Hi,
The reply below is a good idea. Have you learnt to meditate? Many people try and don't succeed because they try to not have any thoughts. In practice, the idea is to occupy the conscious mind. On my website,
Learning From My Dreams | Dream Interpretation ? Learning, there's a section devoted to different way to meditate. You might want to take a look.
Another non-drug idea is to consider using hemi-sync. This is a technique developed by a man named Robert Monroe. He discovered that if a frequency is put into one ear and a a different frequency is used in the other, the brain interprets the difference. He found that it was easy to help people get into the theta state and have out of body experiences.
This technology is used in hospitals as well as by people who have sleep problems. If you go here,
Alternative Therapies for Insomnia Help| Binaural Beat Brainwave CDs| Hemi-Sync patented technology - Hemi-Sync -, you'll find information about different products.
With best wishes,
Guy
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Originally Posted by Skeezyks
Hello gagrl: I'm sorry I don't really have any useful suggestions for you.  I have had difficulty sleeping when I have been on some psych med's in the past. (I was on Cymbalta, though, & it was not one I had problems with.) When I did have problems, I took Trazadone for sleep.
I still have difficulty sleeping sometimes.  But it is unrelated to psych med's since I no longer take any. When I do have difficulty, I typically get up & do sort-of a walking meditation... walking slowly around-&-around our dark & quiet house. I focus light attention on each foot as it touches the floor. Thoughts come-&-go. I don't dwell on any of them... just let them arise & fade at their own pace. After an hour or two of this, when I go back to bed, I usually fall asleep.  I've tried Melatonin. However, I found that if I wasn't going to be able to sleep, taking Melatonin didn't help. Plus it always made me groggy the whole next day.  |