good sleep aid drugs that are not addictive

[Tausaurus!]

I suffer from insomnia and I was prescribed ( temazepam) i missed to ask this my doctor the day I saw him, but I have some articles about this type of medication reducing GH in your body and I was wondering if I should take gh while taking sleep aid medication, thanks.

 

[stevesmi]

doctors are scumbags. okay i got that off my chest

sleep problems are not cured with medications. in fact sleep meds actually make your sleep WORSE!! and they prevent you from reaching stage 3 and 4 which is what you have to get to to actually repair your body as an athlete. athletes that don't sleep well are the ones who have very short careers as pro's and end up quickly aging. Tom brady sleeps 9-10 hours every night, eats 100% clean, and the guy is almost 40 and still at his best.
please stop taking sleep meds and start fixing your sleep read this> https://www.evolutionary.org/sleeping-problems-and-insomnia/

 

[muskate]

Sleep aid drugs are not a good idea. They are extremely addictive and eventually you will not be able to sleep without them.

Here are 5 tips that I hope help -

1. 99% of sleep issues are due to using stimulants too close to bed time. The half life of caffeine is about 6 hours. If you take a pre-workout supplement around 5PM after work and plan to go to bed around 11PM, the pre-workout will still be in your bloodstream in almost full concentrations. If you are using a stimulant based pre-workout before your workouts, either stop taking it or switch to a stimulant free pre-workout.

You honestly don't need a pre-workout. It's a big misconception that you need a pre-workout to lift. The best thing you can do to get a great pump during your workout is to eat a proper pre-workout meal 60-90 minutes before you train. Something high in protein, high in carbs and low-moderate in fat. Something like a bowl of oatmeal with whey protein isolate and some natural almond butter mixed in.

2. Keep your phone, computer and TV out of your bed room. Your bed room should be for sleeping and sex. That's it. Even if you have your phone on silent, you will subconsciously be thinking about it and will check it in the middle of the night to see if you have any notifications.

3. If you have an alarm clock in your room, have the clock facing away from you so you aren't constantly checking the time and doing sleep math in your head.

4. Try to develop a regular night time routine. Spend 30 minutes before bed each night unwinding and relaxing. Getting ready for bed isn't like a light switch. It's more like a dimmer switch. You need to let your body relax and your CNS cool down to get ready for sleep.

5. Finally, try using a multi-ingredient natural sleep aid supplement that isn't loaded with melatonin so you won't feel groggy the next morning. A lot of sleep aid supplements have melatonin dosages of 5-10mg. The effective dosage of melatonin is 1-2mg. Look for a sleep aid supplement that also contains 5-htp, gaba and magnesium. The product N2sleep from needtobuildmuscle.com is really good.

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

Really great advice above. I think a huge one nowadays is #2 in Muskate's post. Everyone is constantly looking at their phones afraid to miss something. This will screw up your entire sleep cycle.

The great thing about N2Sleep is that it is natural and not a drug. You actually wake up refreshed instead of groggy.