Severe insomnia, what to eatThe first choice is, of course, sleep aid medication. The first choice is, of course, sleep-aiding drugs, but of course, some foods can also play a sleep-aiding effect!The first thing you need to do is to listen to Dr. Lee's explanation of each of these.

Severe insomnia with no medication. I'm here to unlock your mind.

The fact that you already have severe insomnia and are not taking a sleep aid means that you arevery concerned about the side effects of sleep aid medications.For example:Worried about addiction and not being able to quit? Worried that the drug will damage your liver and kidneys? Worry about ..... In short, you have all kinds of worries.

For side effects of medications that damage liver and kidney function, first you have toWeighing the pros and cons of "viral 🦠" and "medicinal 💊"Do you accept minimal liver and kidney damage? Or continue to suffer from insomnia? The fact that the drug has been approved for marketing and sold in the clinic for so many years means that its safety profile is still very impressive.

Secondly, on the issue of addiction. The rational use of sedative-hypnotics, practicing "short term: By taking it for a short period of time, I mean not more than 4 weeks;a small quantity: Use small doses whenever possible, do not exceed the upper limit, and consider switching medications if there is a decrease in efficacy;intermittent: It is recommended to try to fall asleep on your own first, and then consider sedative hypnotics if you are unable to fall asleep;according demand: Occasional insomnia can be temporarily treated with sedative-hypnotics so that the condition is not aggravated by a single bout of insomnia." Sitting on the above four points will be perfect to avoid drug addiction.

Proper use of sedative hypnotics to help you regain voluntary sleep

There are many different types of sedative hypnotics available in the clinic, so choosing the right one for you is the only way to get twice the results with half the effort.

There are two main clinical types of insomnia:difficulty in falling asleep and difficulty in maintaining sleep, and today we'll talk about both.

1. For patients who have difficulty falling asleep

This type of insomniac.It can be treated with a fast-acting sleep aid.The shorter the half-life of a sleep aid, the faster it tends to work, and the better it promotes sleep. Representative drugs are.Zolpidem tartrate, zaleplon, zopiclone, dexzopiclone, midazolam, ramelteonetc.

2. Difficulty in maintaining sleep

This type of insomniac.It can be treated with sleep aid medications that have a long duration of action.The longer the half-life of a sleep aid, the longer it will work to better maintain sleep and reduce early awakenings. Representative drugs are.Eszopiclone, alprazolam, diazepam, clonazepam, etc.

Recommended foods to help you sleep

1. Sugar water

When you are restless and cannot sleep well, you can drink a cup of cold sugar water before going to bed.Sugar water produces large amounts of serotonin, which makes it very easy to sleep when the mind is inhibited.

2. Millet porridge

Millet has sleeping propertiesThe most important thing is to have a good night's sleep. So when you can't sleep at night, you can boil some millet porridge to drink, you can sleep peacefully.

3. Milk

Milk is not only nutritious, but also hasInhibition of brain excitation, which makes it extremely easy to sleep.

4. Apple

According to modern biochemical analysis, theThe rich aroma of apples has a strong calming effect on the nerves.It can be hypnotizing.

5. Honey

The main components of honey for glucose and fructose, accounting for 65% ~ 80%; and the human body can not synthesize the eight essential amino acids, also contains more than 20 kinds of vitamins and a variety of active enzymes to promote human growth and metabolism. Before going to bed, a cup of honey water can play a sleepy role.

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Thanks Goku for the invite!

Insomnia seriously affects people's physical and mental health, work, and quality of life.

There are many causes of insomnia, environmental factors, psychological factors, mental factors, drug factors, bad habits, suffering from organic lesions, etc. can affect sleep.

Eat more magnesium, vitamins and protein to help you sleep. Such as: milk, dairy products, millet, honey, asparagus, potatoes, oats, eggplant, celery, dates, bananas, lotus seeds, lilies, walnuts, cinnamon and so on can make sleep better.

Frequent insomnia friends, diet should be light, avoid spicy stimulation, cold, greasy food. Keep a happy mood, dinner should not be too full, do not eat before going to bed, do not drink strong tea, coffee. Adhere to physical exercise, regular life.

