On Insomnia

Suggestions for insomniacs.

I'm still figuring out how best to use a new microphone. There's a bit of distortion in this vid that I hope to avoid once I learn the ropes, but it's not too awful.

You can find food sources of Tryptophan here:

http://www.parentingbookmark.com/pages/PT01.htm

If you have additional suggestions for insomniacs, please write them in comments, or post a video response.

Thanks for watching.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• insomnia
• sleep
• disorder

[rockryan100]

Thank you for this information! This video has helped me, with my insomnia. I started to listen to some soft quiet music, when I go to sleep and it helped a lot. I love your other videos, as well. There are a few things that I have forgotten since high school, such as health and science topics, and your discussions have jogged my memory. Thank you!

[Urgelt]

Glad you found an answer to your insomnia, rockryan100.

Interestingly, there are now more suggestions for dealing with insomnia in the comments than in the video. Which makes this URL a crowdsourcing project, I suppose.

Some cases, I'm sure, remain out of reach for amateur solutions. We'll leave those to the medical profession. For the rest of us, self-help is cheap, it works for many, and getting adequate sleep is great for health.

[TheMultiFirestarter]

there are plenty of hypnosis videos on youtube that will put you into a deep sleep in 10 mins, look at Eddini 's channel he is a great hypnotherapist

[Urgelt]

Might work for some, and so it's a very welcome suggestion. Thanks for adding to our discussion.

[kurtnils]

It seems my pattern is to go 2 nights with many wake ups and one decent night sleep.. I drink coffee in the morning but its 10 hurs away from night. By the way I visited the ahwanie hotel in Yosemite; it was built for WW2 PTS soldiers to recover.. so beautiful-- your advice on parks and natural areas is great!

[Urgelt]

Your sleep problem could have any of a number of causes, some of which probably haven't been discovered.

I'll suggest you have yourself evaluated by a sleep center, if you can afford it. You might have sleep apneas. If so, they can easily diagnose it, and there is a treatment for the most common apneas that's successful with many (not all) patients.

If it's something else causing it, a sleep center might discover that, too.

Google "sleep apneas" and *sleep disorders* for more information.

[losername2of2]

One prime example of relaxing audio for me has beed Urgelt's voice; not only does it serve as medium for wisdom, but it has been a great tool to help me get to sleep the past couple of nights. The best video for me so far has been his caffeine addiction one. Thank you Urgelt!

[PILMAN]

Hello, I have issues sleeping and saw that you mentioned Tryptophan as a source to help for sleep, I have seen Tryptophan sold on a few websites in 500 mg, but this is usually not FDA approved, would you recommend this or not really? They claim no prescription is needed.

[jilloplo]

He said 'text box' and it reminded me of a time when the doobly-doo was to the right of the screen. Ah, the good old days.

[JakeStrangeFishing]

@losername2of2 i watch that same vid when i cant sleep!

[shadowmalpractice]

@TheMultiFirestarter - The whispering community also aids with their unique method of voicing, or more accurately whispering, hypnosis and relaxation techniques. I've found such users like WhisperingLife, WanderingWhisper, and sundewdew to have excellent videos that can easily slip you into a drowsy state.

Urgelt, your knowledge is greatly appreciated. :)

[itsumonihon]

urgelt, when are you gonna make some more videos? this may sound weird but i have to admit, your voice is so soothing, i have been using this video for the last 3 years to help me get to sleep whenever i'm suffering from insomnia..! heh. make some more videos! i love hearing your advice and your voice is just really calming, i think everyone can agree with that!

[scottymyman]

"i cant get no sleep"