Insomnia

[Fnjb]

Hello everyone. I am new to this site. I don't have pd but my husband has just been diagnosed. He has many of the typical symptoms in particular insomnia. Sleeping tablets are not working. Any ideas from those of you who have sleep issues?

[laglag]

Meditation helps.

[Kia17]

I think the best way for him to overcome insomnia is to make himself tired during the day with exercise if he could. There are some good breathing techniques to work on Parasympathetic or Vagus nerve which greatly help to fall sleep quickly.

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[M1tz1 in reply to Kia17]

Thank you, Kia. That's helpful.

[park_bear]

Valerian root is helpful but nothing beats time-release levodopa.

[Astra7]

Magnesium before bed can help. I also take the occasional temezepan if I've had a few bad nights running.

[jeeves19]

Amitryptaline 20mg

[katz2017]

whats the website?

[Dnwooooo]

Switching to green tea from coffee (or quitting caffeine altogether) as well as dropping all refined sweets. I have found if it’s in a package with ingredients it has almost 95 percent chance it has sugar added! has helped me the most.

For trouble with sleeplessness past that medical marijuana has been quite nice.

Too, it helps to meditate on anything outside of your personal abilities and capacities on your pillow. Old poetry (my personal favorite is scripture texts and religious poetry from the past millenniums.

Google books, books.google.com, has tons of old photo copied books to choose from. Simply put in ‘poetry’ in the search bar and hit the magnifying glass button at the end of the search bar, look for the word ‘read’ attached to end of the title; for when it’s copyright has expired the book or literature excerpt becomes public domain.

I really helps get my mind off my own poisonous thoughts ( ...and the wisdom to know the difference...) that end up raising my heart rate and result in trouble falling asleep.

At the risk of offense I will enclose a personal favorite tome by Father William Faber: books.google.com/books/abou...

Hope I’ve been helpful in some small way-Daniel.