Experiences with

Sleep Aid

Previously I discussed the use of the trio, magnesium, zinc and melatonin as a useful sleep aid in the following link : https://healthunlocked.com/cure-parkinsons/posts/144067482/in-pursuit-of-restful-sleep-and-help-for-nocturia More recently I have been testing Apigenin as a potential sleep

I suggest anyone taking this sleep aid or any other supplement to check the bottle and other info for B6. It is often in melatonin at high dosage. ~1.5mg of melatonin had over 300% RDA vit B6 in it. Some supps can be well over 1000%, for example the hi potency B mixes.

My sleep hygiene is excellent and all the usual advice followed, tried every herbal remedy under the sun but it's only being helped somewhat by over the counter antihistamine short-term sleep aid.

just sharing a link that is a new product helpful for sleep. It was recommended by a very well know integrative doctor in California. I am not recommending it for restless legs, but my sister and her husband say it helps with sleep. https://lifewave.com

"Counting backwards from 300 by 3s" is a sleep aid technique where you mentally subtract 3 from 300 repeatedly, forcing your mind to focus on a repetitive, simple math task and distracting it from racing thoughts that might be keeping you awake; this can help you fall asleep faster by calming your mind

May be they will prescribe a sleep aid or may be something else but it’s better to be monitored by the medical team. Take care everyone and Happy soon to be Holidays to all!

Like a sleep aid? Or a a mood stabilizer or even an antipsychotic on a low dose? Or simply just be aware that we are vulnerable during these times so that if we begin to notice any symptoms that we are “off” - reach out to the psychiatrist straight away.

If I lose sleep for any reason, I’ll take a sleep aid and if I’m ever going through an extremely stressful time in my life my psychiatrist agreed to put me on a low dose antipsychotic preventatively for a short amount of time. (And possibly a mood stabilizer during perimenopause just in case.)

A YouTube video dubbed the 'most boring video of all time' has racked up more than three million views from a legion of fans hailing it as the ultimate sleep aid. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13388461/boring-video-microsoft-word-randy-smith-youtube.html THE MOST BORING VIDEO EVER MADE

Hopefully this sleep aid will help get me through this process. There has been a small study .. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38246901/ I would be interested to know if anyone else has experience with this medication - good or bad? May be helpful to others?

Does anyone take any type of sleep aid- prescription or OTC?

I also have chronic insomnia and only sleep 10pm-2am without sleep aid. Thoughts on how you’d tackle it would be much appreciated. Many thanks.

I thought about asking for a sleep aid from GP but didn't want to take anything that would aggrevate RLS. I have never taken any sleep aids or narcotics in my life. Does anyone have any suggestions for a sleep aid that doesn't aggrevate RL and hopefully not be addictive. Thanks in advance

I prefer to start at this low dose - partly since, for me, Zopiclone has been a reasonably effective sleep aid as long as not taken daily. I assume the Gabapentin won’t resolve the warm feet issue that usually signals that start of my RLS symptoms.

I've tried taking Melatonin but that also gives me the jimmy legs, so I'm starting to consider take cannabis gummies as a sleep aid. Any suggestions?

Well the melatonin was a little bit of help bur still woke up every 2 hours ... talk to anxiety support contacted my doctor about using prescription sleep aid.

I don’t want to waste my time or money and stress myself out going to college for an ideal career I can’t end up getting because of a mental health diagnosis, I was prescribed venlafaxine and hydrOXYzine as a sleep aid/ antidepressant back in August of 2023 and took them for like 3 weeks but didn’

I have a doctor appointment to discuss increasing my medication & possibly take a sleep aid. I’m currently taking 20 MG of Escitalopram but have not tried a sleep aid. I’m really nervous about my appointment tomorrow.

As a follow on from: https://healthunlocked.com/thyroiduk/posts/151523579/timing-of-dosage?responses=151536677 I decided to start taking my levo at night. Everything seems fine with it, and I feel like I fall asleep quicker, and the sleep I'm getting is of better quality - [i]when [/i]I'm asleep. See

Hello everybody, I am new to the community. I have been following your forum because of my mother. She is 89 years old. For the last 5 years her RLS has aggravated dramatically. It became even worse after she was put on mirapex plus gabapentine about a year ago. Gabapentin has a very negative effect