Posted by Penny on December 2, 2003, at 13:55:52
It's not that I'm not tired (usually exhausted) when it's time for me to go to bed at night, but for the past couple of weeks I've been having a terrible time actually falling asleep. Now I've been through a sleep study, and I don't have sleep apnea or restless limbs, and I've taken lots of meds and supplements (both scripts and OTC), and my general feeling is that they either don't work OR they leave me groggy the next day.
Of course, I've gotten the 'exercise' lecture before, but that's not likely to happen any time soon, and I lay off of caffeine in the evenings if I can, so that shouldn't be the problem. I've been trying listening to soothing music, but that hasn't really helped, and reading doesn't make me sleepy. Some nights I can't even lay in my bed (or is that 'lie' in my bed?), so I'll get up and go sit in my rocking chair in the living room until I get a little sleepier.
The sleep doc's recommendation was 'warm milk, melatonin, or 2.5 mgs of ambien.' Yeah, sure.
Anyway, I know many of the folks on this board have problems with sleep - so if you have found something non-medication related that works, would you mind sharing? I'm trying to see if there's anything I haven't tried/thought of yet.
thanks, and sweet dreams.
P
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