insomnia

** split from another thread to avoid derail ** What I find especially frustrating is that we have the technology to put the brain into sleep mode in less than 30 minutes. But we can't do so in a way that doesn't have at least two of the following side-effects... Feeling lousy/drowsy the...

(Wasn't sure if this is more suited to FC or SMMT, if a mod thinks it should move please don't hesitate.) Hands up who here is currently operating on less than an hours sleep in the last 48 hours. Sometimes I think this will kill me eventually. Nothing seems to work. Drugs just stop working...

Spotted via the Quackometer's and Jo Brodie's Twitter pages (see also here): Homeopathy – the natural way to sleep easy The Homeopathy Research Institute has recently reviewed the evidence for homoeopathy's effectiveness in insomnia:

Wouldn't shining a bright light so close to the eyes be potentially harmful? http://www.gizmag.com/go/1848/ or this http://www.vagabondish.com/led-glasses-promise-to-banish-jet-lag/ While I realize there is a "blue light hazard" when it comes to blue LEDs, wouldn't green LED glasses also be...

Is there any scientific evidence that shows Valerin to be effective as a sleep aid? If so, then is it a good choice or are there other alternatives out there? Thanks in advance.

I, like many people who are still up at this unEdly hour and sober, suffer from insomnia. To help me out, a friend of mine gave me some tablets that he said help you sleep. I only gave the packaging a cursory look before I accepted, enough to see that it was called "Sleep Aid", a promising name...