I have found a cure for my insomnia

Pukka do a Sleep tea with oats, limeflower and camomile. I let it steep and then drink. It usually helps.

What do you do when you wake at 6am?

O find this time until 9 am when I go swimming very stressful. I am widowed

My husband's GP said that 1/4 cup of pure cherry juice before bed promotes sleep. It won't help my DH, but maybe will help someone else.

House of Bruar sell some of the Arran sense range.

I was having trouble sleeping so sprayed lavender on the bed, woke up in the night to husband having an asthma attack! Just be aware…..

I use Harrogate Organics Magnesium Spray. It can also be applied/massaged into aching body parts! Seems to do the trick for me

Thanks for that tip

JackyB

I have looked them up. Unfortunately they charge £25 for delivery to Europe. And they use FedEx! I haven't seen a FedEx delivery van for years here in Germany and never in our area. No wonder delivery is expensive. And when it arrives I'd probably have to pay the same again in customs duties (Thanks to Brexit)

They may as well send it on a gold horse-drawn coach.

I have found another company that does something similar but it may not be as good. I can order it from Amazon. It still comes from the UK but Amazon deals with the customs and delivery. I'll order it and let you know if it works.

They sell via Amazon as well.. maybe that's easier for delivery JackyB

I bought some deep sleep lavender/chamomile body lotion and slept through the night. Thanks for the great suggestion!! I’m hoping it continues to work ❤️

So many people have sent requests for detail by pm hope everyone gets help. In case I have missed anyone the company is
ARRAN SENSE OF SCOTLAND.

I have switched to camomile tea and got a White Company Lavender and camomile diffusers. I would not buy the diffuser again as the smell is not to my liking. A case of try before you buy.

littleflo

I wonder if it is worth starting a new thread in the early ours so that we can chat and maybe talk about cures. I listen to Audible for hours on end.

There have been several ,in recent years

I find magnesium spray has worked wonders with my sleep. The one I use also has lavender and chamomile so smells lovely too. I spray it on me at bedtime.

It is supposed to be very good for helping restless legs too, although thankfully I don’t suffer from this.

Million thanks for all the advice and recommendations! Invaluable. Made a careful note of all. My sleep is very fragile. BTW careful with melatonin: as you say it is a hormone produced by body. However if we take melatonin as a regular sleep aid our bodies will stop producing it naturally. So it does not seem a good idea. Reason why only on prescription in UK

I 2 nd melatonin. Couldn’t live without it. Don’t know why it’s not available in uk

Audible and my hiddenbrain podcast, yes. I just purchased some sort of sleep patch with natural herbs online.
I will try it and let you know how it works (probably in a message around 2am)

I wonder if it is worth starting a new thread in the early ours so that we can chat and maybe talk about cures. I listen to Audible for hours on end.

Mt61

I find if I have a headache coming on before bed, I use a little tiger balm around my cheek bones, eye sockets & temples & maybe a little under my nose. I find the headache soon disappears. I
Will try some of these treatments on here- as they sound lovely. Sometimes tks have some nice lavender sprays- only buy the organic stuff in there & only if it’s sealed & a good price 😊

Neom also do a good range of oils for stress& insomnia- it’s not cheap though

I find if I have a headache coming on before bed, I use a little tiger balm around my cheek bones, eye sockets & temples & maybe a little under my nose. I find the headache soon disappears. I
Will try some of these treatments on here- as they sound lovely. Sometimes tks have some nice lavender sprays- only buy the organic stuff in there & only if it’s sealed & a good price 😊

Buttonjugs, I think you may be wrong there. It seems that hop-pickers get very sleepy when they're working and hops are known for their sleep-inducing smell. I must give it a try some time.

I would need supercharged lavender to help me sleep! Honestly I think it’s the placebo effect, it doesn’t make logical sense for plant smells to make people sleep. But I do spray it on my pillow because it’s such a nice smell. I need medication to actually help me sleep though.

Melatonin, malatonin, melatonin. Here in France you can buy at the chemist without prescription.
If I am struggling to sleep this knocks me out flat.
I don't think it's a "pharmaceutical" as such , so not a sleeping drug? It's a hormone that occurs naturally in the body to enable or accompagny normal sleep.
Not for everyone obvs.

littleflo

I have real difficulty sleeping. I come wide awake about 2am an then lay there for three or four hours.

I saw a recommendation for long lasting diffusers from a company in Scotland and bought them. They are wonderful. Then I saw that they do lots of other products too.

I bought Camomile and Lavender body lotion. I rubbed into my neck, shoulders hands and feet. Went to bed at midnight and woke at 6 feeling refreshed. Best of all no banging headache which I have every morning. I am sure I will be able to recover what I spend by saving on pain killers.

I can quite understand why camomile and lavendar lotion would help you off to sleep. I used to buy Lush sleepy baby for my grandchildren once they were around six months and it did help. It was rubbed on soles of their feet.
Nowadays when I wake up at 1 or 2am, an often occurrence, I put the radio on at lowish volume on a verbal podcast and I find it sends me off to sleep in around 10 minutes so if I wake up a couple of hours later I put same podcast back on and try to hear it this time. I generally fall asleep again in around 10 minutes

I wondered about using a spray on my pillows but concerned that it would mark the pillow slips. All our bedding is plain white. ????

I sleep very badly. No that's bad grammar. I sleep well when I do it but not for long enough. I am tryin KIND patches and they work a bit. I have given up alcohol for a month to see if it has any effect.

Yes please share. I to suffer from insomnia.