I don't have experience with them. I only know what I have read in the consumer and health publications that aren't bought off by the drug companies and the problems with these pills is: They only "work" for some of the people some of the time. None of them work long-term. They have side-effects. Ambien and others once considered completely safe have had FDA warnings added due to rash of sleep walking, sleep driving!, sleep eating and pill consumption, inducement of psychotic episodes, nightmares and sleep disorders (irony alert!). They do nothing to deal with the underlying problem and allow people to ignore sometimes serious chronic health problems. Most sleep problems are due to unresolved stress or poor sleep hygiene. Improve sleep habits. Work on stress management. If you are trying to get up early in the morning sleeping pills could make it hard for you to hear the alarm. Doesn't help you. If you are changing schedules and need help adjusting taking Melatonin during the transition period is probably the best thing to try first. Pilots use this method to help with jet lag. Do this (assuming you need 8 hours, which is most common. Adjust for your known perfect sleep time, 6 hours minimum): Set a schedule and stick to it. Go to bed and wake up the same time every day. Finish eating by 7pm. Do not drink alcohol after 6:30pm. (no alcohol 3 hours before sleep time) Herbal tea is ok. To help you relax, Sleepytime tea is good. Aerobic exercise helps with sleep quality and stress management. Breathing exercises, yoga and meditation can help as well. No backlit screens or computers or TV after 8:30pm. Blue light disrupts melatonin cycle. Make your sleeping room as cool, dark and quiet as possible. Lights out by 9:30pm for 5:30am wake up. During you transition period, take 2-3mg of melatonin at bedtime for about a week. Also, expose yourself to daylight early in the day. That helps reset your internal clock to the new schedule. http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-suppl...gredientId=940&activeIngredientName=melatonin http://sleepdisorders.about.com/od/sleepdisorderstreatment/a/How-To-Take-Melatonin.htm
BTW, clove tea is a good sedative, crush a few cloves in a teacup, steep with boiling water. You can strain out the bits of clove. Maxie, is there some way you can incorporate walking into your day? During lunch? Can you drive partway & walk, or walk to public transit?
I've been using it and, quite frankly, it's AWESOME! Just re-ordered. Dream time is absolutely correct. I used to be a light sleeper. Not anymore.
Don't have problems sleeping. I'm about 6 hours a night kinda guy. If I really can't get to sleep (which is rare) I drink down some Sleepy Time tea.
