Posted by nolvas on August 11, 2009, at 4:28:51
In reply to Re: sleeping, posted by elanor roosevelt on August 10, 2009, at 22:32:15
I've already suggested some good ideas in my second post, especially the C.B.T. The cherries was just an additional thing I heard on the radio last night that I heard. I understand you want a quick fix, but you mention you've had insomnia for a large part of your life so you must realise there is no quick fix. Behaviour modification via CBT is your best bet. If there is no medical condition keeping causing your insomnia then what I've suggested will work.
Have you tried Phosphatidyl Serine for example as I suggested? It's well known that stress causes Insomnia and of course you are stressing about it. Phosphatidyl Serine blunts the stress response, makes you feel calmer.
You can try other stuff such as Valerian, L-Theanine, Honokiol and Valerian. Melatonin helps to fix the time you go to sleep but it rarely lets you sleep longer than a couple of hours. If fact I don't know of any supplement that will quarantee you unbroken sleep. No sleeping pill will either.
I'm sorry you are having a bad time at the moment and there are all these stressors in your life. When I started suffering Chronic insomnia, I started researching and I fairly soon came to the conclusion that no supplement in the world was likely to really improve my situation, I found that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy was the long term answer. I believe it's a good idea, it's not a quick fix, it worked for me, so that's my experience. Take it or leave it.
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