Sleep Enough

Our daytime habits have a large impact on the sleep we get at night, whether we realize it or not. Some of these habits may have been cultivated for many years while we were young, and when sleep came easy. But gradually, you’ll find that as you get older, your sleep quality may diminish – [...]

I’ve taken lorazepam on and off in the past over some years, and I realize some people might want to know more about it. First off, lorazepam is not some drug you can take wantonly. It belongs to the benzodiazepine group of anti anxiety drugs and it does what it says – with side effects. [...]

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). Have you heard of it? It’s a condition that causes the person to feel uncomfortable sensations in the legs and they have to move about to relieve the feeling. After recently experiencing increasingly frequent involuntary body jerks in my arms and legs, prior to falling asleep, I thought I’d look this [...]

Everyone’s sleeping requirements are different, so I doubt there is any “absolute” list of foods that induce sleep out there that would work for everyone; I am going to share though, what has worked for me. But let’s start first with the common one’s usually bandied about, not that they necessarily work for all:

This Atarax stuff is quite powerful but not so good in my opinion. Atarax is the brand name for Hydroxyzine hydrochloride, an antihistamine calming drug that is often prescribed for anxiety disorders, (as well as for sleeping problems). It is supposed to be very much less habit forming than most anxiety pills and besides that, [...]