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by EADG » Sun, 07 May 2006 12:23 am
you could look at what I've posted recently about insomnia or quite a while ago on sleep aids
or I suppose I could tell you now
thought I had insomnia recently, but actually it was just extended jet lag, believe it or not, over a month after returning from the States
so the usual 1/2 day difference thing we have to deal with just never ended, and I was getting worried, falling asleep at 6am when I had to be at work at 9, not able to make it through the day, then would come home for a nap at lunch time, and so the vicious circle worsened, for over a month
I had no trouble sleeping, just at the wrong times, but a lot of trouble either waking up, or, staying alseep and I ended up being tired all of the time, many days getting just 1-2 hours sleep - down at 1am, wide awake at 3:00am
I tried a lot of things, including OTC aids I bought from the States, two different things I was prescribed here, and homepathic stuff
I was in such a daze some days from the meds and/or the wacked out sleep patterns that I was pretty useless at work
it was really tough turning this battleship around but I'm finally back to regular hours and feel much better
in the end, Sleepytime Tea and Advil, staying away from the bed until sleep, no watching movies on my laptop, avoiding reading sometimes half a book when I would normally read 2-3 pages before dropping off, etc, is what finally helped put me down at night
the Advil (ibuprofen for the rest) is pretty tough on your stomach though, and two days or more in a row takes a toll
you can use a sublingual 1mg melatonin, but it's not very reliable or even useful most of the time, but it can help - I know you know these are not drugs but natural substances produced by the body
that's some of what I've learned and it's always been an area of interest for me, see GC's and my thread on this and our quest for the Holy Tryptophan, or, PM me, would be happy to help
