Insomnia And Milk

[jennyjoan]

I suffer from insomnia but the past two nights - I went downstairs at about 4.00am and made some hot milk.

Turned off the light and slept to about 7.30. Can anybody tell me what the hot milk really does.

[Vagus]

If you google ‘sleep hygiene’ you’ll find lots of information about how to improve your sleeping habits.

[sanmac]

JJ, sometimes my wife has trouble getting to sleep, so she takes one Dramamine pill and it seems to do the job. You can buy them over the counter.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Vagus I've been on zopiclone for over three years. I don't take it every night only when I feel I need it. I'm only on the half dose now but started on the full.

[jennyjoan]

vagus - am a bit late in the day to look for sleep hygiene now, if I don't have it now, I'll never have it.

have done all the right things,

coal black room,
coal black eye mask
cool bedclothes
no tech,
no flashing lights

I have tried the whole heap

[AuntPollyGrey]

Sleep hygiene won't help me as I have no trouble getting to sleep -its if pain wakes me in the night I can't get back to sleep and the zopiclone gives me a deeper sleep so the pain does not usually wake me.

[jennyjoan]

APG - you've a good doctor, I have friends whose doctors would give them rat poison if it would shut them up, anything they want.

[AuntPollyGrey]

I have a good doctor - he realises a good nights sleep is the basis for good health. He doesn't have to 'shut me up' as I'm on repeat prescription.

[Vagus]

APG, I have seven of the little pills in my bedside drawer, left over from a time a number of years ago when I needed them. They seem to do as much good there, knowing I can take one if I go through a really bad sleeping phase, as they do when I take one. All psychological really. I was prescribed them for two weeks, and then very reluctantly by my GP a further two weeks, after a lecture :/
Jj, it’s never too late to relearn something if you really want to...that’s the key, really wanting to!

[AuntPollyGrey]

Vagus, don't patronise me please. Your sleep problems may be psychological - I can assure you mine are physical and no amount of positive thinking will make a bit of difference.

[Vagus]

I wasn’t patronising you at all APG, you’ve misunderstood. I was referring to them being psychological for myself, knowing they’re there if I need them.

[Mamyalynne]

JJ, if warm milk helps you then stick to that.

Medication is essential for some but best avoided if you can.

[MartinMillar]

//obviously you sleep soundly cos you don't have a conscience like me. //
Uncalled for

[DarceyK123]

Maybe you're not doing enough in the day to make you tired enough. I always sleep better if I've had a particularly busy day.

[tiggerblue10]

Do you eat lettuce, JJ?

There is a chemical in lettuce that is known to induce sleep.

[Vagus]

Ten foods to help beat insomnia..
Cherries, walnuts, banana, milk, almonds, honey, cheese, hummus, and Jasmine rice. And lettuce.

[AuntPollyGrey]

//obviously you sleep soundly cos you don't have a conscience like me. //
//Uncalled for //
I agree jj is very rude sometimes -and I mean that I'm not stirring.

[AuntPollyGrey]

vagus, perhaps you can give me some advice on what I could eat before I go to bed to prevent me waking up at 3 am with joint pain so bad its like someone is sticking hot knives into my feet, knees and wrists? a nice hummus dip with a bit of lettuce and a banana on the side?

[Vagus]

Nope, no advice at all. Do whatever works for you, as I do for me.
Those foods I mentioned are all supposed to aid sleep, never tried them myself.

[Musictv2019]

I find that plain tonic water helps as I suffer from restless legs .

[jennyjoan]

well well well - the written word is hard to fathom

I should have said

///obviously you sleep soundly cos you don't have a "bad" conscience like me. //

Apologies all round.