The Best Sleep Aids Are Not Prescription Drugs

By Lynda Forsythen

Any of your best sleep aids are not found in a pharmacy or off of a drug store shelf. There are other ways for overcoming insomnia. Any medication that you take has effects that you are not aware of. Sleep aids can leave you groggy and feeling not much like yourself when you wake up. Sometimes they can cause you to oversleep and you when you do get up you feel worse because you over slept. This makes for a bad day. You can lose your temper and be disorganized. Drugs do not give you the deep sleep that you need to recupe from anything that may have happened that day.

The best sleep aids are natural. We forget this because of all the unnatural things going on around us. Nature has its own beauty. We can use these natural things when looking for help falling asleep. Natural really is the best sleep aid.

Have you ever been able to drift off to sleep while listening to the sound of the rain falling? This is just one example of natures best sleep aids. You can incorporate this type of thinking when you are looking for a way to help you sleep. Natural lighting, different herbs, soft music, and the calm colors of nature can all be helpful to a good night sleep. All of these are better than any man-made drug that you can think of.

If you have a busy schedule during the day you can still find ways to let it go and relax before bed. Find your own best sleep aids. Changing your routine can do wonders for a good night sleep. Try to start a new "habit". 1 hour before you would normally go to bed change into your cozy pajamas, turn down the noise and lights, and turn off the TV. Just let yourself relax and find your best sleep aids.

Stay away from caffeine, even things that say decaffeinated have some amount of caffeine, that can be enough to keep you from sleeping.

Check the temperature where you sleep, anything too warm or cold could cause you to have a bad night sleep. If taking a bath or shower right before bed relaxes you, do that. If you find that taking your shower tends to wake you up a little, try taking one before you start your bedtime routine, or in the morning.

The solution to finding your best sleep aids is changing your sleep routine.

* Soft music

* Softer lighting

* Good temperature

* Natural colors in your room

* Cozy PJs

* An appropriate, relaxing bed

* No caffeine

* No disruptive television

Do not give up after a few days if these things do not work. Finding your own best sleep aids may take a week or so, but you will find them to be well worth the effort. - 31096

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