With myself I prefer to not take any prescription sleeping pills or even
non-prescription for that matter. This is because these tend to leave me
with a "hangover effect" in the morning. I like to be able to think clearly
in the morning and be wide awake.

There can be many causes to sleep problems. Many of these can be solved
without having to take sleeping pills.

Anxiety is a common problem which will keep one awake. Anxiety is fear or
worry. This can be solved by doing something about the problem(s). For
example financial problems; maybe moving to a less expensive
house/apartment, cutting expenses, using a budget, maybe filing for
bankruptcy, maybe getting a better paying job (live within your means
basically) - whatever is needed to solve the problem. Then there is no more
worry. The problem has been resolved. Other problems can be bad family
situations, relationships, a mean boss or whatever.

If a person is not capable of solving problems like the above on their own,
then psychotherapy can be a big help if the person is honest about these
problems with his/her psychologist/psychiatrist. If the therapist does not
know these problems exist, then nothing can be done about it.

Another method is to discuss the problems causing the anxiety with 5
different people. Be completely honest with each person as to the problems
involved. Generally a majority of people will come up with similar solutions
to the problem and this would usually be good advice to follow. But again if
you leave out certain important "details", then the advice you get will be
worthless.

Then there are sleep disorders and sleep disorder clinics.

Then for getting a deep sleep when sleeping, those nose stickers can help
those with that specific problem.

A good thing which helps me to fall asleep quickly is exercise. Yesterday
starting at 8:00 am; I built 3 planter boxes for flowers, planted flowers,
spread bark dust in the garden, did some digging out of my crawl space under
my house (ongoing project), then organized my storage shed. I finished work
around 7:00 pm. My muscles were sore all over, I had worked up a sweat, and
I was very tired. I had no problem falling asleep.

The thing to do is find the root cause of the problem, then find a solution
to that problem.

Of course you can take sleeping pills and this will cause you to fall
asleep, but this will not fix the root problem!

Now I know a lady whose husband fell two stories and was in a coma for
awhile. She was a mess with worry. In her case sleeping pills were the
answer. Later her husband thankfully recovered and she could sleep normally
without the pills.

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