What helps you if you don't get to sleep or lie awake after 4 to 5 hours. Here are some tips.
Bananas:
- Bananas contain melatonin and serotonin, chemicals known to help the body sleep. In addition, this food also contains magnesium and tryptophan. In the evening, drink a banana before going to bed and you'll sleep like a rose.
- Some people swear by 2% acetaminophen, others also take 2% magnesium. From experience, when I lie awake often, that acetaminophen does help me.
- Valerian and St John's Wort and 5-htp. (Melatonin is more for falling asleep, the one I use to sleep through).
5-HTP stands for 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-hydroxytryptophan) and is an amino acid that is converted to serotonin, which ultimately results in melatonin. 5-HTP is produced by processing tryptophan, an amino acid that does not occur naturally in our body.
- What might also help is a weighted blanket. https://y.is/eoTPS https://y.is/GZ4ws
