As you’ve probably already found out–insomnia is very common. Thousands of people suffer from it. And there is no shortage of advice and home remedies for overcoming insomnia.
Some of these natural insomnia remedies work for some people, some of them do not. In any case, most of them are harmless and well worth giving them a try, especially in combinations.
Because tolerance quickly develops to hypnotic drugs, natural insomnia cures are superior to the pharmacological strategies and therefore should be attempted first.
Here are some of the most commonly recommended
steps for overcoming insomnia:
steps for overcoming insomnia:
First thing you should probably do is to improve your “sleep hygiene.” In plain English this means having good bedtime habits that make it easier to fall asleep and stay asleep.
How to improve your Sleep Hygiene:
- Make sure you are comfortable in your bed.
- Minimize all possible sleep distractions: keep it dark and quiet. Use earplugs or eyeshades if needed.
- Keep your bedroom at a comfortable temperature–not too cold, not too hot–just the way it is right for you. But make sure that this comfortable temperature setting is maintained through ought the night.
- Turn away your alarm clock so that its glow doesn’t bother you, and you can’t see the time ticking away. Don’t watch the clock—it can cause anxiety about sleep.
- If you share a bed, get a large bed with two different mattresses, so that two of you don’t disturb each other while sleeping.
- Don’t look at a TV, computers, or anything else very bright for at least a half an hour before trying to sleep.
These are very simple strategies. They are easy to implement and should be attempted as the first insomnia relief strategy as they will support other more involved cure strategies. In any case, these are definitely the first things you should try before taking any sleeping pills.
In the next section we’ll take a look at Natural Remedies For Insomnia, Part 2 – Behavioral strategies — some simple changes you can make to you behavior to help yourself relax before you’re going to sleep. (Read on…)
