Sleep aid

Do you take one ? If so, how often and what do you take ?

Wife takes half of a melatonin pill every night and sleeps like a log

Yes Ambien for years every night.

Take one of those kids melatonin gummies every night

Couple of shots and I'm good.

Melatonin in winter.

Vodka

Been taking Zolpidem and Melatonin for about 18 years, every night. If i don't take it i don't sleep.

I have the worst insomnia you can imagine. my mind never shuts off.

They have tried everything, trazadone, ambien, etc. you name it. most does not work unless I double dose, then if I do, i feel like a zombie till noon the next day so I quit taking them.

Now I usually get around 8 hrs of sleep for every 48 hrs. stay up all one night, sleep good the next.

I just cant shut my mind off, I will take little one hour naps here and there, to try to help, but in reality, i just lay there wondering about what headaches i will face tomorrow.

it sucks, but I know the meds that work, but they wont prescribe them to me, cause i admitted a drink beer and they think I will get addicted. so I guess running 48 hrs, 8 sleep, 48 up, 8 sleep, is healthier than me being addicted to a generic drug

Normal can point you to one

on behalf of Norml:

i cut the cord

Nope. Thankfully, with rare exception, I'm usually asleep within 5 minutes of putting head to pillow. It wasn't always the case, however...a lot of prayer and becoming content with my life for me there. Now, if I'm physical pain, or make the mistake of drinking tea with supper, that does take a bit longer to fall asleep...

Out in 5 minutes. Early to bed, early to rise. Haven’t had any trouble since I worries about monsters under the bed. Well, that one divorce.

She takes melatonin. May or may not sleep. Say she can’t turn her mind off. Always stress/anxiety.

East you need Xanax.

Once in a while a PM advil. Works great.

Do not take anything, usually in bed asleep by 10 and up around 4:15 - 4:45 every morning. Average about 6.30 of good sleep every night.

Thought about doing a Melatonin before bed on a Saturday night to try and sleep in on a Sunday morning and see what it feels like to get 8 full hours of sleep
but decided not to for I do not like taking any kind of pills except for vitamins.

1000mg CBD gummy.

I also am one of the lucky ones, less than 5 minutes after hitting the pillow or recliner. I also sleep like a baby on an airline flight. My wife and I can't lay down at the same time as she wants to talk and says I go to sleep mid sentence. She takes Seroquel (prescription) to help her get to sleep, it works well for her.

Don't study about it. "Early to bed. Early to rise." I'm not sure if it will make you wealthy and wise.

If a person is having trouble sleeping it's best to see what's causing the problem instead of jumping on the bus and taking something to mask it, most of the time it's what you're doing that causes the problem. Alcohol and insomnia go hand in hand, many people that drink develop insomnia and then turn to something else to relieve the insomnia. It's the rare person who openly admits to their alcohol consumption/volume when discussing the problem with their doctor. This creates a problem for the doctor who may prescribe a medication that they never would have had the known the truth. Meds like Ambien, Xanax, Valium and several others are meant for short time relief due to their addictive nature, yet there's people out there who have taken them for years. Withdrawal from some of the drugs is just as risky as alcohol due to the mental and physical addictions we tend to develop. Then we start looking for something to mask the withdrawal symptoms, we end up treating symptoms from what was supposed to be the cure for the problem. The number of people going into rehabs with dual addictions is rising, usually involving alcohol and benzo's. These aren't street people, they're professionals in their own fields. What's interesting is how fast they start to recover once you start taking it one step at time, starting with that first step.

Just a simple suggestion from an old recovered alcoholic! If you're having trouble sleeping give yourself a 30 day break from alcohol and see if it doesn't improve. If you can't make it 30 days without alcohol then you may have found the real problem and address that with your doctor but be 100% honest with him or her. Most of the time the doctor already knows simply by looking at you and a few basic tests but not talking about it unless you do. As i said it's the rare person who will be completely honest about their drinking.

I tell my guys there's 3 levels of addiction.

1. Mental addiction.

2. Social addiction.

3. Physical addiction.

I went through all phases and ended up in physical addiction, it damn near killed me. Put me in ICU for 5 days and in Origin Recovery Center for 35.

If my preaching on this ticks people off I don't care, if it helps somebody in need it's worth it. I've seen far to many people die from addiction, both drugs and alcohol, they just didn't know where to turn before it was to late.

melatonin for me

I fall asleep easily, but joint pain keeps me from getting a full nights rest. Tylenol PM for me on Friday and Saturday nights.

Worked shift work my entire adult life. I can sleep anywhere at any time.

Use to have trouble falling asleep on friday nights after making the drive to the ranch.... i have two small children and spend half the way down praying i dont fall asleep lol. Now im like flip and can sleep anywhere anytime like i have a switch.

Always whining

I remember wnen you were going through that HWY_MAN. Bless you sir, you beat it.

Sex has always worked well for me. I used to sleep great every night. Not sure if it is me getting older or that I have been married for almost 30 years but seems like I am not getting as much sleep as I used to.

