I think we all may have been through some bouts with insomnia, and we can all attest to the fact that it can make us feel as if we are temporarily insane when we have to actually face the day’s challenges, and especially when we have to face people who may be challenging and want to tell them what we REALLY think of them! 

All kidding aside, insomnia can seriously affect your health.  And if you have a job that depends on you getting there in the morning and happen to have insomnia the night before, you have no reprieve because it’s not like you can sleep in and catch up on sleep if you have to be somewhere. 

My boyfriend and I haven’t had problems with insomnia too bad, but we’ve also been taken natural sleep aids like Melatrol with melatonin and other natural ingredients in it for a few years now.  We even tried another one that’s called valerian root a while ago, but it ended up making us feel like we were drugged and couldn’t move in the morning.  Sure, it helped us fall asleep, but it zonked us out so bad that we felt like we had a hangover in the morning and couldn’t function without copious amounts of coffee or some other caffeine laden drink.

Valerian also has a curious effect on some where they either have very vivid dreams or they also get RLS or restless leg syndrome at night, which I think also happened to me on valerian root.  I had to laugh when I was listening to a radio show the other morning and one of the jockeys on the program was saying how he tried valerian and his girlfriend woke him up because he was “running” in bed, because I remember having similar bizarre experiences on valerian. 

Meltonin based products like Melatrol (see full review) on the other hand, are great because you fall asleep and you sleep through the night, but you do not wake up feeling exhausted or drugged, and you’re ready to face the day instead of feeling like you want to crawl back into bed immediately after brushing your teeth.  Look into it if you haven’t already because it’s a great way to ensure a full and complete night’s sleep that is quality sleep and not just surface sleep that leaves you dragging in the morning even more. 

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