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How Can I Manage Sleeplessness That Makes Me Wake Up Every Hour Through The Night?

I am unable to stay asleep. I go to bed around 10:30 and fall asleep but wake up almost every hour. I can fall back to sleep but by 5:30 I get up. I had this problem last fall and saw a sleep doctor, he said all my senses like smell, taste, mouth being really sore, noise in ears were over sensitized from lack of sleep. I was prescribed nose cones and clonazapam to chew and spit out for mouth. I finally was able to sleep after taking lexapro and amitripelene 75 mg. I don t want to go back on drugs. Is there any supplements that would help. I tried melatonen 9 mg and several other herbal remedies with no help.
Fri, 14 Jun 2019
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Well, the first thing would be sleep hygiene.
1) comfortable dark room kept fairly cold and with noise abatement.
2) going to bed at a set time and not associating the bed with activities that keep one up (TV, work,etc.)
but,most importantly, not associating the bed with activities that keep one awake like being awake!
so, if not sleepy get out of bed.

Finally, there are a lot of different things that might make someone sleepy and help. It is not possible to predict ahead of time, but exercise, eathing, reading, showers ight be helpfu l or not good at all depending on the person.
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How Can I Manage Sleeplessness That Makes Me Wake Up Every Hour Through The Night?

Well, the first thing would be sleep hygiene. 1) comfortable dark room kept fairly cold and with noise abatement. 2) going to bed at a set time and not associating the bed with activities that keep one up (TV, work,etc.) but,most importantly, not associating the bed with activities that keep one awake like being awake! so, if not sleepy get out of bed. Finally, there are a lot of different things that might make someone sleepy and help. It is not possible to predict ahead of time, but exercise, eathing, reading, showers ight be helpfu l or not good at all depending on the person.