Herbal sleep tablets

[armagh]

Suggestions please. Any you have used that worked? Am desperate- i don't like taking sleeping pills. I find it hard to get to sleep. Once asleep am fine.Took some kind of herbal pills with valerian and had the most frightful nightmares but i can't remember which brand.

[gingeroots]

I take night time Kalms and find that the max dose ,4 ,definitely help .

I wouldn't say that they are as effective as sleeping pills but they really do make a difference .

I believe that the effect is cumulative and I think it says this on the leaflet ,but it's possible I've made that up .

They do day time ones as well ,and you may find that if you take a couple of those during the day ,followed by the night time ones that this helps .

I would steer clear of " the one a night " Kalms as these are huge ,like horse pills .

HTH

[armagh]

Thank you

[armagh]

Anyone else with other suggestions?
Please

[nightcat]

I noticed that if I spend too much timeon the computer justbefore bed, I find it hard to go to sleep - so I take Relaxing drops here

ANother remedy I sometimes use is melissa tea, which is also relaxing and helps me to sleep. I actually have that late pm sometimes, not necessarily just before bedtime.

[armagh]

Thank you

[Showtime]

Don't mix herbal tabs with prescription without proper advice. Chamomile tea at night, or lemon balm (garden plant) can help.

[stewartlaura67]

Haven't used any sleeping pill yet but you agree with showtime don?t take any pill without prescription.

[BlueChampagne]

I sometimes use Dr Stuart's herbal tea www.drstuarts.com/functionalteas.htm available in healthfood shops.

[armagh]

Oh no won't use herbal and prescription together. I want to use herbal instead of prescription sleeping tablets

[cocolepew]

I find Nighttime Rescue Remedy to be good, or a pint of cider .
Friends swear by Nytol.

[Nellymay]

valarian they have been proved to be better than conventional sleeping tablets

[armagh]

I think Valerian caused the nughtmares!

[aliasjoey]

Currently trying Melissa Dream but have been suffering insomnia for 18 months and no closer to a solution.

I do recommend sleep podcasts from the Mental Health Foundation (they're free) One of them has a vairy sexy sounding Scottish man

In the last year, I have had: (prescription)

seroxat
mirtazapine
prozac
mirtazapine (again)
valium
sertraline
sertraline and mirtazapine

and tried (non-prescription):

herbal teas (valerian, hops)
cherry juice (until I found out that study was funded by the Cherry Juice manufacturers )
melissa (tablets or teas)
promethazine (an anti-histamine)

still to try (depends how desperate I get):

buspirone or pregabalin
melatonin is supposed to be a natural sleep aid which works well, but you can't get it in the UK except on t'internet

Sorry not to be of more help. Of all the above, I think the podcasts helped the most.

[willyhaschips]

I swear by Clipper Teas Sleep Easy. Have had lots of trouble sleeping since starting perimenopause but this really works for me!

[BlueChampagne]

SiL swears by meditation CDs, following aliasjoey.