Tylenol PM. It's just Tylenol with melatonin added to it.

Easts liver dang sure doesn't need Tylenol.....

Lunesta. I take it once or twice a week as needed. Non-addictive and works great for me. Tried Ambien one time and made my skin crawl. Never touching that drug again.

Tried melatonin and other OTC, sleep aids but nothing helped. Ambien for years then it stopped working, now on Lunesta. With my current knee pain from surgery, nothing is working. Nights have been miserable for a week now. Need to adjust my pain meds accordingly.

3 Advil pm's
4 gabapentins
every night

I spent much of my life not being able to sleep. Couldn't get my mind to slow down. Really started to effect me in my late 40's. Now I sleep about 7 hours a night. Here is what I found out about me.

1. Nothing can touch me, not even me. Any skin on skin contact will keep me awake. To solve this I wear long sleeve cotton t-shirt tucked into long cotton pajama pants with socks that I tuck the pajama pants into so that they do not shorten up over night and expose my calf's.

2. Keep the room at the right temp for you. Mine is 72.

3. Make sure the HVAC vent doesn't blow on you in bed. Each time the HVAC would come on the air moving would wake me up. I have mine adjusted to minimize the air that hits the bed but I also have to run the ceiling fan backwards at a low speed to breakup the air from the HVAC.

4. Use a noise machine or just a fan. If a mouse farted I was awake, having a constant sound of some type drowns out the ambient noise. If using a sound machine make sure to get one that is non-repeating. My ADHD would pickup on the repeat spot and I would lay there waiting for it to repeat. Having something constant to focus on helps me getting to sleep.

5. I take one Nyquil Cold and Flu tablet each night. Two if I am a little wound up. About 20-30 minutes after it will make me drowsy and I have a window of opportunity to get to sleep. I had to learn how to let the sleep happen, it took awhile. I would find myself just about asleep when my ADHD would notice and tell me "Hey good job your almost asleep". Then I would be awake....

6. No caffine or sugar after 1PM.

Read a book. I can't make it 5 pages before falling asleep

you are way worse than me - sorry man. Good luck

Good stuff - I'm not the only one who cant sleep I see. I do not drink alcohol or do drugs. Mostly it's worrying about work that keeps me up and occasionally a nice buck thats on camera but I never see him in person.

I used to have some issues getting to sleep, but have managed to get where I now fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. The biggest things for me were:

Cut out caffeine after noon. This was huge for me. I used to drink coffee all day because I wasn't getting enough sleep, the wouldn't sleep because I drank too much caffeine.

Beds are for sleeping and sex. Nothing else. Don't read in bed, watch tv, play on your phone, etc. You get in and sleep.

Don't go to bed until you are tired. Just because you wish you could sleep at 8:30, doesn't make lying down then a good idea. Wait until you are tired, the go to bed and sleep. Over time, I was able to adjust my body clock to when I wanted to sleep.

Actually it is Tylenol with diphenhydramine ( Benadryl ) added, I know nothing about making knives , but I know a little about
drugs,

MO RPh

Oh boy can you get me some of the good stuff?? I kid I Kid

Looks like I am not the only one having trouble sleeping. Melatonin for the past year but that doesn't work real well. Advil PM sometimes along with the melatonin and that works a bit better. Like East, my mind is working most of the night. Average about 5 to 6 hrs. a night. Usually about 30 mins. a day in the recliner helps out. As we get older our bodies just don't need as much sleep. I am 72.

Work harder

controlled substance, have to do a bunch of test, which is fine, but at the moment dont have insurance and didn't wanna foot the bill

Where am I? What am I doing here? I just fell asleep watching TV. I'd love to dream her back.

I take a shot of Vicks Severe cough syrup ------------- takes about 20 minutes to work, keeps me asleep for about 6 hrs.

Another good thing for me is to watch the blackhead removal videos. Yeah, a little weird, but it's kinda cathartic watching those things....Dr Pimple Popper has some great ones.

Absolutely NOT!!! I can’t do that nasty stuff. Give me “How it’s Made” and I’m out in 10

Sex.

Only 4 for me.

I haven't owned a book in years

I average about 4 hours and a nap during the day. I’m retired so, unless I’m busy, a nap happens.

It started on February 17, 1964. I was sleeping peacefully and some [censored] tossed a chair down the row of cots and started yelling obscenities. My first thought was who is this guy. Second thought was if he knew who he messing with. I found out the answer to both questions. His name was Sergeant and he knew exactly who he was messing with.

On the second morning of basic training and thereafter all of us awakened when the barracks door opened.

I still wake up before daylight every morning regardless of what time my head hits the pillow.

And a hard workout at the gym first thing in the morning.

A sleeping bag at the camp house.

Same for me

guess I am lucky, I only require about 6-7 hours of sleep but can get by on much less. I can usually fall asleep within 5 minutes of my head hitting the pillow but on rare occasion, children's liquid Benadryl does the trick.