The secret to a good nights sleep....

Well the nice delivery guy from Asda brought me some of the Pukka sleep tea today. I'm drinking it right now! I'm not over the moon with the taste, it has a very sweet aftertaste? Maybe the liquorice, I'm not sure. It smells like a heated up lavender wheat bag! If it works I'll knock it back regularly, but if it doesn't, it will be passed on to someone else to try! But thanks for the tip Missfoodlove. Thanks also to whoever suggested going through things alphabetically. For the last 2 nights I've been naming David Bowie tracks beginning with each letter and haven't got past M so far! This seems to work for me as I'm a bit of a worrier and as soon as my head touches the pillow, my brain goes into overdrive. Anyway, here's to a good nights sleep tonight!

I’ll be buying some tomorrow ?

MayBee. You’ve brought memories back there. My first born was a very poor sleeper the Dr gave me phenergan, all it did was make him miserable next day. Also the chemist used to sell “ shut eye” for children. Don’t suppose it would be allowed nowadays.

I LOVE my weighted blanket. Bought it in November 2019 and it is brilliant. I look forward to getting under it every night.

Just a tip - rather than struggling to get the cover off it to put it in the wash, I use a top sheet with the weighted blanket on top of that, then I only need to change the top sheet.

Tea pig teabags are plastic.

You have to ask the Pharmacist for Phenergan and tell them you want it for Insomnia before you can buy it.

Weighted blankets sound interesting. I wonder if my cat sleeping on top of me works in the same way

I have always been a poor sleeper and tried all the usual tricks with no success until my husband bought me a weighted blanket this Christmas. It has improved my sleep hugely. Now if I wake up in the night I soon go back to sleep. Might not work for u if you have hot flushes but it certainly has helped me.

I didn’t know you could buy phenergan tablets. I’ll never forget, as an exhausted new mother, giving my daughter some phenergan to get her to sleep and feeling so guilty about it. My main problem is constantly getting up in the night to go to the loo no matter how little I drink. I wake up the next morning feeling exhausted. And yet, during the daytime when I’m drinking more I hardly need to go. I know as soon as I-wake up if I’ve had enough sleep. If I haven’t I might as well give up on achieving anything throughout the day. And yet, late at night I suddenly feel wide awake.

I tried the tea last night but unfortunately it didn't work for me. I found it ok to drink so will keep using it whilst I have some left out of my stock.

I checked the Phenergan packet that I have, and have been using 25mg,no surprise I have been knocked out by it. Half a tablet works for me,thank you to Esspee for suggesting it,I will keep to that as 1/4 tablet doesn't do it at present. I do try not to use it every night and do hope that when life is back to normal I will need to use it less than I am now.

Phenergan seems to concentrate my urine so that as well as a great night’s sleep I don’t have to go to the toilet.

As avitor1 mentioned 5mg gives a great sleep with no drowsiness in the morning so try half a tablet. If that works you can even try a quarter tablet until you find the best strength for you.

bikergran I’m glad it helped, I get up twice a night whatever I’ve been drinking but with the pukka, I’m straight back to sleep.

I have a small coffee cup not a large mug so it’s quite concentrated.

Be careful when buying phenergan I didn’t know there were two strengths 10mg and 25mg I think. The pharmacist sold me the 25mg, the first one I took really knocked me out I felt dreadful when i managed to crawl out of bed the next day. Now I divide it into 4,less if I can and get a very good night sleep.

Tried my cuppa last night, wasn't keen on smell or tast but stuck with it.

Infused it for 15 mins as stated, I think I must have drifted off pretty quick(don't really remember) but...alas had to get up 3 times during the night to the bathroom. But that's normal for me.

Will try again tonight, I think it's something I could get used to. zzzzzzz.......

It’s got Valerian in it I think which is used in herbal products like Kalm and Nytol! It would make you sleep. I would think

Bought some "pukka" night time tea today, Tesco.

Can't wait to go to bed lol.

If I haven't arrived on GN by 14.00 hrs tomorrow, it's worked

I'm expecting my Pukka tea delivery today and will try it tonight.

A very helpful GN suggested that I try halving the Phenergan ,
Pills that do work for me but also leave dozey the next day.I'm happy to say I tried it last night and it worked.Next time I will try a 1/4 to see if that works too.

I tried it last night and I could not get to sleep. Not sure why sometimes I find that so it could not have been the tea. I will try again tonight.

Sunnysideup

Thank you for that Missfoodlove, will get some when I do my shop. Would love to use magnesium as I’m a frequent migraine sufferer but it upsets my stomach too much.?

I use a magnesium oil spray on my feet as it is easily absorbed. Even though it’s an oil it still dries my skin though, so I put cream on the next day. You could also soak your feet in Epsom salts. note to self, go and spray some on now....

I tried it again last night and again drifted into sleep quite quickly with my tea and Bob’s voice. I’ve only got one tea bag left but have added some to our next Tesco’s delivery. I love the taste of licorice so it suits me fine. I’m also going to put it in my nighttime water bottle as I often wake up feeling thirsty and end up drinking squash or something. Yet again the dog needed to go out in the night but tonight DH is on doggy toilet duty so hopefully I can sleep through. gransnet is great for things like this. I had a bad shoulder and someone suggested using a heated wheat bag on it: again something I had in a drawer but hadn’t thought to use: but it worked.

Thank you for that Missfoodlove, will get some when I do my shop. Would love to use magnesium as I’m a frequent migraine sufferer but it upsets my stomach too much.?

Well, on the back of this thread, I bought a box yesterday, and tried it last night.

I really disliked the cloying, sweet aftertaste of what I guess to be the licorice content, probably because I have been low-carb and sugar free for about 5 years, and have no desire for sweet stuff these days.

It certainly didn’t help me to sleep - far from it, I had a very restless and sleepless night! So not for me, I’m afraid.

I shall continue taking either Kalms one-a-night, or 5-HTP, or Nytol, as I usually do.

Thank you ixion. I'm not a huge fan of some of the other ingredients either (fussy -me?) but going to risk it if there's no licorice taste. I've been using a story podcast called 'Nothing much happens' which seems to help me get to sleep, but staying asleep is another matter... Thank you to th OP for the original tip.

petra

Sparklefizz
I wish I'd seen that documentary years ago. What your explaining is what I paid money to learn from a sleep therapis. It's brain training. It works for me.

petra Ooh, that's good to know.

Just tried taking my magnesium pill at night and had a wonderful sleep last night,hope this lasts !

JellyBean345
I tend to go through the whole alphabet trying to think of boys’ names or girls’ names - one for each letter. For a change I try UK place names, countries of the world, animals and birds etc. I usually miss out the letters X and Z though! I rarely get beyond one set, though sometimes have to make a second list, which usually does the trick.