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Question: I take several medications for sleep; I'm starting to feel over medicated. What are the best new sleep meds?'ve had chronic insomnia since I was a baby. It went unnoticed until I was in jr. high and began taking a cold capsule at bedtime when I could not sleep and that helped back then. I was taken to many doctors as I grew up but they always told my mother there was nothing wrong with me and sent me home being scolding for faking illness. I wasn't faking. I was a very sickly child, chronically fatigue, with little interest in the world and people around me. When I am able to sleep well for at least 8 hours I feel almost normal. But without medication, my brain does not shut down enough to sleep. I quickly develope a tolerance to medications, then the doses are increased which increases the severity or their side effects. I was born a type A Personality and it kills me to sit home when I want to be working. But without a long term relief from my insomnia I cannot work . I need to find a new sleep aid that doesn't cause me to sleep walk. I've already tried all the natural remedies
Answer: try getting some exercise (the more the better), reading and eating bananasalso cut out distraction in your bedroom like the tv or exercise equipmentavoid caffeine (obviously) and eat a healthy balanced dietthis may all sound like common sense but i still hope it helpsthey have new ones out there with a controlled release. that may help with sleepwalking. i hope you're seeing a doctor for your meds. they can also give advice as to switch slowly from one drug to another
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