Sleep problems in our time of stress - not a rarity. Of course, if you regularly can not sleep, wake up in the night and sleep for only a few hours, it is best to consult a doctor. Such failures in the mode may indicate not only the nervous system overload, but also hidden within certain diseases. But if from time to time it happens that you are tossing and turning in bed and think about that, do not go there at night drugstore for hypnotic - this article is for you.
Any sedative - this medicine. And without a doctor is better to do without him. Remove the daily stress and relax will help hot tub and aromatic herbal tea with chamomile, lemon balm and lavender. But if traditional methods do not help, you can buy in a pharmacy non-prescription sleeping pills. Note that many of these drugs side effects. And if sleeping pills done "on the grass" - it does not mean that it is safe. Therefore, in no case do not take sleeping pills if:
You have not studied the annotation to the drug. Especially, read the section "Contraindications". Are you sure that's not true written to you? It is advisable to make sure the medication you are contraindicated before buying it to not get what you have thrown a considerable amount to the wind. So do not be lazy to find annotation medication online or explore it at a pharmacy. Do not assume that a pharmacy the pharmacist will help determine your choice. Firstly, he is not a doctor, and secondly, do not know what you are suffering from chronic diseases.
You already drank to relax something else. If you have tried to solve the sleep problem by using a glass of wine or a glass of brandy, go for sleeping pills to the pharmacy is not necessary. Sleeping pills affect the nervous system and what will happen to you if you take them on even a small dose of alcohol is difficult to predict. By the way, if you are regularly taking any medicines for chronic diseases, then combine them with their own sleeping pills are not worth it. Here, without a doctor's advice can not do.
In the morning you have to get behind the wheel. Hypnotics are depressing the nervous system, i.e. reduce the concentration and inhibit the reaction. Sometimes their effect is maintained even in the morning. Therefore, in the morning to sit behind the wheel of a sleepy no better than no sleep. If you had to take sleeping pills in the evening, giving way to the driver's seat to someone else or to get to work by public transport.
You did not try to beat insomnia by other methods.Of course, a good rest - this is important, but to run for a sleeping pill is necessary in the event that all other methods tried. And the dream "on a pill" - is not the same thing as a natural healthy holiday.
Simple rules for healthy sleep
• Install mode, go at the same time;
• An hour before bedtime - no gadgets, watching TV, sitting at the computer, discussing work problems;
• Get into the habit every day before going to bed half an hour walk in the fresh air;
• Make the bedroom comfortable for sleep: dark, cool, quiet. Buy a comfortable mattress and pillow;
• Make time for daily moderate exercise;
• Avoid strong tea and coffee;
• Train yourself to a pleasant nightly ritual. For example, take a warm shower, then read light (even boring) book, take a few simple asanas of yoga, meditate, turn on nice soft music or nature sounds, drink herbal tea.
When can I take a sleeping pill
To be an important event. Typically, problems with sleeping you do not happen or happen rarely, but tomorrow will have such an important day that you are very worried and can not sleep. And the thought that tomorrow you need to be fresh and rested, it becomes even more anxious and sleep like a hand shoots. Since this extraordinary event that happens every week, or even month, you can afford not to be tormented, and to take a pill to calm down and relax.
Are you struggling with jet lag. What causes sleeping pills taken before the flight in an airplane, we often see in comedy films. Therefore, in order not to sleep too deep and out of season, do not drink it before the flight. But the hotel is quite possible to do. If rapid change in time zones sleeping pills tablet will quickly enter into the mode.
You do nothing to help. If you can not sleep in his bedroom after a great night out in the open air, a warm shower and herbal tea to relax take a sleeping pill. But, as already mentioned, at constant disorder sleep better consult a doctor - a neurologist or therapist, he will help find the cause of insomnia and remove the effect.
