Thread: Is there a better sleep aid than Ambien?

Quote: Originally Posted by bigasahouse Exercise could help the anxiety actually. Yeah exercise helps everything to some extent; this is still irrelevant in the context of the thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by dusty Yeah exercise helps everything to some extent; this is still irrelevant in the context of the thread. Why is this irrelevant? He asked if the people suffering from insomnia were exercising. You replied it's irrelevant if your insomnia is from situational anxiety. That is completely false. Quote: Originally Posted by American Family Physician - Volume 76, Issue 4 (August 2007) Treatment should begin with...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigasahouse Why is this irrelevant? He asked if the people suffering from insomnia were exercising. You replied it's irrelevant if your insomnia is from situational anxiety. That is completely false. I don't know about others in this thread, but personally, my goal was to avoid pharmacological interventions as much as possible. I was already exercising well, eating properly, cut alcohol totally, had a...

Yeah everyone's different. I sleep very well when taking Mag Cit. Normally I wake up throughout the night without it.

Have you tried this sleep aid? Tried that when all the others failed to work. 100% Natural too..

Quote: Originally Posted by redcaimen This forum is full of practical info. Both the heart shaped rings and the solid pills are blue. I had noticed there was a distinct difference in potency when taking two pills so I will limit this dose to the times I absolutely, positively have to be "out" within an hour or so. nitpick but they are V shaped as in V alium not heart shaped. And yes, doubling a dose usually results in an...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ge Fuzz diazepam (valium) and lorazepam (ativan) are both very common sleep aids. They are pretty much the same thing with the same risk of addiction (high). The color of the V shaped hole pill will tell you the mgs : white=2 mg, yellow=5 mg, blue= 10mg. Quote: Originally Posted by bigasahouse 20mg is a whooping dose. This forum is full of practical info. Both the heart shaped rings and the solid pills are blue. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by dusty Yeah exercise helps everything to some extent; same goes for sex and alcohol ..

Melatonin blows and doesn't work. Trazadone. Kind of in the middle of the Melatonin to Ambien scale. Hangover only lasts about a week.

Quote: Originally Posted by javyn Yeah melatonin is crap. I take about 1.5 grams of mag citrate every night before bed, it knocks me out and I sleep very well. On nights that the magnesium isn't enough, I break a Benadryl tablet in half and take that. magnesium GABA Theanine all better choices than melatonin I´m a true addict to sleep, until 14 hours a day. I changed my matrees to viscoelastic and took melatonin and now I sleep 10 hours...