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Maybe you spend most nights tossing and turning and also start to worry about all those sleeping pills that you are taking, because you are desperate. The research on these is not too reassuring and indeed, alarming. You can choose a much safer route by opting for a natural sleep aid. But first let us look at the risk of sleeping pills just in case you are tempted to go back to your old ways. One sleep centre investigation which was published in an open access space in the British Medical Journal makes frightening reading. Their studies showed that there was an alarming increase in the number of deaths of those who were taking a strong sleep aid in the long term. The risk of death was three times greater in those who were only taking about 18 sleeping pills a year and much higher for those who were on them on a regular basis. The fact that this study was in the open access area of the journal means that the research was not subject to the usual peer review. Have you ever thought about a natural sleep aid? I am not thinking here of herbs or teas but a pillow with built in speakers which allows you to record your own private calming and restful music or white noise which will help you to get off to sleep in no time at all. White noise is rather like the sound of a waterfall or the hum from a ventilator. It helps us to get off to sleep because our hearing is the last sense to be turned off so it just blocks out all sounds and reduces the audio clutter. Some people claim that it sounds like the swish of blood in our mother's womb, which is a comforting sensation which we never lose. This will help us to relax and nod off. Another natural sleep aid is to consider the actual room temperature and even more important, the actual temperature in your bed. If we are too hot, we cannot get off to sleep as the body temperature needs to fall in order to get off. Also, the fact that we use too many cotton pillow cases and polyester ones, means that our skin is being dehydrated. We should consider silk pillow cases as these are certainly more comfortable and soothing. But what if you want to get a natural calming remedy which keeps you free of stress, relaxed and less anxious during the day? This is a great idea because the lack of anxiety and stress can really help with promoting a healthy sleep patterns. Very often, anxiety is the real cause of insomnia so if we can tackle this, then we will really not need to worry. Have you thought about what are the alternatives to sleeping pills and how a natural sleep aid could actually change your life? This is the best route to take when you want to think about natural depression treatment. Robert Winterson has written extensively on mental health for many years.
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