Thank you for your invitation. The topic of insomnia has always been a matter of concern to everyone, due to a variety of reasons, nowadays more and more people suffer from insomnia, either because of the mental causes of excessive stress, or because of dietary influences, or because of some bad habits before going to bed. Because many people are plagued by it, it is all the more important for us to study + relieve. Insomnia, which seems to be just a word, is a difficult process for many people. Some time ago, the World Health Organization released a survey data: about 27% of the world's people have more obvious sleep disorders; and in our country, the rate of insomnia in adults accounted for 57% of the population. More people in life are entangled by insomnia, because of this, you should reject the unreliable misunderstanding, reasonable response to insomnia, so that you have a reliable, healthy sleep.

Many people say that you can curb insomnia by drinking, is that true?

Many people always think that drinking alcohol can promote sleep, so that they can sleep better, so always before going to bed to drink some wine. But in fact, drinking alcohol not only can not really play the role of "help sleep", but will affect your normal sleep, and even increase the chances of insomnia.

From the principle point of view, it is true that after drinking alcohol you can quickly fall asleep, but from the fundamental point of view such accelerated sleep itself will interfere with the body's normal sleep structure, resulting in the night sleep becomes lighter, instead of light sleep time increases a lot, in addition to drinking alcohol after sleep will increase the number of times you wake up in the middle, overall drinking alcohol will affect the quality of your sleep, will lead to you sleep more choppy.

It's worth noting that regular or heavy drinking also tends to induce alcohol-dependent sleep disorders; so sleeping after drinking alcohol is actually detrimental to your health, and it will only affect your time even more, leaving you with extremely poor quality sleep.

Drinking milk can help you sleep?

The theory that drinking milk promotes sleep has become so entrenched that when your child has insomnia, you will always let him drink a glass of milk. From the real situation drinking milk does not have a substantial effect, milk does contain tryptophan, but the amount is not much, really want to play the role of sleep, you need to consume an incomplete amount at once, and the actual situation does not match at all.

Specifically, milk contains tryptophan can indeed be converted into serotonin and melatonin in the body, they have a certain role in promoting insomnia, but alone we drink a glass of milk, which is too low in tryptophan content, not too much effect, can not be exaggerated.

Of course, drinking a glass of warm milk 1-2 hours before bedtime is not a bad thing - drinking warm drinks is a good thing after all, and from another point of view it is also a psychological effect.

If you always have insomnia, do this:

1. To have a healthy and reliable sleep must develop their own good sleep habits, such as your sleep environment, relatively speaking, the real meaning of the sleep environment must be comfortable, quiet, avoid and light to dark. So please give yourself to create such a sleep environment to promote sleep.
   
2. You can meditate properly before going to bed. You can visualize a pleasant and calm picture in your mind and make yourself soothed and relaxed, which will promote sleep.
   
3. Find a reliable suitable for their own sleep point, go to bed early and get up early, sleep enough time, the general recommendation of the night before eleven o'clock must go to sleep, sleep time should reach 7-9 hours of time. Adjust your work schedule according to your body's needs, go to bed early and get up early for good health.
   
4. Please refuse to have too much access to electronics before bedtime, whether it is TV or cell phone or tablet, please refuse to watch TV and cell phone and other electronics in bed, and please refuse to do things in bed that are not related to sleep.
5. Assuming that you can't fall asleep after lying down on the bed for 20-30 minutes, it is recommended that you can get up and take a proper walk and then continue to fall asleep, generally recommended for 10 minutes.
6. In addition, should improve the bad habits before going to bed, before going to bed to avoid drinking coffee, tea and other beverages, to avoid due to the intake of drinks that affect sleep and affect the quality of sleep, in addition to sleep before you also want to avoid going to strenuous exercise, appropriate walking can be chosen.

Insomnia, a factor that affects the health of many people, is actually a little different from what people think. Drinking alcohol won't help you sleep, even if you fall asleep; drinking milk won't have much effect because the intake is limited. We look at insomnia reliably, from the realities of life, and hope that you sleep well night after night.

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Severe insomnia, what can I eat at night to help me sleep?

Insomnia is a very widespread disease of modern people. No matter male or female, old or young, there are many people who suffer from this phenomenon.

Insomnia has many causes and it is difficult to make a single conclusion. It contains psychological factors, physiological factors, health factors, dietary factors, work factors, environmental factors, weather factors and so on too much. Such as thinking too much, much desire, hunting, work, study, future, family, life, children and other pressures, such as seeking employment, seeking wealth, seeking beautiful women and other excessive desire. Those who are physically weak or sick for years. Physical incompleteness. Such as neurotic schizophrenia and endocrine disorders. If you do not do things as you wish, you will always feel justified, ashamed, afraid, and lost souls. Those who are afraid of the evil people to find fault, oppression, revenge and bullying. Those who are too timid and afraid to go out, and those who do not dare to sleep alone in the house. Those who often stay up late, those who do night life. Those who are hurt in their feelings and those who are vulnerable. People whose nerves are irritated by improper diet, etc. There are too many.

