Still Have Severe Insomnia? What Can You Do When the Sleeping Pills Don't Work?

When you're one of those people who suffer from severe insomnia, falling asleep is not just tough, it is down right daunting. The thought of another restless night, endlessly tossing and turning while thoughts race through your head causes the most strong and happiest sufferers to crank up their anxiety. Which of course causes just makes things worse.

Sleeping pills, natural remedies and alcohol can all knock you out for the night, but they're not long term solutions. Not only are they addictive, and leave you feeling like a bird has been nesting in your brain the next morning but they're expensive too.

After an operation last year which required a series of post operation pain killers I developed a real problem with going to sleep. It seemed like no matter what I did, I'd still wake up feeling worse than when I went to bed - every single night. Several doctors gave me more drugs, I was knocked out, but I hated taking them, the headaches, bad taste in my mouth and zombie like state till well into the morning seemed worse than the problem itself.

Eventually I decided that this was no way to live my life. I did lot of research. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine were one excellent resource that I found and I spent a lot of time investigating their advice.

Rather than trying to solve the internal problems that the doctors were so keen to cure I set out to fix the external factors that I could influence.

Light

I made my bedroom as dark as possible by investing in some blackout blinds. This made a big difference in the morning. No longer was I awake as soon as the sun came up at dawn.

Temperature

I found our body temperatures drop when we fall asleep. I used to go to bed in a tracksuit along with lots of covers. Now I make sure that I make things as cool as I can comfortably stand.

Routine

I go to bed at the same time every night where possible, eat several hours before hand and have given up all caffeinated drinks and any other stimulant I can think of. I don't watch TV or allow any stressful activities into the bedroom.

Stimulation

Our ears lock onto anything when it's resisting sleep. I installed double glazing in the bedroom windows so nothing from outside could disturb me, turned the alarm clock around so I couldn't stress about the time. I found a running fan provided a wonderful white noise effect that made other distraction blend into the background. This did work well until the breeze it created became too cold in winter.

After more searching I found another solution to the noise problem. A recording of scientifically designed beats and tempos that were arranged to stimulate the brainwaves into a resting pattern. Called brainwave entrainment, these sounds were perfect for bedtime. They relaxed me and didn't have any melody of voices for my ears to latch onto. This was the breakthrough that eventually reduced my needs for any meds at all and solved my effects of insomnia.

If nothing is working for you, I'd recommend you try it.

Pills and potions aren't for everyone. There is a scientifically developed solution for the treatment of insomnia that isn't addictive, can be used anywhere or anytime but will train you to fall asleep more easily. For more information click here or visit http://www.insomniasleep.info