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I was wondering if anybody could suggest anything for me.
I have never really had a problem with my sleep but over the last week or so I haven't been sleeping all the night through and also finding it hard to get to sleep.
I had a glass of wine last night :0) but still I didn't stay asleep... I am abit stressed at the moment and suffer from depression (I am on anti-depressents) and they normally make me sleep...
Any advice would be grateful
Thanks
AngelEyes

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Heye Angeleyes
I find that Valerian tea works wonders. I use Dr.Stuarts Valerian Plus tea bags from Holland and Barrett. They smell like sweaty socks when you open the box, but they seem to do the job. One cup half an hour before bed, not brewed too strong (i.e. take the teabag out after a couple of mins) otherwise it tends to give me a headache.
Actually since doing Reiki I haven't had to use the tea bags so much, I can meditate and do self healing lying in bed and easily fall into a nice sleep.
Hope things get better.
Love and Reiki Hugs

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Reflexology is very good for sleep problems.
Lesley

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Hi AngelEyes,
I find that burning Mandarin and Geranium aromatherapy oils in my bedroom for about an hour before I sleep helps me to nod off quite quickly.

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oh yeah,
Aromatherapy-wise, I found that Petigrain works wonders. quite an earthy smell, but certainly relaxes.
LaRH

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Hi AngelEyes,
Needless to say, wine before bed is not a good idea.
We have recently had a full moon, perhaps that has affected you?
Reflexology and herbal tea, I agree should help.
Russell

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Hi
Sometimes just "setting the scene" before you go to bed can really help.
When I am stressed and have a lot on my mind, like say worrying about an exam the next day, an important meeting etc, I get stressed the night before and can’t sleep.
I find it helps if you just take time out, for the last couple of hours before you go to bed, only do things for you.
Ban the TV, Unplug the phone, Run the bath, light some aromatherapy candles, and nice smelling bubble bath, put on some calming music, do a face/hair mask, put big fluffy PJs on early, read magazines and try not to think of anything that is stressful or important.
Just let your mind wind down slowly.
Hope that you sleep better
Jo

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Thanks guys, there are a few things here I will try.... I will let you know how I get on.
AngelEyes

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Hi Russ
Are you saying that a glass of wine before bed is a bad idea for anyone on medication, or just a bad idea, and if so I wonder why?
I've just posted something about the full moon in the Healing forum, on the thread What's going on?, since it does seem to be affecting quite a few people.
Hi AngelEyes
If I ever have difficulty getting off the sleep - which thankfully is rarely - I do a visualisation. I pretend that it's a cold, dark, horrible winter morning and the alarm clock has just gone off. Then I imagine that I can "hear" the milkman delivering the milk, and the newspaper boy and the postman. I tell myself that I'll get up soon and go to work, but first I'll just have a ten minutes snooze......
I've never known it to fail![sm=sleep.gif]
Holistic
EDITED to add the alarm clock, with thanks to Hopefull for the reminder :)

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I can vouch for Holistics visualisation!
Only last night I was having trouble getting to sleep, and I remembered the visualisation that Holistic told me on another thread, it worked the first time I used it, and it worked again last night! Thanks Holistic!;)

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Aaaah, thanks, Hopefull, my day has not been in vain then :) I'm so glad it helped, though I'd forgotten I'd already posted it in another thread. The fact that I'm repeating myself, combined with memory loss is, however, very worrying ;)[&o]
Holistic

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Dear Holistic[sm=hug.gif]
It was a while a while ago;), and posted on a far less serious thread,( remember Hay hopefull?)
Ahhhhh them were the days:D

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Hello Angel,
Try Binaural Sound to get off to sleep. It's just a sort of low droning sound but it can entrain the brain to mimic the brainwave patterns of deep sleep. As always, works for me or I wouldn't mention it. You can email me if you need an address.
Love,
Judith

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Dear Hopefull
You're absolutely right, I had posted my tip in Hey Hopefull, I checked back last night and realised I'd missed out the alarm clock, so will edit my post above. Thanks for that (and the trip down memory lane - I had a laugh or three all over again) :D [sm=hug.gif]
Holistic

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Hello,
Wine does affect sleeping patterns... There are many peoplel who react differently, but in general white wine tends to prevent one from falling asleep. Red wine may make you fall asleep more eaislly, but you have more chances of waking up in the middle of the night and not get back to sleep. I knew someoen who couldn't fall alseep at all if he had drunk alochol in the evening, despite feeling very tired...
Artemis

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Thanks, Artemis, I found that very interesting, especially the difference you outline between red and white wine and sleeping patterns. I can't drink red wine any more, it makes me feel toxic, but a glass of white with dinner I'm sure aids digestion. Since I don't like to have a main meal too late at night, I'm quite often hungry again by bedtime, so I have a small snack to avoid "night starvation", and generally sleep like a log. I guess I must be one of the lucky ones :)
Holistic

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