Can't sleep

I found a few tips that might be worthy to get more quality sleeping time, without using pills at all:

• Go to bed only when sleepy.
• Sleep only in the bedroom.
• Get up at the same time each morning.
• Discontinue caffeine and nicotine.
• Exercise daily.
• Avoid alcohol.
• Limit fluid intake in the evening
• Practice relaxation techniques

reference: www.34-menopause-symptoms.com

Make your bed as comfortable as possible. Get the best mattress you can afford. I cured my insomnia by buying an electric blanket (now called a "heated" blanket). Getting in to a warm bed, with flannel sheets on a cold night makes me instantly sleepy.

Ive tried the sleeping tablets i still wake and am going mad hot one minute cold the next. This is ll new to me, am i going mad. Moody

I DON'T LIKE TAKING PILLS TO FALL ASLEEP BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL FUNNY ALL DAY AS IF I DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP. SO I READ A GOOD BOOK OR DO A FIND A WORD PUZZLE TO SLEEP. MY BEST FRIEND AND I TALK TO EACH OTHER UNTIL WE GET SLEEPY AND QUICKLY GET OFF THE PHONE AND OFF TO SLEEP WE GO. YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME AND I WILL TALK YOU TO SLEEP. SMILE BUT I REALLY MEAN IT.

I've tried several things and always take Melatonin 3mg with whatever else I might try. Also, taking 2 "benadryl" (you can get the generic "diphenhydramine") just before bed along with Melatonin will help you relax. The diphenhydramine may give you dry mouth, but no biggee for me, so long as I can get to sleep.

Hope it'll work for you.

I had trouble too for years. I finally got some xanax from my doctor and that helped SO MUCH! I'm not one for pills, but I realized that sometimes you just need help!! I went off of them about 6 months ago and I sleep fine now! Course a lot of my symptoms have disappeared so yours will too! There's nothing wrong with talking to your doctor about it! I took the lowest dose, and HALF of that!!

I tho't I replied, but since I don't see it....here it comes again. Two or three sips of red wine helps one relax.....and snoozville follows very soon. RuthSW

I take melatonin just before bedtime and it helps quite a bit.

I have found meditation a great help. It's basically just simple deep breathing, concentrating on your breath, and dismissing random thoughts that keep your mind running and awake. It actually gets me thru hot flashes at night. I just let it pass. Even just concentrating on something like winning the lottery, figuring out how much taxes on it would be, subtracting paying off my mortgage, family members mortgage, what clothes i would keep, what i would buy, etc, etc,...The trick is not thinking about not sleeping!

This natural herb seems to help me. Take one in the morning and one in the evening. I get mine from Vitamin World.

Google for more info. These are machines that play soothing, relaxing sound effects electronically. Many of them have timing features, so that they shut off after a certain amount of time. They work well for me; no drugs or side effects.

There are many different things, first off--exercise can help, trying to go to bed & get up same times, there are herbal remedies such as Valerian, Melatonin(which they advise to not take more than 3mgs for longer than a few months) & GABA. My deceased Naturopath suggested adding 2cups of Epsom salts to a warm bath about an hour before bedtime. Hope that helps, Crickett

I'm new to this style of discussion boards as they've evolved from the previous set of boards. I'm older (yeah, lots older) and have survived the majority of meno symptoms. While you don't want to take sleeping pills, sometimes you just have to do something to alleviate your lack of sleep. Have you checked out bioidenticals for hormone treatments that some ladies have used which has eased their distress over sleeping problems.

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