Need an herbal supplement to help an insomniac.

CBD oil with Melatonin. It works wonders.

There are 2 kinds of insomnia:

1. the inability to fall asleep
2. the inability to stay asleep

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mucuna puriens works for me..its my go to when Im having sleep issues.

Magnesium Chloride helps a bit.

Magnesium plus Melatonin helps a lot but I need to sleep for 10 hours or I feel like I'm in slow motion for a few hours in the morning. But not all the time, just after a few days of taking it so I'm wondering of Melatonin builds up or something.

Is she overweight? Does she smoke? Do drugs? Drink alcohol daily/frequently?

If you answer yes to more than 2 of these, there is always the possibilty she has a bad liver. People with a poorly functioning liver do not sleep well.

Wild lettuce extract or capsules=== all natural will knock your ass out if dosed properly.

Benedryl for allergies, same stuff in sleep meds.
Diphenhydramine. Just for nights when life is too exciting to fall asleep.
30 for 99c at that fine store. Exact same stuff you pay more for elsewhere.

Dried Blue Lotus Flowers made into a tea will re balance her brain chemistry OP.

5 mg of Melatonin every night.


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Almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, tart cherry, omega3 rich fish, chicken, chamomile tea with some honey, hummus, potatoes, warm milk, banana.

Before bed try to avoid; chocolate, cheese, red meat, tomatoes

Ya, we are looking for something natural that makes you sleep like ambien.

My buddy has a script for that. Best sleep we both have had. We both have had drug use problems in the past. Clean now. Trying to stay off big pharma. Been searching awhile.

Melatonin kibda works for her. Cept she has bad nightmares on it, still wakes up sometimes.

Ty may be she needs a double dose? I buy the z quill. Thats the same thing minus the antihistamine.

Valerian

She is both. Mainly the stay asleep one. She will fall asleep and still wake up 4 hrs later no matter what

Um...yes, please. A gift from mother nature, herself.
Ambien and the likes, while effective, just have too many unintended consequences even when used properly.

Half a stick of xanax works great but we don't want a script for that. Its just easier to find on the street than sleeping pills. Both a last resort

easy fix. Spend the day outside in the sun, eat oysters raw, and go to bed before 10. Done.
Ohh, no caffeine past noon

Or somebody has no idea what physical exertion is. Your body will override your mind if you do it right.

Ty yes we smoke pot. The only "drug" we do. We get really good weed but can not chose the strain. Most are really good hybrids. Even powerful indicas we jave gotten help her fall asleep, but not stay asleep

This sleep shit is killing the both of us now cause she wakes me up

This is true. We are both work out freaks. Thing is we only lift half ass now due to limited workouts. He is rigjt though when she was putting up massive weight she slept better. Still woke up after 4 hours

The problem with these drugs is that if a person snores or has sleep apnea they can be dangerous. They will put you in such a deep sleep that you might not wake up if you quit breathing when you are sleeping. That's why many doctors prescribe the (antidepressants) drugs that have sleeping side effects and which just help you fall/stay asleep such as Trazadone and Doxepin.

diphenhydramine works, but has also been indicated in long-term health issues such as dementia and brain shrinkage. Not sure I would want to use it regularly.

Try TAURINE and Glycine.

Hot bath with Epsom salts (magnesium) to go to sleep.

I diffuse lavender and frankincense essential oils to stay asleep.

Rub a couple drops into the insole of your feet too.

Couple puffs off a Doobie never hurt anyone.

Good piece of ass helps tremendously.

I sympathize. I've been struggling with this for the last two years, ever since going through serious stress associated with my divorce on top of going through menopause. Does she have a FitBit by any chance? If so, have her look at her oxygen saturation while sleeping. If there are large or frequent spikes, she is probably having issues with breathing at night that are waking her and then she cannot get back to sleep.

Things I've tried in the past:
kick pets out of bed
softer mattress
sour cherry juice
chamomile tea
diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
various herbal blend capsules
magnesium
melatonin
Trazodone (rx)
Doxepin (rx)
exercise later in the day
do not eat after 8 or just a late night warm milk
white noise
cooler temps
red wine

(I can't take Ambien because I stop breathing at night and it is dangerous). The best I have found is the Doxepin, which is a side-use sleep aid but originally an antidepressant (but non-habit-forming). I just take 1/2 only as needed, such as when I have a lot to do at work or meetings the next day. Otherwise, the white noise, cooler temps, and exercising later in the day, and a late night warm milk work the best for me along with magnesium. Sometimes people will wake in the middle of the night if their stomachs are empty, which is why the late night milk seems to work for me. I also started to take liver health and cortisol stress supplements as I think the extreme stress I went through probably gave me some adrenal fatigue and it's always better to treat the underlying problem than just a bandage for the symptom. i.e. why I am exercising more, eating better, and taking the supplements.

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Classic signs of a bad liver imo. Sad that you won't go and have it checked out but instead do a bunch of things like smoking weed, taking xanax and herbal supps that will only make it worse. She needs to immediately change her diet & do a liver cleanse/detox and then go see a GI doc.

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I buy anise seed in bulk. I use just a little by pouring boiling water on.Tastes great. Good to experiment with a few pieces first, because it is quite effective.
Also try tea instead of the morning coffee it can make sleep hard even much later, if she likes it strong.

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