So today it is not it, single according to the title of the main request, what can be eaten at night to help sleep?

I think it should be like this: single say eat. First, eat thin not thick, eat less not more, eat early not late, eat vegetarian not meat, eat light not oil, eat clean not mixed (meat), eat single not mixed.

The second is to eat more food containing vitamins and amino acids, which will help endocrine regulation and peaceful sleep.

Third, drink more millet and red dates porridge, can balance yin and yang, calm the spirit and strengthen the spleen, benefit the qi and comfort the heart.

Fourth, Lotus Seed and Lily Soup, benefiting Qi and stabilizing pressure, calming the liver and removing dryness.

Fifth, in addition to the miscellaneous food, you can eat two grains of glutamine, used to modulate the plant nerves to help the center, prompting the brain nerves very quickly into the dormant system.

Also: it is recommended to drink more water, less milk and beverages, and no fruits.

Soak your feet in vinegar water.

Exercise properly between six and eight before bedtime.

Take a warm bath.

Watch some TV.

Get into bed and lie on your right side with your eyes closed, deliberately disorganizing your brain into a state of confusion, and you won't think much about it.

Turn the TV on, tune it to a costume drama, half-lay in bed with a book to read, etc.

The above methods of hypnosis are very fast, you may want to try.

Thanks for the invite: many people suffer from insomnia these days!Today I am invited to share with you a few foods that I myself usually eat are very helpful for sleep!

First up: bananas.

Bananas actually have excellent sleeping properties, being rich in magnesium, which relaxes the muscles, in addition to being rich in complex amines and N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine.

The second is: milk.

Milk contains two hypnotic substances: one is tryptophan, which can promote the brain nerve cells to secrete neurotransmitters that make people drowsy, like a lot of children, the elderly, like to drink a cup of milk before going to bed, in order to sleep more soundly, the sleeping effect of milk is also very obvious.

Third is: Xiaomi

Of all grains, millet is the richest in tryptophan. In addition, millet contains a lot of starch, which tends to make you feel warm and full after eating it, which promotes insulin secretion and increases the amount of tryptophan that enters the brain. It also helps with sleep!

Fourth is: walnuts

In clinical practice, walnuts have been shown to improve the quality of sleep, so they are commonly used to treat symptoms such as neurasthenia, insomnia, forgetfulness, and excessive dreaming. Specific eating method is with black sesame, pounded into a paste, 15 grams before bedtime, the effect is very obvious.

The fifth is: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds contain a variety of amino acids and vitamins, which can regulate metabolism, improve the inhibitory function of brain cells, and play a calming and tranquilizing effect. Some sunflower seeds after dinner, can also promote the secretion of digestive juices, is conducive to digestion and stagnation, to help sleep.

There are also dates, honey, vinegar and whole wheat bread which is rich in Vitamin B, which has the ability to maintain a healthy nervous system and eliminate irritability. All these foods can work well to promote sleep! I hope this is helpful to all of you as I share it with you today! You still have any knowledge you want to know or have questions you want to ask! You can add attention, I will be the first time, to give you the answer 😊😊.

First, bananas, second, milk. There are many reasons for poor sleep, the older is the brain melatonin reduction, to supplement melatonin, there is insufficient blood supply to the brain, you can use warm water to soak your feet, to promote the blood supply to the brain, is also conducive to sleep. If it is a woman in her forties or fifties, it is mostly insomnia caused by insufficient qi and blood. And because life is better now, many people eat and drink a lot. The stomach is not in harmony, and the spirit is disturbed, will also cause poor sleep. So bad sleep can not be generalized.

For more serious insomnia, the way to improve sleep through diet is not much use, the so-called 'milk therapy', the role is also extremely limited, after all, a cup of milk in the tryptophan content is not much, from its conversion of that trace melatonin can not achieve the purpose of improving sleep;

So what can you do to improve your sleep?

