After a busy day, many of us simply want to be able to go to bed and get a good sleep to get ourselves ready for another busy day tomorrow. That’s why it can be so frustrating if you struggle to sleep. Not only will it affect your evening, but it will affect the following day if you’re feeling too tired to complete what you need to get done.  

With this in mind, here are three things you can try to reduce insomnia. 

Treatments

You might think that being unable to sleep might just be a mild inconvenience and not classed as an illness, but it can affect your health a lot more than you think. It’s important not just for our energy levels, but our mental health and levels of stress as well. Every single muscle in our body requires sleep to recover from the strain of everyday life, and failure to get enough rest could result in aches, pains, or even worse, injuries to these muscles. A lack of sleep could even cause problems like weight gain, which could cause other health conditions further down the line.

With this in mind, it’s just as important to seek a treatment for this condition as you would for any other illness. One thing that you can take to try and reduce insomnia is CBD, also known as Cannabidiol. According to the website platinumcbduk.com, even the smallest dosage of this product can have a big effect on your ability to sleep. The website has a handy guide to help suggest how much of this product you should take depending on the strength of your symptoms and even your body size. Of course, always consult with a doctor if you are taking other medication at the same time or have any questions about any treatment.

Cut down the screen time

What you do in the hours leading up to bedtime can have a huge effect on your ability to get a good night’s sleep. For example, the light from your tablet or smartphone has been scientifically proven to keep you awake for longer. It might be tempting to flick through social media if you can’t sleep, but that could be making the problem worse as the blue light restrains the production of melatonin, which is the hormone that controls your sleep cycle. Instead of looking at your phone, make sure you’re doing things that you know will relax you before bed. This could include anything from having a relaxing bath to reading a book or even completing an adult coloring book. 

Listen to something calming 

Over the last few years, many people around the world have been using a new technique to help them get to sleep. ASMR is the process of listening to either very quiet talking or other noises to help you relax. These noises could be literally anything as long as they’re quiet, but some of the most popular include the noise a brush makes whilst rubbing against a microphone or even the tapping of fingernails on glass. There are now many people producing long ASMR podcasts or videos that you can find for free on websites like YouTube to play as you fall asleep. 

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