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For the last few weeks I was taking sleeping pills and was asleep by 12am. I woke up early too. Yesterday I ran out of these sleeping pills but I still had a pack of valerina night medical herb pills. I don't feel this did much. I did not fall asleep and I got tired of trying and by this time it was 1:50am. So I listened to some music till about 4am but still I wasn't tired eventually after a while I fell asleep(my plan was to stay awake all night so the next day I could fall asleep at 9pm). Usually I'd go down the stairs and watch T.V and eat some food but I am tired of doing this. I want to sort my sleep out and get it back into a good pattern. I thought the weeks of taking the sleeping pills would have set my sleeping pattern back to normal but no luck any advice guys?

big

What sleeping pills did you use?

Have you tried melatonin?

100

I think it was called Diphenhydramine and no I have not tryed melatonin. Is it any good?

big

Melatonin is good, yes. You can get it off ebay. Give it a try and see how you get on, a lot of people swear by it

100

Is it a drug? I want to sleep naturally without the aid of sleeping pills. I just want to sleep from 9pm and get up at about 5am or 6am.

big

I believe it is just herbal.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatonin

100

Do you know if it can be purchesed from a drug store?

big

Buy it on ebay dude. I don't think UK pharmacies/shops tend to stock it.

100

Just seen a shop in town selling mellatonin for £16 for 60 tablets. Very expensive.

Great White

;)

dannova12

Whats that Paul??? E What?

LOFL!

hackskii

Melatonin is a hormone produced in our bodies that gets triggered when night time falls.
This by design is a good thing. But as we age our hormones decline and melatonin is no exception.
It works very well for me, but I recommend taking it a few hours before you are going to go to bed.
This is due to it not kicking right away, not only that but it lasts a very long time, if it is still pretty heavy in your system when you wake up, you will feel a bit hung over. This is why taking it early would be a good idea.

Aside form melatonin inducing restfull sleep, it is suspected to being a anti-cancer hormone, although studies are not conclusive they are quite compelling. I for one take melatonin, it is not habbit forming, you will find deeper sleep too.
Some other things melatonin will help with is drug witdrawl and that includes smoking, prevent cluster headaches, protect against UV.
Good stuff, cheap in the States too.

Some other things you can try is valarian root, 5-HTP.

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How doews ebay work? I've never bouhght anything from the internet.

ah24

Go on the site and read mate
They probably have a tutorial or FAQ's somewhere

robdog

TBH you could probably buy it off of Ebay;)!