Comments on: Paying Too Much For Sleep Aids http://www.brainhandles.com/2007/02/15/paying-too-much-for-sleep-aids/ Whatever's tugging at my brain handles Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jenny http://www.brainhandles.com/2007/02/15/paying-too-much-for-sleep-aids/#comment-2373 Jenny Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:34:11 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/2007/02/15/paying-too-much-for-sleep-aids/#comment-2373 I have had excellent luck with an herbal sleep aid called "Sleepy Bear". It is a combination of herbs that are known to help the body relax and fall asleep. The OTC stuff makes me so groggy. With this new product I feel really refreshed when I wake up...no drowsiness. I have had excellent luck with an herbal sleep aid called "Sleepy Bear". It is a combination of herbs that are known to help the body relax and fall asleep. The OTC stuff makes me so groggy. With this new product I feel really refreshed when I wake up...no drowsiness.

]]> By: Sheree http://www.brainhandles.com/2007/02/15/paying-too-much-for-sleep-aids/#comment-445 Sheree Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:59:55 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/2007/02/15/paying-too-much-for-sleep-aids/#comment-445 For most people, mild insomnia is a simple issue: Melatonin production. Artificial light into the night hours prevents your body from converting serotonin to melatonin. Caffeine also interferes with melatonin production. So... Maybe it's not exactly practical (or even possible) to get a dark environment at 8:00 or 9:00pm. The good news is that you can buy melatonin for $10 per bottle at just about any store. Its effect is a bit more subtle than a sleep aid, in that it doesn't *put* you to sleep or make you tired, any more than just being awake all day will do that. But it'll make you stay asleep once you get there. I use it, and it's been exactly what I need. I like the Natrol time-release 3mg that I found at Albertsons. For most people, mild insomnia is a simple issue: Melatonin production.

Artificial light into the night hours prevents your body from converting serotonin to melatonin. Caffeine also interferes with melatonin production.

So... Maybe it's not exactly practical (or even possible) to get a dark environment at 8:00 or 9:00pm.

The good news is that you can buy melatonin for $10 per bottle at just about any store.

Its effect is a bit more subtle than a sleep aid, in that it doesn't *put* you to sleep or make you tired, any more than just being awake all day will do that. But it'll make you stay asleep once you get there.

I use it, and it's been exactly what I need. I like the Natrol time-release 3mg that I found at Albertsons.

]]> By: andiamo http://www.brainhandles.com/2007/02/15/paying-too-much-for-sleep-aids/#comment-107 andiamo Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:37:29 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/2007/02/15/paying-too-much-for-sleep-aids/#comment-107 Try l-tryptophan or 5-HTP, both available at supplement stores. For more effectiveness, combine it with 500 mg of non-time release niacin and some melatonin under the tongue. GABA can also help you get to sleep. Antihistamines may make you drowsy, but you'll feel groggy the next day, and as they are anticholinergic, your memory will suffer so you'll find it harder to learn. Try l-tryptophan or 5-HTP, both available at supplement stores. For more effectiveness, combine it with 500 mg of non-time release niacin and some melatonin under the tongue.

GABA can also help you get to sleep.

Antihistamines may make you drowsy, but you'll feel groggy the next day, and as they are anticholinergic, your memory will suffer so you'll find it harder to learn.

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