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Originally Posted by Cowperson
Take an aspirin occasionally before you go to bed. That'll conk you right out. Not every night because that might eventually kill you . . . . but once in a while.
Don't eat anything after five p.m.
Exercise after work. Go for a run or something. Where some energy off.
Read cheap science fiction or something cheesy in bed for a while, then turn the light out.
Cowperson
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One aspirin?!
Heheh, first of all, lots of people take one aspirin a day for their heart and circulatory health. Yeah they have those daily dose ones now, but lots of people have taken or do take a full one anyway. It shouldn't affect your health negatively. Actually, it should affect it positively.
Secondly, if one aspirin can conk you out, it's probably not bad insomnia. I know different things work for different people but, lots of people self medicate and take overdoses of Gravol, sleep-aids, cold medicine, and even stronger prescription stuff like prescription painkillers and opiates just to get a little relief, so one aspirin seems pretty funny to me. I, like many people got prescription sleep aids once upon a time. The first type my body adjusted to within a weekend and didn't work for me, the second made me sleepwalk and do dangerous things in my sleep ala all those problems they had in the States with Ambien. Neither of those worked for me. I woulda loved if a small does of an over the counter pain pill gave me relief. I can't see this helping anyone who has actual insomnia.
Lastly, the big problem with taking pills is that even if they do work for you in the beginning, even if an aspirin did for instance, your body and mind will adapt to it quickly. Then you need to up the dose. And of course once you do that, it's a vicious cycle. Same thing with booze. One or two drinks may work great before bed for a while, but more likely than not, it swiftly turns into 4, then 6, then 12, and eventually you need to get smashed. And then you're waking up with a hangover which isn't good either. Not to mention the health risks.
So yeah, if pills are a possible solution, the best thing would be to talk to one's doctor, cause if your on the pill route you'll probably need something more powerful than aspirin, and you'll definitely want to talk and document what does and doesn't work with your doctor so you can do it as safely as possible.
And maybe hide your car keys before you go to bed!
