From the time my oldest child was born in 1997, the pursuit of a good night’s sleep has been a constant in our home. My son has never slept well (and still doesn’t) and I have looked into several natural sleep aids to help him enter into Dreamland. While there are many options available for ...
Monday was always a good day for our daughter. Then, like a stone rolling down the slope, she was just worn out by Thursday. Her problem was not some chronic disease or nutritional deficiency. The culprit was sleep debt and the antidote was sound snoozing. Sleep deprivation plagues most Americans because our lifestyles do not ...
As an insomniac myself, I have tried many things to get myself on a normal sleeping schedule. From my personal experience here are the best natural remedies for insomnia. Melatonin Melatonin is a chemical we make naturally that helps us fall asleep. As you can imagine it is a great natural aid to fight insomnia ...
Struggling with insomnia is a difficult experience to verbalize. The dreaded feeling of watching the clock count down every minute of every hour while the rest of the world is asleep. Knowing that you have to wake up and go to work or school or take care of the kids in a few short hours. ...
As a mother of 3 children, I’ve had more than my fair share of sleepless nights. I was lucky enough that my first child slept through the night almost from the moment we brought him home from the hospital. I was lulled into a false sense of confidence that I was “super mom of the ...
Sleep is such a soothing aspect of our daily lives, yet it can sometimes be hard to get any. I’m one of those (millions of) people out there who have infrequent insomnia and need a quick and short-term solution for sleep deprivation. At the pharmacy I am always in search of the best solution available ...
Make a circle graph of your daily activities. What do you spend one fifth to one third of your life doing? Sleeping. But we all know that the intent, need or desire to sleep doesn’t always match the action. We as humans, especially those in first world countries, struggle with sleep. We’ve formed a multitude ...
In modern life, many people have problems sleeping at night. Stress, overeating, staying up too late, drinking too much, all these issues and more have an impact on the way we sleep. Many Americans take sleeping pills to try to get a good night’s sleep, but that’s not always wise. Sleeping pills can become addictive ...
Natural Sleep Aids for Adults We all struggle to sleep at times, whether it’s a temporary disturbance or an actual condition, such as insomnia or apnea. Throughout my sleeping career, I’ve tried a few different options to help me improve my sleep. Some worked, some didn’t. After my experiments, I personally recommend the following sleep ...
People frequently take for granted being able to have a good night sleep, but nine percent of the American adult population chronic sleep difficulty; falling asleep (insomnia), staying sleep or not being able to go back to sleep is complexity of one or more symptoms, insufficient sleep (or poor quality of sleep) but not a ...