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Sleep?
How can I fall asleep?
Lately I'm having nightmares and I can't sleep if it's past 11.. because I just.. stay awake for some reason.
And when i try to sleep.. i have sleep paralysis...so sometimes i refuse to sleep because i hate going through that.
i dont know what to do.
i'm only getting 3-4 hours of sleep every night.
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Sleep paralysis is a real illness that requires real medication. Talk to your doctor.
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Before going crazy and seeing a doctor who will just press the panic button and put you on some pill...try some natural alternatives such as:
8 oz of warm milk a half hour before you go to sleep. Milk has a good amount of our sleep hormone called Melatonin in it and having it warm ensures that your body doesn't need to secrete more hormones to cool down cold milk and hence keep you up longer since your body isn't ready to rest.
If you don't like milk or can't have milk- go to your local vitamin store and get Melatonin gel caps and look for it in about a 2mg dosage. (It isn't a stimulant, it's a very natural supplement..so don't worry about it being dangerous.)
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try to get sleeping aids. My dad has them but they also have bad side effects if u use them too much. My dad tended to get frusterated easier during the day and more tired during the day after he used it for a few months.
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you really should go to your doctor if you're suffering sleep paralysis. He'll either give you pills for it, depending on how open you are to them, or he can recommend some more natural sleeping aids.
If you can't get to the doctor for awhile, try creating a routine before you go to bed. Read, do things in the same order, get into bed at the same time every night and up at the same time. Sleep paralysis has some links to stress, so maybe it would help if you wrote in journal and got all your worries out before you got into bed and worried about them.
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