Camperboy

Hello, I have recently (mid March) quit drinking all coffee and tea but feel now that I am finding myself in dire need of a sleep aid. Can someone please recommend a sure fire night time before bed hot drink that might help with sleep and relaxation?
I have tried all the grocery brand 'sleepy time" teas while I was still drinking tea and coffee but nothing seemed to work back then.........any suggestions?
I have a "goodness me" health food store in my area if that helps.
Thanks for everything

dedubya

caffeine or decaf drinks never worked for me before bed. 2% milk works for me CB. Just me.
Dub

SoberJohn

Anything with melatonin in it might help you. There are multiple sleep time teas out there too.

rainyengland

Try a tea with valerian in it - knock you out :-)

Camperboy

SEE DUBS..............I think you are feeling a titch better now ...are you?

Camperboy

I will look for that thank you.

dedubya

I laughed at that..yes the panic attk went on vacation for now.
D

mwstylee

Melatonin makes me feel horrible in the morning...borderline hangoverish. Do a quick search on the effects of melatonin on your sleep cycle first. Those articles really alarmed me after reading them.

gonzo4419

My issues with Melatonin, Valerian and the OTC sleep aids etc. was that I only tried using them when coming off a bender to try and overcome the insomnia. But usually my withdrawl was way more powerful and I couldn't overcome it, and I would wind up with an insanely dryed out mouth while rolling around trying to sleep and for all of the next day. But that was me, can't say what level of success others may have with them.

My best bet was mentally overcoming the nausea and getting a decent, solid meal in me with as much milk as I could handle (warm or otherwise). Othertimes I will have the regular version of hot Neo-Citran (the drowsy version), and that can work too.

Camperboy

I seem to have the opposite reaction to Neo Citron, for some reason I lay in bed in an almost foggy state and my legs just twitch and I never had any luck actually sleeping after taking it.............benedryl did the same.....strange

gonzo4419

That's how I would describe the melatonin etc for myself, would lay there feeling like you are right at the point that you'll really about to get to sleep, but then I wouldn't and that would be even more frustrating, the restless legs I always just chalked up to the fact I probably hadnt been eating properly and was having a minor deficiency of something.

Elisabeth888

Hot chocolate. I make mine with milk and ovaltine. I top it with whipped cream. De-lish.

sugarbear1

a small turkey sandwich and some not so cold milk for the natural tryptophan......