New Research on Sleep Medications in Women

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I am a 79 year old man. I have used melatonin for many years, first 2 mg, now 10 mg. My cardiologist insists that I take one baby aspirin each night. I do. However a couple of years ago, Vicks came out with an over-the-counter product ZZZQuil Ultra (25 mg). I take one a night one hour before bedtime. I stopped coffee completely more than 25 years ago. Being from the South originally, I used to love Vanilla Creme soda. I stopped drinking that, and now, I only get up once a night and then go back to a sound sleep. I used to drink a lot of acohol, I try to drink several glasses of filtered water during the day. I go to sleep every night at 11:00 PM. I usually have pleasant dreams, but occasionally bad dreams (like I'm falling). But I wake up every morning refreshed at 8:00 AM. One other thing I do is say "The Lord's Prayer" in bed before I fall asleep and then I pray for my four adult children and my four grandchildren that the Good Lord keep them safe and well and keep them in the Palms of His Almighty Hands. It seems to work for me. Love, Bob Klein

I am 61 years old and can count on 1 hand the number of nights that I have slept all night and felt refreshed the next day. I have tried everything out there. Melatonin does nothing. Prescribed drugs either don't work at all or give me horrific nightmares! I have tried calming herbal teas, OTC medicine, yoga for sleep, calming sleep apps, black out curtains, did a sleep study (which resulted in no sleep apnea but no other answers either), a sleep schedule, eating protein before I go to bed or later in the night. Nothing works and my brain never shuts up. When I was in college, I would lay awake and write my papers in my head. Having hypothyroidism, celiac disease, great stress and anxiety ( I am a special education teacher and caregiver for my husband) does not help. I have learned that praying myself to sleep is the only thing that works. Not sleeping is frustrating and then I feel sluggish and get migraines!
Good luck to y'all!

Have u tried cbd with delta8?
One candy puts me to sleep for the night.
I dont have anyone to advise me so i am figuring it out on my own.

I am a 79 year old man. I have used melatonin for many years, first 2 mg, now 10 mg. My cardiologist insists that I take one baby aspirin each night. I do. However a couple of years ago, Vicks came out with an over-the-counter product ZZZQuil Ultra (25 mg). I take one a night one hour before bedtime. I stopped coffee completely more than 25 years ago. Being from the South originally, I used to love Vanilla Creme soda. I stopped drinking that, and now, I only get up once a night and then go back to a sound sleep. I used to drink a lot of acohol, I try to drink several glasses of filtered water during the day. I go to sleep every night at 11:00 PM. I usually have pleasant dreams, but occasionally bad dreams (like I'm falling). But I wake up every morning refreshed at 8:00 AM. One other thing I do is say "The Lord's Prayer" in bed before I fall asleep and then I pray for my four adult children and my four grandchildren that the Good Lord keep them safe and well and keep them in the Palms of His Almighty Hands. It seems to work for me. Love, Bob Klein

My doctor recommended cbd oil. I tried it and it relaxed me but not asleep. What is delta8?

Its a component if cbd i am not terribly knowledgable about it yet but have found it relaxing and very conducive to a long nights sleep.
I think i may have found it online at either diamond cbd or cbd mall. Its expensive but is sizeable.
Half a gummy is good.
Wish i could tell you more but i just started with it.

I have trouble falling asleep for years., tried Melatonin, did not do anything, got prescription medication, still awake until 2 or 3 in the morning. It is all because my brain will not shut off. Wished there was a button I could turn off. I am not worrying about anything, live a healthy life. I go to bed at 10.30 pm and read a bit, than try to sleep, 3 or 4 hours later I may doze off. In the morning I have trouble getting up because I feel tired. At night my brain goes all over the place,nice memories of the past, current interesting things, my childhood, workplace, holidays . I try to relax and meditate. Etc.Anyone else experiences this ? How to stop my brain working at night and sleep without medication. Margreet.

Margreet that's where I was. I couldn't train my brain off. I tried all of the tricks. Getting up, sitting in a chair and reading until I was really tired, meditation (that always worked for me before), keeping my eyes open in the dark until they closed on their on. melatonin. Stopping the melatonin. Finally I decided no naps during the day no matter how tired I was, drinking plain sleepy time time tea from the super market (a counselor gave me this tip) before I retired, and trying to go to bed at the same general time at night. By 9:00 I was wiped and it finally helped. Naturally since my sleep rhythm was so off I woke early (too early) but I began to regain a bit, a 1/2 hour, then an hour, sometimes only 15 min. But now I'm almost back to normal. Last night I slept 7 hours. Believe me I feel your pain. I'm still waking early between 4:30 and 5:00, but I feel better overall with this added sleep time. Now I can watch a TV show until 10:00 or even 11:00 sometimes. Often I can't. But it was so important to find a way back.We require sleep.