Getting some good zzzz's

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laura_charlotte

laura_charlotte

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I wanted to share a recommendation with you all. I personally just started using it and have found it to be fantastic for sleeplessness and anxiety. It's all natural ingredients and non addictive:

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If any of you try it, be sure to let everyone know what your experience was or if you've found an alternative measure that helps with getting a good night's sleep. Cheers.

 
Willie-T

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A relaxed and clear conscience has always worked well for me.
 
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Don't use electronic devices with bright white light backscreens like tablets/phone/laptop 30 min before bed....you will fall asleep sooner it's scientifically proven in studies!
 
laura_charlotte

laura_charlotte

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Ultimatum77 said:
Don't use electronic devices with bright white light backscreens like tablets/phone/laptop 30 min before bed....you will fall asleep sooner it's scientifically proven in studies!
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Precisely. Thanks for the great advice.
 
Deidre

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Thank you for posting this, I sometimes have a bad night's sleep, and it can be horrible. Doctors often say that getting consistently the best sleep comes from having a set bedtime every single night, even on weekends. That's where I fail. lol I stay up a bit later on the weekends, so...guess that is a bad habit.
 
laura_charlotte

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Deidre said:
Thank you for posting this, I sometimes have a bad night's sleep, and it can be horrible. Doctors often say that getting consistently the best sleep comes from having a set bedtime every single night, even on weekends. That's where I fail. lol I stay up a bit later on the weekends, so...guess that is a bad habit.
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Poor thing, I'd really encourage you to give it a try. Either this or other recommendations I've got up my sleeve. If you do give it a shot, let me know what you think, good, bad or ugly if it helps someone, it's worth it.
 
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Ultimatum77

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Melatonin supplements are good to help you sleep as well....
 
Magenta

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Bach is homeopathy. What are the ingredients?

White Chestnut: To help ease restless mind.
Star of Bethlehem: For trauma and shock.
Clematis: For the tendency to “pass out”, and unconsciousness,
being ‘far away’ and not present mentally.
Cherry Plum: Fear of mind giving way, verge of breakdown, anger.
Impatiens: For irritability, tension and fidgety.
Rock Rose: For frozen terror and panic.

5x (HPUS) dilution Star of Bethlehem – Orithogalum umbellatum Rock Rose – Helianthemum Cherry Plum – Prunus cerasifera Impatiens – Impatiens gladulifera Clematis – Clematis vitalba White Chestnut – Aesculus Hippocastanum

Sometimes a nice bath with lavender oil can work wonders :)
 
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Magenta said:
Bach is homeopathy. What are the ingredients?

White Chestnut: To help ease restless mind.
Star of Bethlehem: For trauma and shock.
Clematis: For the tendency to “pass out”, and unconsciousness, being ‘far away’ and not present mentally.
Cherry Plum: Fear of mind giving way, verge of breakdown, anger.
Impatiens: For irritability, tension and fidgety.
Rock Rose: For frozen terror and panic.

5x (HPUS) dilution Star of Bethlehem – Orithogalum umbellatum Rock Rose – Helianthemum Cherry Plum – Prunus cerasifera Impatiens – Impatiens gladulifera Clematis – Clematis vitalba White Chestnut – Aesculus Hippocastanum

Sometimes a nice bath with lavender oil can work wonders :)
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Thanks Magenta, that gorgeous touch of lavender was a brilliant bit of humour. On a side note, i have to give you credit, been meaning to for some time now. We disagree on a thousand or more things on the bsf, but you've always remained Christ like, without exception, in our exchanges, kudos.
 
Magenta

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laura_charlotte said:
Thanks Magenta, that gorgeous touch of lavender was a brilliant bit of humour. On a side note, i have to give you credit, been meaning to for some time now. We disagree on a thousand or more things on the bsf, but you've always remained Christ like, without exception, in our exchanges, kudos.
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Aww, thank you Laura, I appreciate your appreciation even though I always feel I can do better. The biggest room in the world is the one for improvement haha :) I can certainly respect your dedication to health and wellness :D Aside from what I have worked at all my adult life professionally, the only other area that I seriously considered was the alternative health field. I hate the medical system as it is, being so drug oriented and not education and prevention oriented.

Lavender really does help one relax :D It is quite soothing :) When I was going through peri meno, some days I would have two baths a day plus a shower to wash my hair. I was squeaky clean, and the baths really did help! They were a life saver in terms of helping me fall to sleep :D
 
Magenta

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When I entered my present occupation, the alternative field was not as developed as it was in the late eighties and early nineties, when I started considering it. Or maybe I was just not aware of it as I entered the work force as an adult. By the late eighties or early nineties, though, our government was considering taking Vitamin C off store shelves so you would have to go to a doctor to get a prescription for it, and other so incredibly stupid things, that it was a real deterrent to me considering herbalism etc as a wise career move. Melatonin used to be illegal here, so people would cross the border to get it :p
 
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laura_charlotte said:

I haven't looked into this so I'm fairly ignorant about them, are there any side effects that you're aware of?
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It's best to be careful with it as it's herbal and can interact with a lot of medicines and the way our liver enzymes metabolize drugs....one big one is warfarin/anticoagulant drugs it can mess that up unless your doctor is aware you're taking it and adjusts the dose of the anticoag drug....

