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Old 07-09-2017, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Podshell
Have always found it difficult to get to sleep and thought this would be an ideal place to share any techniques

Hi Podshell. I start out taking 5 mg of melatonin to get my body acclimated to shut down. I do take a prescribed sleep aid as well, but that's not popular with everyone as one does grow dependent on them to sleep.

But I think what helps me the most is I turn on a wave machine on the bed stand. It has the rolling and breaking sounds of ocean waves. It must work, at least for me, because if I forget to turn it on, I cannot get to sleep at all. Or if I do, it's short lived and I wake up knowing something is wrong, then I reach over and turn on the wave machine and it lulls me back to sleep. I got my wave machine from Bed Bath and Beyond, but I'm sure you can get them a lot of other places too including online. Makes a world of difference for me.
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