100% SOBER Need suggestions for sleep aids

[herbavore]

If it is anxiety that is coming up and preventing you from sleeping, using mindfulness techniques can be a life saver. Listen to a podcast (Tara Brach has good ones) and then practice letting your thoughts come and go. The one thing that I can say to myself that helps more than anything is this question: "Is worrying about this now going to help resolve the situation?" Of course the answer is always no. That helps me let go.

 

[THECATINTHEHAT]

Good work on the clean time. This though:

Exercise, good sleep hygiene, and melatonin dosed four or five hours before bed work wonders for me.

Exercise and good sleep hygeine first, if that doesn't do it go for the melatonin. You can get it otc in the US.

 

[Specterchild]

I forgot to mention a product you can find at cvs, wallgreens, and wall mart. Its called Alteril, it contains a good combination of non habit forming sleep aids. I take that with a 5-htp pill and it works well. Relax-All with phenibut is also a common product at big name grocery stores. I have also heard of a product called Provanax, but haven't tried it. And of course a good cardio workout always helps.

 

[Specterchild]

http://www.drugstore.com/biotab-nutraceuticals-alteril-all-natural-sleep-aid/qxp211405

 

[njirem]

im pretty happy with my mirtazapine (15mg) its an SSRI that makes you sleep within half an hour.

 

[Ninae]

Serotonin + St. John's Worth + Valerian/Humble = Bingo

Magnesium also helps.

Sometimes just taking 3 capsules of Valerian or Magnesium can do the job.

Also, if you have a lot of toxins in your body or is dehydrated you'll tend to sleep badly (anti-oxidants help).

And stimulants like coffee should be avoided.

Though I take anti-histamines myself right now.

2-3 Vallergan and 50 mg Seroquel every other night.

 

[Screaming_Skull]

Well, for OTC stuff if your in America I would go for Doxylamine Succiniate/Benadryl, maybe switch up between the 2. But the Doxy is WONDERFUL for a sleep aid, much more so than Benadryl IMO, doesn't leave that nasty hungover feelin. If you wanna go the natural root then I would say Kava Kava(not the capsules) and Valerian root I think(again not capsules). Someone reccomended Gabapentin, it can be habit forming, and for me, I can only take during the day, it gives me engergy, unless combined with Marijuana then it's lights out. Oh, Marijuana, if your not oppossed to that...

 

[HalleyHeroine]

I used to think Melatonin was bullshit. When I tried it to help me sleep while I was still using opiates it didn't help at all. Now that I'm clean, melatonin straight knocks me out like IV Benadryl does when I go to the hospital for migraines. About an hour after I take the melatonin I can't keep my eyes open. So if you are like me and have tried it in the past without success, maybe while clean it would be worth it to give it another shot.