My mama claims she used it on my brother and I when we were babies to help with all sorts of things. I mentioned to her that my son who is 5 1/2 months is teething really bad and just will not sleep recently. She suggested the tea, I’m however a little leery of herbal remedies so I wanted to see what everyone elses take on it was. Thanks!

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Let’s say they mix it up like a snoring nighttime DJ and make all sorts of weird noises, grunts, whistles and wheezing sounds.

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I’ve looked up caffeine extraction here and other places and oftentimes it involves harsh chemicals or laboratory equipment. Yet I see all sorts of things like water and doughnuts with artifically added caffeine.

I’m actually starting to get into winemaking and would really like to know if there’s a way to extract caffeine from one source like coffee or tea, to then add it to other safe consumables.

Or barring that, is it legal to produce or buy straight caffeine crystals anywhere that are fit for consumption? There must be, it seems like the entire soft drink industry relies on it.

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I know my sleeping habits are terrible and I want to fix them in order to focus better in school. I gained them over summer vacation and haven’t been able to get rid of them. They haven’t exactly affected my performance in school, but they have been interfering with my social life.

On school nights, I am usually asleep by around 2-3AM. I wake up at 6:00AM to get ready and go to school. When I get home from school, I usually start on homework or watch some TV, then fall asleep for a 3-hour nap. This 3-hour nap is what has been affecting my social life, because it occurs when my friends are all available.

I’ve tried to fix it myself for a while, going to bed earlier and everything, but that just resulted in me fretting about what went on earlier that day or what will happen tomorrow.

I don’t want to have to resort to using medication. I’m afraid I will get dependant on it and that will cause all sorts of problems.

Help?

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I have chronic sleep problems (over 10 years). I have extreme difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. I’m seeing a sleep specialist next week, but I’d appreciate some feedback on what to ask.

I had as sleep study done 10 years ago and was diagnosed with hypopnia (not apnea). CPAP seems to help, and is tolerable.

It’s hard to deal with the CPAP when you can’t fall asleep for hours, so I often fall asleep without it and it does little good.

I’ve been taking Ambien for 5 years, but it’s loosing effectiveness. Now it causes me to loose memory, and I’m getting up and doing things during the night with no memory.

I’ve gotten fed up with that side effect, and had my doctor switch me to Lunesta this week. It doesn’t have the knock-out punch of Ambien, but it seems like I’m still awake all night. I’m asleep at some level, but it sure feels like I’m awake.

I think all the Ambien does is make me forget I can’t sleep.

Any advice?
Hypopnia is where your breathing doesn’t stop, but it is shallow or slow. In my case it wasn’t impacting my blood oxygen saturation, but was waking my body enough that I rarely entered the "restful sleep" phase.

I’ve tried melatonin before, but it didn’t seem to help. Actually, I’ve read all sorts of books for answers or remedies, but nothing has been a magic bullet.

I’ve also had surgery to correct a deviated septum. That helped a little.

I think I’ve tried about everything. I’m hoping someone has some new cutting edge ideas. Right now I’m thinking of restricting myself to 4 hours of sleep a day. Maybe I just wasn’t meant to sleep a normal 7-8 hours.

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There’s sleeping-type potions mentioned in all sorts of stories throughout the ages. Could you give me the names and examples of some from specific stories or legends?
Thanks

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hi all, well its almost 6am here in london and i’ve managed about an hour sleep tonight. i feel shattered but just can’t get to sleep. never had this problem before – i’m a bit worried.

all i hear is my heart beating and all sorts of random things floating around in my brain.

i don’t know whats up – i don’t feel stressed, i’m not drunk/on drugs, i’ve not changed anything significant in my life like diet etc.

apart from counting sheep … any good ideas?

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