Natural Sleep Medicines

[dee73]

I use the Brauers Insomnia Relief from the chemist. It is basically bach flowers I think, and is natural. It works for me, but not for my dh, so you would need to just give it a go. You just spray it under your tongue before you go to bed and let it get absorbed into your system

[Victoria Tsoleridis]

Melatonin is available from some practitioners, depends who you visit. *link removed*
I have no idea if this is a good brand, but it's not a practitioner product, so I can't comment on it's efficacy.

However...............There's a wonderful US website,
LEF Search - Welcome To The Life Extension Foundation Buyers Club Inc
they sell it, but you need to be careful. Importing this may cause problems.
5-HTP IS available in Australia - but only in QLD. You can buy it directly from the manufacturer - or if you have a good and reliable practitioner they can dispense it for you.

OTherwise, try these amazing herbs
kava
passion flower
valerian

let me know if you need more help.
Vicky

[celinaj]

Maybe the circumstances are different but the outcome was same. Whenever everyone in my house would slowly retire into their beds I stayed there laying in my bed with eyes wide open. The sleep was becoming an alien to me. Knowing the disadvantages of the sleeping pills I could never gather courage to take their aid. But I needed something to resolve this problem and it was then when I came to know about Yoga. I practiced it for a period of 1 month and the results started to show within a couple of weeks. Since then sleepless nights have become alien to me. Can you find anything more natural than this?

[~mamaspice~]

Hi guys, I am so glad I have found this thread.

When I had DD last September I started to suffer insomnia from the moment she was born (very torturous for a new mum, I know tears-of-Joy). I just could not shut down my brain. I also developed the baby blues really badly which never went away and although my ability to sleep slowly improved I was diagnosed with PND when DD was 3 months old.

I am currently on effexor which balances the seratonin levels in the brain and I have found it fantastic, however I am weening off this soon as I want to start TTC #2 in September.

So, to get to the point, i came to this forum looking for possible natural remedies that could 1 - help me sleep better when bub #2 is born and 2 - hewlp keep PND at bay.

Butterfly warrier, What you said about omega 3 is very interresting. it seems like it might help with both PND and sleeping issues? I do not eat fish so perhaps I shoudl start buying a suppliment. The Blackmores preg vitamins I use during pregnancy do have some omega 3's but perhaps I need more? Does anyone know the maximum dose of omega 3 you can have whilst pregnant and breastfeeding?

tears-of-Joy , sorry to invade your thread

[butterfly_warrior]

Charli'smumma, I'm currently on 3g of fish oil per day. The lady I consult for acupuncture tells me that this is safe while going through IVF (and therefore while TTC and pregnant). I vaguely recall that she said that the maximum level is much higher than that. I've only fairly recently increased my dosage again, and even though I'm on medication for my anxiety/depression, I am noticing an improvement and will probably look into reducing the dosage of my anxiety medication soon.

BW