restless sleep.
11. Use your bed for sleeping
* Not for unrelated activities like reading or watching tv.
12. Check your medications
* Medications might increase your sleep difficulties.
Other Answers:
Chew on valarian root
warm milk or lavender on your pillow
Work.
milk or turkey, (turkey contains tryptophans) also try breathing in, holding your breath for a second, and then breathing out slower. also try alternate nostril breathing. or just read something tedious.
Before you reach for the sleeping tablets -- take control
Consider how much you could have achieved with all the energy you have invested in worrying about things you have no control over.
Make a difference today by investing that energy in sorting out the problems you do have control over.
Deal with depression; sleep problems are often a symptom
Contact a Human Givens counsellor/therapist to help you cope with physical and/or emotional pain.
Shifts that change clockwise are easier for your body to cope with than anti-clockwise shifts. Any room for improvement--shift or even job?
Set the scene
Take the television out of your bedroom, even watching something "innocuous" could be too arousing
Site your office elsewhere, buy a room screen, or cover desk with a cloth
Clear up all the clutter and sort out your wardrobes
Have separate bed covers, if your partner needs multiple layers and you don't (or vice versa)
You may just be better off sleeping in separate beds, or even rooms, if you sleep with a restless or snoring partner.
Ensure that the room temperature is low (a drop in body temperature, regulated by hormones, triggers sleep)
Turn the clock face away from you to stop you from becoming agitated about the time
Buy a small travel spray, fill with mineral water, add five drops each of Lavender and Clary Sage essential oils. Spray on bed clothes/linen.
Sort out your fluids
Don't drink coffee, tea, hot chocolate or cola after 4pm.
Drinking large amounts of "fluid" until late into the evening will wake you up for obvious reasons!
Alcohol in quantity may help you to fall asleep, but you are likely to wake up two to three hours later and find it difficult to fall asleep again. Just a small amount of alcohol taken before bed can help.
Drink a herbal tea: chamomile, passion flower, lemon balm, or hops
Drink about eight glasses of water a day--thirst wakes you up
Dr Deepak Chopra suggests the following Ayurvedic remedies:
Drink a cup of warm milk (not hot, to prevent raising your body temperature) with two strands of saffron or some grated nutmeg
"Human Givens" books
Think about food
Do not eat heavy meals late in the evening
Avoid eating too much protein at you last meal, opt for carbohydrates
Quantities of chocolate (bitter) can keep you awake (caffeine)!
Find a practitioner to check for a possible food intolerance
Sort out your diet and/or take a good quality multivitamin--insomnia can be caused by a nutritional deficiency.
The material on these pages is intended as information only, and not as medical advice.
And finally
Establish a regular routine in the evenings, your brain works by matching patterns (the present against the past, conditioned or instinctive)
Avoid doing anything stimulating in the evening
Listen to a "guided" meditation/relaxation tape/CD
Listen to relaxing music--slow classical (Baroque, roughly 80 beats per minutes) or "New Age" music
Do not stay in bed any longer than about 20 minutes if you cannot sleep; your brain will establish the pattern: bed is for laying awake! Get up and read a boring book preferably standing up (not a joke!) or do the very chores that you have been putting off because they are so unpleasant
Having your feet higher than you head facilitates relaxation
Take the supplement 5-HTP (health food shop) before bedtime
Take regular exercise--vigorous by day, slow and rhythmic in the eve
Take the time to sleep, don't just fit it in -- you need roughly eight hours, though don't get hung up about it, you can survive on much less
Source(s):
http://www.human-givens.co.uk/natural_sleep_remedies.html
I use the valarian capsules 2
before bed time,works for me.
Source(s):
rebo sr
For someone with Sleep Apenea or no?
1-Just clear your mind completely.Don't think about anything. Just lie down and relax.
Or
2-Try yoga. It wont give instant results but I read that You take about 30% less time to fall asleep.
Warning: Yoga takes about a month or more time to work till then just clear your mind away.
Source(s):
Part 1: My mom tells me so.
Part 2: Read it in a magazine.
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