Archive for January, 2009

Curious case of a boy who could not sleep

Have you come across this story of a 3 year old boy, Rhett Lamb, who couldn’t sleep? I used to have sleep problems that as I recall, felt something like that too. Yes, your body feels tired, but for some weird reason you can’t sleep. And this can drag on for many days on end. [...]

My Experience with Valerian

After my experience with kava herb as I mentioned in a previous post, I was a little skeptical of all these sleeping herbs, and whether they work or not. So, I didn’t bother taking sleeping herbs for a long time – around 5 years. During that period, I’ve underwent various phases of insomnia that were [...]

Melatonin Basics

Sleep is not a haphazard chance event occurring in the body. Of course, it might seem like that, since the point when we fall asleep is not something we are aware of. However, sleep is actually the result of the action of one hormone in particular, and that hormone is melatonin. Melatonin is one of [...]