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Natural Cure for Insomnia?

Does anyone know of any natural cures for insomnia, rather than taking drugs for it, because i've not been able to sleep recently.

Reply 1

Spunky

14

Milk is supposed to help, I think drinking warm milk about ten minutes before going to sleep was the exact advice my doctor gave :smile:

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Reply 2

bikerx23

1

i find sleep cures my insomnia every time...

Reply 3

Angel Interceptor

11

Take a bath before you go to bed.

Reply 4

belle_27

14

I find that whenever I can't sleep, if I go downstairs and eat something, I can get to sleep as soon as I've gone back to bed.

Reply 5

Spunky

14

Personally I find any sort of distraction good, if I leave my tv on or radio on and get into bed I nearly always fall asleep in a minute or two. If however, I just get into bed it can take hours (probably because I think too much about everything).

Reply 6

kikzen

14

exercise during teh day (so youre knackered when you go to bed)

Reply 7

Eru Iluvatar

OP

18

I've tried the bath, exercising, and watching tv or listening to music, and none of them work. Haven't tried milk, so thats worth a try, but i was thinking something more like a herbal remedy or treatment or something, if there are any that help sleep

Reply 8

Book-worm

8

Firstly, if you have trouble sleepin it's usually down to worry or stress, so see if you can combat anything thats worrying you or playing on your mind!

Secondy, lavender oil can be very helpful to aid sleep!

Reply 9

CherryGarcia

1

I always get hot/warm milk with honey, it helps or warm camomille (sorry dont know how to spell it) tea with honey and after this tea I start to read in bed, which makes me soo sleepy :smile:

hope it helps :biggrin:

Reply 10

xoxo_GossipGirl

11

I use nytol herbal sleep aid, which are tablets made totally out of natural ingredients, I also go to bed with my lemongrass microwavable hottie and listen to my relaxtion tape =D.

Reply 11

Book-worm

8

But why do you build me up?

Reply 12

I've tried bath (makes me more awake somehow), camomile, hot chocolate, milk, leaving tv/music on, knackering myself out, reading, bananas (apparently), and just about anything else you can think of.

Only thing that sorted it out for me was sleeping tablets but they only had a decent effect the first night and haven't worked since then. Its crap. Why do they put all the decent tv on after 10 or 11?

Reply 13

Exoskeletal

1

white oak, aspen or chesnut tincture from Bach's. (sold in boots)

Reply 14

loser88

12

I use Boots Lavender Pillow Pearls which are really good then i got used to them...at the mo i'm relying on switching off before bed i.e. no tv and juts relaxing- reading a book however? Is there an underlying reason your'e nto sleeping? liek stress? as i know that my insomnia is worse at the moment due to Uni interviews, re-sits and driving test.....warm milk with a touch of sugar is good, cammomile makes me feel sick!!!

Reply 15

Eru Iluvatar

OP

18

loser88

I use Boots Lavender Pillow Pearls which are really good then i got used to them...at the mo i'm relying on switching off before bed i.e. no tv and juts relaxing- reading a book however? Is there an underlying reason your'e nto sleeping? liek stress? as i know that my insomnia is worse at the moment due to Uni interviews, re-sits and driving test.....warm milk with a touch of sugar is good, cammomile makes me feel sick!!!

Yeah, huge amounts of stress about lots of things at the moment, which is probably whats causing it.

Reply 16

OppressedMass

13

Just sleep it off.

Reply 17

Angel Interceptor

11

Another good cure for insomnia is some good scotch. :biggrin:

Reply 18

-Kav-

12

kikzen

exercise during teh day (so youre knackered when you go to bed)

Yeah, go for a jog or the like before you sleep. Or if you've been mentally understimulated during the day you could give this a go:

http://deathball.net/notpron/

It'll soon have your brain in pieces. :wink:

Reply 19

fairygirl21

2

i have really bad insomnia at the moment, possibly because of stress from exams, Uni applications etc.
i'm gonna try some chamomile tea tonight, see if it works.
:smile:

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