Question : Insomnia and sleep-aids?
I’ve always struggled with sleep, but losing my job of 6+ years working the graveyard shift marked the beginning of my struggle with actual, severe insomnia. I can’t sleep for more than an hour or two on the absolute best of days, and when I do I usually wake up with the exact same restless, anxious mindset that made it so difficult to doze off in the first place.

I started writing again in light my new-found free-time and need to occupy my mind with something. After awhile that just made the problem worse somehow and I started losing TIME, as well as sleep.

I’ve been using various OTC sleep-aids and natural supplements like Valerian root and Melatonin ever since. It’s been almost a year now of this.

I’ve had no luck with any of the aids I tried and started developing a tolerance to diphenhydramine/ doxy-based products, which are the two most commonly used active ingredients found in OTC drugs. The amount of Tylenol PM I use even on the best of days easily exceeds 50 now, which you’d think would be more than enough to kill an elephant. I can’t seem to stop taking them despite the fact that hey don’t seem to have any discernible effect on me at ALL anymore, aside from the occasional bout of nausea/ insanity…

I’ve also found myself becoming increasingly edgy lately, hearing and seeing things I know can’t be real whenever I’m using this medicine- which is pretty much all the time. What could be causing the sleeplessness and hallucinations, why, and how is it possible to use that much of any medication for that long?
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Best answer:

Answer by BatMan
Reflexology:
Working the diaphragm, ovary/testicle, pancreas and pituitary, parathyroid,thyroid and adrenal gland reflexes in both of your feet may help you rest easier, says St. Peterburg, Florida, reflexologist Dwight Byers, author of Better Health with Foot Refelexology. To help you locate these points, consult the foot reflex chart for instruction on how to work the points see” your Reflexology Session”, in Dr. Byers, book. many health food stores carry reflexology charts.
Vitamin and Mineral Therapy:
Calcium, vitamin D and the B vitamins each play a role in the regulation of the nervous system. and each can help you sleep more soundly, says Richard Gerson,Ph.D., author of the Right Vitamins. His recommendation: daily intakes of between 800 and 1400 milligrams of calcium and 400 international units of vitamin D, along with a B-complex supplement that contains the Recommended Dietary Allowance. He says to take this level of supplementation unit insomnia is no longer a problem.