Cant sleep...have insomnia...any other solutions than having to take sleeping pi!

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In most cases insomnia -- the inability to sleep or inability to sleep well at night -- is a symptom, not a disease. It usually reflects some underlying process. While medication is often used to treat insomnia, you should discuss this with your physician first. Insomnia, is, in fact, best dealt with by including cognitive-behavioral therapy. This simply means education about sleep, and a few simple methods that may help patients sleep.

# Take a warm bath. This often helps. Bringing heat to the muscles often relaxes them and lets you get to sleep.

# Get a massage. Again a good muscle relaxing technique. However, make sure that whoever is doing the massage knows how to do it. Causing pain never helped anyone get to sleep.

# Listen to music. Actually, any soothing noise (played softly) in the background may help. Rap or heavy metal music is probably not the way to go. Rather light, or relaxing, music helps many people sleep.

# Drink warm milk. Milk has L-tryptophan, an amino acid that helps bring on sleep. Adding honey can often help. However, if dairy products give you diarrhea, then skip this one.

# Drink herbal tea. Make sure that this is decaffeinated.

# Sleep on a firm mattress. This is a no-brainer. Sagging or poor quality mattresses can lead to difficulty maintaining sleep.

# Sleep with your head facing north (magnetic) and feet facing south. Some people swear by this.

# Count something. The old counting sheep technique works as long as the setting in your mind is a peaceful, slow-moving scene. Concentrating on a mental image often relaxes the rest of the body and allows you to fall asleep.

# Relaxation techniques. These are often very useful. Click here to read about some.

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Are you against sleeping pills....or meds altogether? I suffered from insomnia but didn't want to take sleeping pills either. I was prescribed a med that does some balancing to irregular brain waves sort of like an anti-anxiety but not. It didn't pit me to sleep but they allowed me to be able to fall asleep when the time came. Other than that good luck, it's hard to find at home cures. I tried reading, watching tv, exercising before bed, warm baths, nothing seemed to work

Yes and that best medicine with no side effect.Follow below steps.
First of all stop thinking about sleep.It is not necessary that you have to sleep.Your Body and Mind needs rest and that can be attain in other way too.
Now at sleeping bed ,Sit with your legs crossed .
Keep your head and back little bit straight not stiff but relaxed.
keep sitting and watch whatsoever comes in your mind .Keep watching .
after some time 15-20 min ,When you start feeling tired and not able to sit anymore
then lay down on bed but do not think that you have to sleep.
Say you are not going to sleep tonight but keep on closing your eyes and keep on watching your mind.
Result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do this tonight and reply back. You will see result yourself

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1. 5 minutes before going to bed, just sit comfortably and indulge in auto-suggestion ' I am fine. Everything is fine. I have no problems @ this juncture'.
2. Stop thinking just for 3 minutes and Observe Ur breathe as to through which nostril U exhale and inhale.
3. After 3 minutes, U'll get yawning.
4. Continue it, until U fall asleep.
No worry. No sleeping pills et all.