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Treating Insomnia
The inability to fall asleep can be frustrating and greatly impede one's ability to function on a day to day basis. The following tips will help you to fall asleep in no time. Pleasant dreams!
Foods that make you sleepy
Trytophan is an amino acid that helps the brain produce serotonin, which helps you relax. You can find it in turkey, milk, chicken, ice cream, tuna and peanuts.
The soothing effect of trytophan can help you put your day's worries behind you and allow you to fall into blissful slumber.
On the other hand, avoid spicy and fatty foods, which can give you heartburn and keep you awake.
Similarly, too much liquid before bedtime can leave you running to the bathroom all night rather than sleeping.
The soothing effect of trytophan can help you put your day's worries behind you and allow you to fall into blissful slumber.
On the other hand, avoid spicy and fatty foods, which can give you heartburn and keep you awake.
Similarly, too much liquid before bedtime can leave you running to the bathroom all night rather than sleeping.
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Get On A Schedule
Regulating when you go to bed and when you wake up is important to establishing a regular sleep pattern. Go to sleep and rise at the same time every day, even on weekends.
Don't nap during the day, as this inhibits your ability to fall asleep at night.
Don't nap during the day, as this inhibits your ability to fall asleep at night.
Avoid Stimulants
Caffeine, found in coffee and soda, and nicotine, found in cigarettes, are stimulants that inhibit your ability to slow down and get some rest. Herbal energy boosters can also keep you awake.Try to avoid stimulants
Cool Things Off
Your body temperature naturally drops when you are sleeping. To imitate this pattern and help to induce sleep, keep your bedroom temperature lower. Use an air conditioner or fan to reproduce these conditions, and wear light clothes.
Relax!
One of the biggest culprits of sleep deprivation is the inability to stop the mind from racing with the day's event and ongoing worries.
The key is to slow down, and try to leave your troubles behind. A warm bath, meditation, peaceful music, a good book and dimmed lights can have a soothing, therapeutic effect.
The key is to slow down, and try to leave your troubles behind. A warm bath, meditation, peaceful music, a good book and dimmed lights can have a soothing, therapeutic effect.
Be Sure You Are Getting Enough Iron
Women with an iron deficiency tend to have more trouble sleeping. Check your iron level and start taking an iron supplement, if needed.
Make Your Bed A Pleasant Place To Be
Take the time to make your bed every day, making it a more appealing place to go to. Make sure you have a good mattress, comfortable sheets, and fluffy pillows. Also, only use your bed for sleeping, so that your body registers that the bed is a place to sleep. Exercise
Exercise three to six hours before bedtime can help you relax, and tire you out, enabling you to fall asleep more easily. Plus, regular exercise increases the quality of your sleep.
Insomnia is tough - what do YOU think?
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- davidstillwagon davidstillwagon Dec 10, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
- good lens 5*
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- Ener-G Ener-G Sep 26, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
- Great tips but I'm not sure they relate to your title.
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- samanthahement samanthahement Jul 20, 2008 @ 10:32 am
- Insomnia can be affected by many of factors like stress, depression, sickness, drug, and some bad lifestyle. One of the root cause is the partner who sleep beside you was the reason that make you insomnia. For info please visit this article.
http://www.yourinsomniacure.com/blog/insomnia/who-sleep-with-you/
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- spirituality spirituality May 28, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
- Personally I sleep better by using earplugs to not have to hear the noise outside.
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