1, do not eat too full dinner, try to avoid eating hard-to-digest food; half an hour of rest after dinner, and then go out and walk for half an hour, in order to promote digestion, to avoid insomnia caused by gastrointestinal discomfort;

2, 1 hour before going to bed at night, try to avoid watching some overly emotional TV programs, do not play computer or mobile games, you can listen to some soothing light music or lullabies;

3, half an hour before bedtime try not to drink water, even if you drink water, not more than 150 milliliters, so as not to get up frequently and affect sleep;

4, before going to bed, you can use warm water to wash your face, soak your feet, which is conducive to improving blood circulation, promote muscle tissue relaxation, long-term adherence, you can improve the quality of sleep;

5, even if you can't sleep, don't turn on the lights, don't play with cell phones, because these light sources of radiation will stimulate the brain center, so that people become excited and difficult to sleep;

6, if necessary, you can take some oral sleep aids, many people are worried that taking medication will damage their health, but in fact, the harm caused by long-term insomnia is far better than the adverse reactions caused by drugs, so sometimes, the application of sleep aids is very necessary!

I found a strange phenomenon, many people even serious insomnia hard to hold on for a few years, or even more than ten years do not eat sleeping pills, just because listening to people who are not doctors, sleeping pills can not be eaten, eat the whole life can not be thrown away, a long time to take sleeping pills have a huge impact on the body, and so on. I am the doctor who treats insomnia, if non-pharmacological means can adjust sleep of course good, but if not, why not choose sleeping pills to assist sleep? Just because I heard that the side effects are serious? Won't you consult your doctor? Shouldn't you listen to your doctor?

If self-adjustment doesn't work for severe insomnia, take medication for severe insomnia immediately

Either way, severe insomnia must be more harmful than the possible adverse effects of sleeping pills, so weighing the pros and cons, the doctor's advice must be to help and alleviate severe insomnia through the scientific use of sleeping pills.

If your insomnia is difficulty falling asleep

You can choose eszopiclone which guides fast sleep and also has significant anxiolytic effects as from benzodiazepines. If you are concerned about possible drug dependence on benzodiazepines when taken for a long period of time, you can choose the non-benzodiazepine zopiclone, which is theoretically free of benzodiazepine dependence because of a different sedative mechanism than benzodiazepines.

If your insomnia is poor quality sleep, waking up more often, dreaming a lot

You can choose alprazolam, which has a relatively longer duration of action, and a stronger sedative effect than eszopiclene above, with the same significant anxiolytic effect present. Through the help of sedation, it is easier to enter a deep sleep state, and deep sleep is not dreaming, and it is more difficult to wake up, so your sleep quality improves, all the problems will be solved.

If your insomnia is caused by anxiety or depressed mood changes

Then probably the simple sleeping pills can not solve your insomnia problem, but should take sleeping pills at the same time with antidepressant drugs, or choose the presence of significant sedative effect of antidepressants, such as mirtazapine, trazodone hydrochloride and other drugs. In clinical work, many times insomnia symptoms do not precede the relief of emotional symptoms, but rather with the relief of emotional symptoms can be relieved on their own.

If your insomnia has been treated with many types of sedative medications and significant resistance has developed

Then it may be necessary to try the most sedating benzodiazepine, clonazepam, but if clonazepam doesn't give you satisfactory sleep either, I think the best thing to do is to switch to a small dose of an antipsychotic drug such as quetiapine fumarate, because quetiapine is just as good at sedation, and there are no serious adverse effects from quetiapine in small doses, and it has very little effect on the body.

To summarize.

Psychiatrists have many treatments for insomnia, but the prerequisite must be a detailed history and psychiatric examination to find the cause of the insomnia. Therefore, although I have presented a clear picture, I would like to suggest that it is best for you to go to a psychiatric hospital for systematic treatment of severe insomnia, which may not require hospitalization, but if you can be admitted to an open ward for hospitalization, it may have a more desirable and immediate effect.

It must be wrong to resist sleeping pills, all medications must have been invented with more pros than cons, and your primary care physician will help you make the right choice, it's always too irrational to arbitrarily give up your means of treatment to harden against severe insomnia.

Regarding sleep, don't listen to the rumors of those around you, your doctor won't screw you over, and they must say yes to being responsible, ask the people who won't let you take your meds, will they be responsible?

Insomnia is really upsetting, this is my personal experience, I sometimes can't sleep well at night for one night, here is how I overcame insomnia.

Let's start by understanding what factors contribute to insomnia.

1. Physiological factors

Sleep can be affected by physical illnesses and medications such as indigestion, headaches, back pain, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, sinusitis, ulcer disease, or taking certain medications that affect the central nervous system.