It's really used to help you establish a sleep schedule and mostly insomniacs use it b/c they can't fall asleep immediately when they lay down, so they take it 2-3 hours before their bedtime and by the tiem they are ready to sleep it kicks in.....it just naturally boosts your normal melatonin level which is higher at night time to help you sleep, so kind of like a sleeping pill but more natural then ambien which is a synthetic chemical and not good for you....

This may explain it better....
Melatonin side effects: What are the risks? - Mayo Clinic
 
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Magenta said:
When I entered my present occupation, the alternative field was not as developed as it was in the late eighties and early nineties, when I started considering it. Or maybe I was just not aware of it as I entered the work force as an adult. By the late eighties or early nineties, though, our government was considering taking Vitamin C off store shelves so you would have to go to a doctor to get a prescription for it, and other so incredibly stupid things, that it was a real deterrent to me considering herbalism etc as a wise career move. Melatonin used to be illegal here, so people would cross the border to get it :p
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Lol, that's hilarious, but stupid on the govt part to make it illegal b/c melatonin is chemically related to serotonin and so is tryptophan (the chemical in cooked thanksgiving turkey)....all 3 affect sleep and hit the same neuron receptors lol....some stuff that govts do are so idiotic....I agree though that the naturalist/herbal movement is gaining ground and hopefully one day will be the primary choice and not the 3rd or 4th option to prescription drugs....
 
laura_charlotte

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Magenta said:
When I entered my present occupation, the alternative field was not as developed as it was in the late eighties and early nineties, when I started considering it. Or maybe I was just not aware of it as I entered the work force as an adult. By the late eighties or early nineties, though, our government was considering taking Vitamin C off store shelves so you would have to go to a doctor to get a prescription for it, and other so incredibly stupid things, that it was a real deterrent to me considering herbalism etc as a wise career move. Melatonin used to be illegal here, so people would cross the border to get it :p
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I still find it challenging to purchase supplements locally as they're just not available here. One of the supplements I purchase, the company (American) refuses to sell direct to the public unless you're medical personnel, so international ebay it is. The other organisation has no stores internationally, just on the very east end of the States and shipping costs about 161.00 for a few bottles of supplements. My last tally was around 400 AUD's. Fun times. They're worth it though, I'm not interested in something unless it's the best quality and it does the job. That's just the price you pay when something is very hard to come by and you want to avoid synthetic cheap garbage that are a total waste and an exercise in false advertising.
 
Magenta

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Ultimatum77 said:
Lol, that's hilarious, but stupid on the govt part to make it illegal b/c melatonin is chemically related to serotonin and so is tryptophan (the chemical in cooked thanksgiving turkey)....all 3 affect sleep and hit the same neuron receptors lol....some stuff that govts do are so idiotic....I agree though that the naturalist/herbal movement is gaining ground and hopefully one day will be the primary choice and not the 3rd or 4th option to prescription drugs....
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Heh, yes, stupid but scary too, that they (government) would allow the multinational corporations such control over our choices. Even now those same corporations block our ability to be informed as to whether or not our foods are genetically modified, so we have no choice aside from eating organic, which I do as much as possible. But yes, they threatened to take Vitamin C off store shelves, saying we were diagnosing ourselves and were not qualified. As if our medical system is not already overloaded as it is, and then the dosage prescribed was going to be 5 mg! Ridiculous piled upon ridiculous LOL. I collected over seventy signatures against it in protest, and we defeated their pathetic plan to take away our choices. Aaaannnnnd, it seriously made me wonder where they would draw that line about us diagnosing ourselves. Do we not diagnose our hunger and thirst? Seriously, the evil corp is trying to get too much control. They have already made moves to control water.
 
Blain

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I use melatonin to sleep as it is a natural substances that the brain naturally produces there are also different kinds of meletonin to use one is a chewable one is a pill one is in gummy form and is actually quite yummy some help you get to slepp in a snap others are over time release to help you stay asleep at night.

i have trouble staying asleep getting to sleep is not a problem
 
laura_charlotte

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Blain said:
i have trouble staying asleep getting to sleep is not a problem
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Thanks for sharing your experience. This is a really important aspect of attaining sleep that I've overlooked myself. Sleep is so underestimated by society in how important it is. It's often associated with laziness or deemed as 'unnecessary' if 'indulged' in too much. Yet the brain and the body considers it a requirement to combat anxiety and process any challenges we face. It's not possible to function properly without it.
 
Magenta

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One thing that may help you sleep through the night is to eat
a little protein before going to bed. A boiled egg will do nicely :D

If you are concerned about the extra cholesterol, just discard the
yolk, which is not needed anyways, since the protein is in the white :D
 
Fenner

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laura_charlotte said:
I wanted to share a recommendation with you all. I personally just started using it and have found it to be fantastic for sleeplessness and anxiety. It's all natural ingredients and non addictive:


If any of you try it, be sure to let everyone know what your experience was or if you've found an alternative measure that helps with getting a good night's sleep. Cheers.
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I've used the rescue sleep remedy or Melatonin, I like I get a good night's sleep with that. I've used it for my kid's on occasion as well. My Daughter has a difficult time sleeping, she's always been that way. Her Doctor reccomend half of the adult dose. She will sleep through the night.
 
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