What are some effective home remedies for insomnia?

From the Harvard Medical School there is the following advice: 1. Eat your last meal at least several hours before you go to bed. Eat things that are not difficult to digest.2.

Exercise regularly. If you aren't physically tired, your body may not be ready to sleep.3. Go to bed and rise on a regular schedule, that will help synchronize your body's physiology with your sleep cycle.4.

Clear your bedroom of distractions like noisy clocks, televisions and computers so that you can make it a sleep haven. 5. Avoid activities or discussions that are emotional before bedtime.

Don't watch television, especially programs that are frightening or violent. Make up a routine for relaxing, like a warm bath or a simple stretching or breathing routine.6. If you are beat when you get hope, take a short nap of 15 to 20 minutes so it doesn't get in the way of your nighttime sleep cycle.8.

If you have a tendency to urinate in the night, avoid drinking fluids before bedtime. 9. Make a sleep diary and use it to determine your sleep cycle and how much time you sleep while in bed. If you are awake in your bed 20% or more time in the bed, then you are spending too much time in bed.

You can try going to be later to restore a natural sleep cycle. 10. Practice relaxation techniques during the day, which you can use to help you go to sleep during the night.

Here are some of tips of mine that I will share: 1. Drink a cup of chamomile tea. This helps settle the stomach and it has a pleasant soothing aroma.

Another herb that is a mild relaxant is valerian - but don't drink it as a tea, find pills. It has an unpleasant odor, but it does work.2. Start a meditation practice in the evening that will act as a transition point from your daily activities to a period of rest and relaxation.

Suggested practices include centering prayer, progressive muscle relaxation, following the breath and mindfulness meditation. You can practice learning how to relax and get better at it. See the references provided below.3.

Avoid caffeinated drinks in the afternoon and evening.4. As we get older, in some cases the body produces less melatonin, which is the hormone that helps induce the sleep cycle. Supplements help in that case to replace the body's deficiency.

Here are some references that may also help: http://www.natural-homeremedies.com/homeremedies_insomnia.htm http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Womens_Health_Watch/2010/July/too-early-to-get-up-too-late-to-get-back-to-sleep?utm_source=womens&utm_medium=pressrelease&utm_campaign=womens0710 http://www.qigonghealingarts.org/taoist-meditation/qigong-breathing-meditation-breath/ How to Do Centering Prayer Mindfulness Meditation.

I don't have chronic insomnia, but there are some times that I can't fall asleep and just try to cope by some of these tricks: --drinking hot milk --eating banana --putting lavender oil/scent on my pillows --having a warm shower --get out of bed and do something like stretching or read something, better than trying hard to sleep and close my eyes but my mind is open and awake, that's what I don't like, dreadful feeling. I feel all of the above calms my body especially my nerves and helps me to continue and have a good sleep. Suggestions: --minimize caffeine food and drink in the evenings; --turn off any kind of light, even small lights from a turned off gadgets, appliances like TV, DVD can disrupt sleep; --close windows if you live in a busy street to minimize noises from outside; --control temperature of the room where you are sleeping as you prefer because sleep can be disrupted if you feel very cold or very hot; --wear your comfortable sleepwear; --try to normalize your sleeping time and sleep and wake up at the same pattern to avoid sleepless nights; --try to consult a physician specializing in sleep disorders if you really suffer on a regular basis with insomnia so you can get proper treatment, Insomnia can be debilitating to a person's health.

Hope this helps. I.

I was having sleepless nights 3 years before. My thoughts were and self talk was non-stop. I tried to drink alcohol.

But it didn't work. The doctor suggested some pills but the side effects were unbearable. Then I tried to count back from 100-1.It helped sometimes.

Just breath slowly and try counting backward, like 100, 99...Keep concentrating on the counting. But do it slowly. Usually I fell asleep before reaching 50.

Another method I tried was saying in the mind "inhale" while you breath in and "exhale" while breath out. Sometimes your mind will drift off to your thoughts. Bring it back to the breathing.

Another method is to repeat some manthras like "I love myself". After I started getting treatment for the depression, I have no problem with sleeping. But still have problem in motivating myself to achieve and do things in life like normal people do.

I like Lotusia's answer, but would add one method: As you lie in bed, carefully relax each and every muscle, starting with your toes and fingers, moving up the legs and arms, the butt and the stomach and the back, and finally the head and jaw and eyes. Works for me... Another method, at least for consenting adults, is to make love with your partner.

In one word-alcohol. A shot will relax you and let you calm down to go to sleep.

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