I need some Melatonin!

[Steve Graham]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

melatonin works very well for me, as does Valerian Root

naturale

[jeffrey collins]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

exactly the same here ... huge sleep problems .. and the melatonin i bought in the US last year is empty now...grrr

Don't forget that there is a way in which the brain can systematically shut down anything you are trying to do to it. If you don't allow the Melatonin to work with you, you are working against it and will never see any results from it. Melatonin is a natural chemical in the body that is released when your bedroom is dark and your eyes are closed. It is what helps you get to sleep. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't get enough in their bodies and it makes it hard to sleep.

One thing that truly helps in getting to sleep and sleeping well, is to meditate before going to bed, as you are laying there, get out your ipod and put on some Harold Budd or Steve Roach and listen to one or two songs and allow your mind to float with the music. Don't think of all the crap that has happened that day. As racing thoughts can really kill your ability to get a good nights sleep. I know from experience, having battled that for a good two to three years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin

[i!!ustrious]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

ah nice one sir steve. love valerian, it's the only one i use, it always knocks me right out. i usually sleep great all the time, but i'll ever so frequenly use valerian for its great vitalizing and replenishing benifits.

on the other hand, fuck narcotics, treatment with narcotics is like curing by use of snake venom imo. got way over that buisness quickly.

[Aleks_B]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

+15 for valerian root

[floridaorange]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

, get out your ipod and put on some Harold Budd or Steve Roach and listen to one or two songs and allow your mind to float with the music.

Yah I stream this and always fall asleep:

http://www.last.fm/music/Nature+Sound+Series

Or thinking and listening to these topics puts me to sleep usually within 30 mins:

(not for everyone) http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=...tr&view=videos

enjoy

[ganjamo]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

Do you work out or do any sort of sport?

[DIDI]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

Some really good tips here. Some I didn't think of!

http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips.htm

Luckily 5htp works well for me

[Shpira]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

Guess who is awake at 5.15 in the morning

[Shpira]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

I honestly don't know what the hell my problem is...I drank only one can of coke all day yesterday and I didn't sleep the night before and I went to the gym an had a nice workout yesterday...
I had like a 2 hour nap in the afternoon yesterday just so that I could gather up some energy to train...I exercise regularly 3 days on, one day off...I don't know I am gonna go to the pharmacy tomorrow and try and get some advice on what to buy...

I used to have a tactic for falling a sleep and its worked wonders for years...I used to lie in bed and imagine myself doing kick ups. I would concentrate really hard on that and nothing else and I would be asleep very quickly but about 6 months ago it kinda stopped working so the only time I can fall asleep is when I like pass out from exhaustion...


p.s. at least I can eat more this way and probably retrieve some of the weight I lost during the summer.

[DIDI]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

You didn't read that link I put up, did you ?

[Haziel]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

This may sound a bit off but...

I've noticed that the days that I spend most of time in front of my laptop i find it hard for me to go to sleep.

Have you considered , lowering down the hours you are in front of yours and finding something else to do , I mean it could be doing something to your nervous system also messing up your circadian rhythm .

[Dzone]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

I had a sleeping problem, but not any more, i paid a very high price tho "got married and had a kid"

[Shpira]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

You didn't read that link I put up, did you ?

Hehe I didn't before but
I did now
The thing is I know all that...I don't have a TV in bedroom, I only use my bedroom for sleeping (and...), its well ventilated...I exercise. I am not gonna give up smoking for better sleep...and I try and keep caffeine at reasonable levels...I don't eat fatty foods; I know a lot about nutrition so I eat healthy; low/medium carbs intake, high protein...fat intake depends on the way my workouts are going...

To be honest I don't think I should have to change my life fundamentally just in order to get some quality sleep. I think its jut that I had been in this sleep pattern for a while now and my body is kinda used it...so all I need to do is keep trying to get to sleep at the normal times and not sleep during the day... I may get something to help me get to sleep or rather to keep me asleep...the thing is this a pretty bad time for me to be dealing with this shit...the end of my final year at uni..

[Shpira]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

This may sound a bit off but...

I've noticed that the days that I spend most of time in front of my laptop i find it hard for me to go to sleep.

Have you considered , lowering down the hours you are in front of yours and finding something else to do , I mean it could be doing something to your nervous system also messing up your circadian rhythm .

that might be a problem...thats true, its my addiction to MS
On a more serious note...yeah I thought about computer usage being an issue because I have been spending more than usual amount of time on it since January...might have to cut that shit down...

[DIDI]

Re: I need some Melatonin!

^^ I am not a fan of sleeping pills, but even for a few nights to get you back into the habit of sleeping might not be all bad. The computer issue could be a problem, particularly if you participate in the politics forum

Btw The things I meant you hadn't read were the bits about napping and exercising earlier rather than later.