Posted by shar on September 30, 2002, at 0:09:48
In reply to Needed: a natural sleeping remedly (help please!), posted by leor on September 29, 2002, at 23:48:24
I have heard from some reliable source that I've now forgotten, that a combo of calcium and magnesium taken about an hour before bedtime helps. There should be at least twice as much calcium as magnesium is my understanding. Mine is 333 calcium and 133 mag. and I take two of them (it is a cal-mag combo, not calcium separately and magnesium separately). Plus, it couldn't hurt......that I know of.
Also, there is some substance, I've heard, to the old home remedy of milk (I don't know if it has to be warm or not), and you probably know about avoiding hot shower or bath too close to bedtime, regular bedtime, no exercise just before, no sugar, and all that.
I used to take Melatonin (melantonin?) then it got a bad rap about something--some side effect I think. I took it sublingually, and it did, indeed, seem to help. I stopped that when I started taking klonopin.
Good luck with solving your problem. I have looked up 'home remedies' on the internet before with good success, but it was for nausea, not insomnia. I believe lots of the old fashioned 'home remedies' can work without harming us, but these days we tend to ignore them.
Shar
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