natural sleep aides

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:56 pm

someone told me to try melatonin. does it work? any other suggestions?

enzyme · Post by **enzyme** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:07 pm

Yeah, melatonin works for me. It's not super strong, which is nice cause there's not really any side effects, other than sometimes more intense dreams. Insomnia sucks.

escapee planes · Post by **escapee planes** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:23 pm

Wax ear plugs. Warm them up roll them so they're sort of thin and work them into your ears. When you close your eyes, you are in a cocoon.

That and Cocodamol works a treat

Where do you get Melatonin from (in UK)?

relaks · Post by **relaks** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:48 pm

Get MELATONIN from any local drug dealer. Strictly the highest qualidad.

tha_illsta · Post by **tha_illsta** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:48 pm

Hop pillow

Lavender pillow

hot chocolate drink

a small scotch or brandy

test match cricket (even if you like it)

not sleeping during the day

make sure have excercise each day

hot bath or shower before you go to sleep

Don't eat too late

try to stop thinking about stuff when you lie down to sleep

if you come back from the club after 6am, stay up and have a nice early night the next day, should put you back on track, works for me

failing all that become a sound engineer it's part of the job requirement I should know (52 hr session anyone?...and that's working people not cracking out the yayo)

hope this is of some help: from a fellow sufferer

misk · Post by **misk** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:56 pm

all those are good benny. I find that exercise really helps me because i've expended energy. I think that when you use your body during the day, it naturally wants to sleep, otherwise you have all this pent up energy.

oh sex is good too.

relaks · Post by **relaks** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:59 pm

xanax is a good herb as well.

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:54 pm

Copious amounts of weed, even when im not trying to go sleep.

little boh peep · Post by **little boh peep** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:59 pm

Melatonin will knock you out for sure, but if you don't get the dose right there'll be a dopamine spike about 3-4 hours after taking it and you'll wake up even more unable to sleep than before.

Adding to what was said in this thread - http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10607 - there's an herb called Gotu Kola which is good for relaxation. It won't make you sleepy, but it'll help you relax so you can sleep. Also seems to help you sleep in longer. You can find it in most health food stores; Solaray is a good brand.

echo wanderer · Post by **echo wanderer** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:41 pm

Kava kava tea works.I never have any sort of hangover from it.Actually,I feel really refreshed when I wake up.You can get it at any natural food store.

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:32 am

Echo Wanderer wrote:Kava kava tea works.I never have any sort of hangover from it.Actually,I feel really refreshed when I wake up.You can get it at any natural food store.

never heard of it, i'll check it out

thanks for all the suggestions

ctop80 · Post by **ctop80** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:35 am

red wine's a good one so long as it aint a school night

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:50 am

3 or 4 adios motherfuckers do for me.

Zzzzzz...

misk · Post by **misk** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:50 am

Yeah i've heard of Gotu Kola, never tried it myself. Kava Kava works wonders, and i would personally not believe the negative hype surrounding it. From what i've read, you have to take a lot of it to cause liver damage. As far as melatonin goes it works for me, but i've got a friend who tried taking it and it gave him horrible nightmares, so results may vary. The thing with herbs and herbal remedies is that you really have to experiment on yourself to find what works for your body, as herbs are more subtle than the monstrous OTC and prescription medications we're used to.

another thing, research brands when you research an herb that your interested in. Herbal medicine is currently not very highly regulated, and some brands will contain only a fraction of an herbs active chemicals in a typical dosage in relation to another, more potent brand.

if you do the footwork and figure out which works for you herbal medicine is great, but you have to put some effort into it.

Oh, i've never had the kava kava tea, but the capsules kick ass. I think i was just using vitamin shoppe brand but i bought a mixture that was guranteed to have a certain amount of kavalactones in each dose. the important thing with herbal medicine, again, is making sure your getting the same amount of the active ingredient in every pill.

yeah.

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:17 am

two oh one wrote:3 or 4 adios motherfuckers do for me.

Zzzzzz...

too sweet. long islands are the way

skunkrock · Post by **skunkrock** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:58 am

there's some shit called night-milk, think its got melatonin in there, my mate used to work at the factory

kidcazual · Post by **kidcazual** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:06 am

knockin one out seems ta werk

betamaxnomates · Post by **betamaxnomates** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:48 pm

Valerian root is a natural sleep-enabler. It's an ingredient in most of those over-the-counter capsules but you can get it in concentrated form from any herbalist.

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:46 pm

cones!

janner · Post by **janner** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:02 pm

i know we should all be sensitive to the hardships of the insomnia sufferer but...

kidcazual wrote:knockin one out seems ta werk

LOL

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