Posted by sb417 on August 27, 2004, at 23:45:48
In reply to How to sleep through the night, posted by Emme on August 27, 2004, at 8:29:53
Hi Emme. I can't improve upon Patient's excellent suggestions, but I just want to mention that I have found Magnesium to be one of the best relaxation/sleep aids. The best, most absorbable forms are magesium glycinate and magnesium citrate. If I take the magnesium too late (too late in the early morning hours, like AFTER 3:00 AM, for example), I get too sluggish and sometimes even slightly more depressed during the day. If you find that happens to you, don't give it up; just try taking it at night or much earlier in the wee hours of the morning. I find that nutritional yeast is very helpful, too, but I don't take it that much later than dinnertime. It has lots of B vitamins, calcium, magnesium, etc. One of the biggest obstacles I have to sleeping through the night is that I drink a lot of water, especially during this hot, humid weather, so I have to get up to go to the bathroom a lot. I haven't solved that problem yet because I do need the water.
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