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Morning, @Former-Member and all.

Hope you slept well @Mazarita, I seemed to 🙂

Happy to hear you slept okay, @Former-Member. Any dreams? I haven't slept well, only a few hours over a couple of sessions. Was still extremely tired on waking but seem to be picking up as the morning minutes tick by.

@Mazarita I don't dream, as a rule; different pills I've been given over the years bring them back. Obviously I don't like those pills . . . and don't take them! 🙂 How long have you been battling sleep? I've found Valerian (a herbal medication) works well, I've been taking 2 for the past few nights (that's allowed). There was one tablet that worked, but I had to pay about a hundred to walk in the psyc's door to get a script that cost about sixty - way too expensive. I'm not allowed to type what it was, I knew if I had one I'd sleep, no dreams and wake up well (you know, not hang overy) I've been on too many S watch (I hope you know what I mean) programs and have a history of 'addiction' so they never offered me sleeping pills. Maybe that was a good thing, maybe it wasn't. Sleep is very important to me, I really 'loop out' without it! I have a few 'tactics', repeating a plain word like 'the' that doesn't lead to anything (thoughts wise), imagining I'm laying on a magic cloud that takes away all the pain (aches and things) as I sink in, and just letting myself 'be awake' but laying down and letting my body relax. I also try to stay awake through the day, particularly if I haven't slept well the night before, so that I'm really tired that night. It's an individual thing, but nights are the worst time for me to think - that's when I have to sleep, the pattern seems very important to me.

What a rave! 🙂 Hope you smile today 😄 Great to hear from you!

@Former-Member, it looks like your last post has been taken down by a moderator. I tried to reply to it (long reply it was too), but lost it all when yours disappeared. I think it was because of the mention of the name of the herbal sleep med you take. Looks like even herbal medication names are not allowed. Hope you don't feel bad about being moderated, it happens to all of us. They're just trying to keep things safe for us all in various ways. Keep posting!

@Mazarita I like that the moderators work so hard in the background, trying to keep us all safe. It was just a blurb on ways I try to help myself sleep. Thank you Moderators, sorry if I broke the rules 🙂

Hi @Former-Member and @Mazarita,

Well spotted! I've let the post go live now. We decided that it's okay for users to name herbal medicines, however we do want to kindly remind everyone to check in with their GP before taking them, as they can sometimes have potentially harmful or unsafe interactions with other medications that you might be taking.

supernova.

Hi Supernova, I want to do the right thing by this valuable forum and with regards to herbal medicines and vitamins,which I take with my GP's knowledge and agreement. Hope each forum member will have a good week and pleasant Monday to start same. All good wihes from Bimby2.

Thank you @Former-Member 🙂 And Thank you for everything you do!