Tips That Will Help You Select Your Best Sleep Aids

There are many different sleep aids to purchase, but how do you decide which one is the best for you?

This article will help you choose. Surprisingly for some - you may not need ANY, just a change of lifestyle.

Over the last 13 years or so I have been observing that its far too common for individuals to be recommending and selling particular sleep solutions (both natural and medicated) which aren’t described within any meaningful framework. Its rare that people are recommending basic health changes like exercise, hydration and good diet as profoundly good solutions in many cases. Looking for the ‘magic pill’ is naïve. And if you are reading this article you probably already know that sleeping pills will never address your underlying sleep issue - they just may allow you to procrastinate a little longer (NOT a solution).

Insomnia is always a symptom of something else. Your lone mission is to discover what the ‘something else’ is in your individual case. Then, and only then, can you move in the direction of a best sleep aid for you.

1. Take This Process Seriously.

Considering that lack of sleep has been proven to affect many aspects of your mental and physical health, its vital to go through this procedure cautiously and conscientiously.

Lack of sleep has been associated with heart disease, putting on weight, reduced immune function, inflammation, decreased life span, accidents, inaccuracy, diabetes, depression, increased anxiety and panic, incidence of cancer, attitude problems, relationship difficulties, mental health problems , increased insurance premiums, drug and substance abuse and more. Will I go on?

2. Describe Your Sleep Problem in Detail.

This step alone could point to an instant solution.

Answer the following questions and write down all the issues on a piece of paper, so you could later work through one at a time to get to your best solutions:

Do you have difficulty falling asleep?
Waking up in the night?

Waking Too Soon in the Morning?
Has your problem been going on for a long time?
Is your insomnia worse at certain seasons of the year?

Does your insomnia occur just periodically, and then just for a few nights?

Do you have an underlying or accompanying psychological disorder? Anxiety? Panic? Depression? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

Do you have allergies and food intolerances?

Have you investigated the side effects of your present medications, and how your medications react with each other (if you are taking multiple medication)?

Are you worried? What are you worried about?

Do you get up too early in the morning (a sign of depression)?

How hot is your bed which you sleep in? Are your bed-coverings heavy and/or hot? Synthetic fibers?

Have you not been able to sleep for years? Do you have an unresolved issue? From childhood?

3. Match Sleep Aids to the Underlying Problem for Your Insomnia.

Armed with your list of why you aren’t sleeping properly - based on correct research and answers to step 2 above you can then start selecting a proper strategy for that particular problem(s). If you’re staying awake worrying over your mortgage all night, a cup of chamomile tea and a valerian tablet isn’t going work!

Yes, I know that sounds laughable, but about 80% of the individuals reading this article came here to find a quick fix in the way of a tablet, supplement or pill without correctly analyzing their real sleep disorder problem.

Yes, there are supplements to help with SOME sleep problems - but addressing the answers to question 2 is where you must start for excellent results to your search for your Best Sleep Aids.