If anyone used to be a terrible sleeper and has now gotten better with it, PLEASE share what has worked for you!
I have always been a bad sleeper but since having my own home and my own bed it did get better. However for the past month or two it's been really bad. I always wake up once in the night anyway, always have done so I am usually always tired because I never just sleep through. However at the minute I can't get back to sleep once I've woken up at like 2am!
Things I have tried:
Benadryl - this made me sleep until 9:30am which is unlike me but I still woke up once or twice in the night. Can't take it if I'm at work the next morning
Melatonin - I've used this loads in the hopes that one day it will work but it hasn't as of yet.
Magnesium - not sure which type these are. It just says "magnesium" on the box. I've only taken it for the past three nights though and last night was one of the worst sleeps I've ever had. Don't know if I managed more than an hour and even that was broken up.
People's advice is always a hot drink and a bath before bed or listening to a podcast. But a hot bath at 8pm or whatever time isn't going to help me go back to sleep at 2am. I need something that will help me sleep straight through, or at least fall back to sleep very quickly. Doctors won't seem to give me anything stronger than antihistamines.
Please help!