Healthy Insomnia Cures December 7, 2006
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Humor, Invention, Medicine, science.trackback
Really, this is my last list-related post in this month. But I promised to come up with insomnia cures.
- Drink a cup of chamomile tea
- Take melatonin: Rozerem (Ramelton) is a newly available prescription medication that can be helpful for insomnia.
- Take gamma-amino-butyric acid neurotransmitter (GABA)
- A mug of hot milk with honey and/or a few drops of brandy
- Napping, if you do nap, do it regularly
- Rest and meditate (Insomniacs must be laughing on that)
- Morning and evening rituals (NOTE: do not kill any kind of animal)
- Take magnesium, calcium and potassium (to avoid restless leg syndrome)
- Avoid tea of coffee before sleep
- Do you have sleep apnoae? In other words, do you have pauses in breathing during sleep?
- Use white noise
- Avoid excercises before going to bed
- Don’t go to sleep with an argument unsettled
Additional tips:
- Make sketches for next day’s blog posts and then wake up early in the morning to write those posts. In 2-3 days, you’ll be exhausted
- Use GLO to Sleep that can turn off your mind…
- Stay away from alcohol as a sleep aid. You’ll feel better but it won’t make you sleep.
- Cut up an onion and put it in a jar. As you go to bed, open the jar, sniff the onion and then close it and place it on your bedstand. Within 15 minutes you’ll be asleep.
- Massage as well as aromatherapy using lavendar oil
- Read an agonizing, boring psychological journal article or visit some boring blogs (I have plenty of ideas)
That’s all, good nightdingdingdingdingding…
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Update: Please don’t take that list too seriously!
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Okay, there is something I cannot quite grasp in the onion curement. Why on earth is it so important to place the closed jar on the bedstand?
Anyway, a sure symptom of not having slept enough is when you start making a lot of typos in your blog posts.
Closed jar= placebo…
Do you want to tell me something?
Do I make typos?
Perhaps Mr. Hanak is referring to things errors like “sleep apnoe,” “Cut up and onion,” and so on. Or how you suggest brandy but also avoidance of alcohol.
I have to admit, I am a bit skeptical. How can you, as a medical student, advocate these as “cures?” Don’t you think that’s a bit irresponsible? Is there evidence for these? Any randomized, controlled trials with “GLO to Sleep?”
But what I think it more concerning is the assertion that these are safe. I find the suggestion that people take potassium especially concerning. In the first place, treatments for restless legs syndrome should not be taken prophylactically; it’s fine to treat someone with restless legs syndrome but not to try treatments for RLS in those who are having difficulty sleeping but no other manifestations, in my opinion. And I feel the recommendation to take potassium supplements is a very bad idea and potentially quite dangerous.
My godness, where is the sense of humor, pals?
The whole post is ironic.
There isn’t any serious suggestion, I’m not a medical adviser. It’s just a funny list with some additional tips.
Don’t take everything too seriously.
You needn’t concern yourself with me taking it seriously; my worry is that readers who are not medically savvy might. I appreciate the disclaimer; thanks!