2. Lifestyle

　Sleep problems due to lifestyle are also common, such as drinking coffee or tea, drinking alcohol late in the evening, eating before bedtime or late dinner resulting in a full stomach of undigested food, heavy smoking, strenuous physical activity before bedtime, excessive mental activity before bedtime, working night shifts, taking naps during the day, going to bed at irregular times, and waking up at irregular times.

3. Mental factors

Possible causes are high stress, excessive worry, tension or anxiety, sadness or depression, anger, and a tendency to have sleep problems.

4. Environmental factors

Noisy sleep environments, sleep environments that are too bright, polluted, and overcrowded.

And it's in my lifestyle that I've caused severe insomnia at night, and the occasional night out with strenuous exercise and a late night snack, really, a night of sleeping in and out.

How to properly adjust the sleep, we can only rely on prevention, how to prevent us from insomnia at night?The following are the main areas that should be addressed:

　　① A light diet rich in protein and vitamins is recommended. Foods that may cause abdominal bloating include beans, cabbage, onions, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, peppers, eggplant, potatoes, groundnuts, taro, corn, bananas, bread, citrus fruits, grapefruit, and beverages and desserts with added sorbitol. Try not to go for these foods. Now I eat a little bit of noodles and other staples at night, and a little bit of seasonal fruit after the meal, and as long as I don't overeat at night, I'm getting good sleep.

　　②Participate in qigong, tai chi, and other exercises that emphasize mental strength to improve nerve regulation.

　　③Live a regular life, go to bed regularly, don't be too full for dinner, and don't drink stimulating beverages such as tea and coffee before going to bed.

　　④Sleep Nadolene, lecithin and other health food, have a good role in regulating nerve function, help to improve sleep.

　　If you sleep eight hours a day, one-third of a person's life is spent in sleep, sleep is good or bad, and people's mental and physical health is closely related to sleep, sleep has four elements, the quality of sleep has a great impact.

1. Sleeping appliances

　　Whether it is the south of the bed, or the north of the kang, in the placement or repair, should be the north and south of the direction, people sleep head north foot south, so that the body is not interfered with geomagnetic interference, paved hardness should be moderate, too hard to pave will make the person because of its stimulation and have to turn over from time to time, it is difficult to sleep peacefully, sleep around the body after the aches and pains. Pillow height is generally sleeper's shoulder (about 10 cm) is appropriate, too low easily cause cervical physiological bone spurs, in the summer, the pillow should be turned over often sunshine, so as not to let the germs into the mouth and nose, lung diseases increase.

　　2、Sleeping position

　　People with heart disease, it is best to lie on the right side, so as not to cause pressure on the heart and increase the chance of morbidity. Brain pain due to high blood pressure, should be properly padded high pillow. Lung patients in addition to high pillows, but also often change the side of the sleep, in order to facilitate the discharge of phlegm and saliva, gastric distension and liver and gallbladder diseases, to the right side of the position of sleep is appropriate. The limbs have pain in the place, should be avoided to press the pain and lying, in short, choose a comfortable, conducive to the condition of the sleeping position, help to sleep peacefully.

　　3. Time of sleep

　　Sleep time should generally maintain 7 to 8 hours, but not necessarily forced, depending on individual differences, fall asleep fast and deep sleep, generally no dreams or few dreams, sleep on 6 hours can be fully restored to energy. Slow to fall asleep and shallow sleep eyes, often more dreams and nightmares, even if the sleep on 10 hours, still difficult to refresh the spirit, should be through a variety of treatments in order to obtain effective sleep, just prolong the sleep time is harmful to the body, due to the different physiological rhythms of each person, in the sleep morning and evening arrangements should be different from one person to another. In fact, different physiological rhythms make sleep appear in two cases, namely, "night owl" and "lark", conform to this physiological rhythm, is conducive to improving work efficiency and quality of life, and vice versa, is not good for health.

4. Sleeping environment

Sleep is good or bad, and sleep environment has a close relationship, in the temperature of 15 to 24 degrees, you can get a peaceful sleep, smoking smoke left behind after closing the door and windows in winter, as well as escape leakage of the combustion of incomplete gas, but also make people can not sleep well, living near the emission of high-frequency ionizing electromagnetic radiation sources, long-term sleep is not good, but not due to their own illnesses, it is best to migrate to a distant place to live, to sum up the above, people if you can grasp the science of sleep in the four To summarize, if people can grasp the four elements of scientific sleep, they can effectively improve the quality of sleep and devote themselves to work with more energy. Scientific sleep is a new requirement put forward by modern life to people.