yes, melatonin works - is what the brain naturally releases for sleep...

• It's 3 a.m. to type or not to type - mtdeciding
  • Try Benadryl, the generic is cheap. Works great, not habit-forming. NM - deb
  • Have you tried Sleep MD? - ER MT
  • Melatonin might help - Apple Scruff
    • yes, melatonin works - is what the brain naturally releases for sleep... - anon

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hair, but not the nice locks that look sexy, I have a huge poodle-like frizz ball on my head!  I used Biosilk for years with my flat iron and it works great.  You buy it in the salon.  I never could find any of the department store products that worked.  Recently, I found a new line of products made by Palmer's and you can buy them in Wal-Mart.  They have shampoo, conditioner, etc and are made with extra virgin olive oil and I promise you these are WONDERFUL!  They have this stuff that comes in a big green aerosol spray bottle and it's called "sheen spray".  I use that now with my flat iron and if I'm in a hurry I will use it without my flat iron.  I LOVE that stuff and it only costs around 5 bucks!

My hubs and I tried for 2 years and found out I have blocked tubes and scar tissue so bad that surgery would not help it.  After trying to adopt 2 children and burning through 12k, our hearts were broken when the children were sent back to their biological mothers.  We then tried in vitro and it worked.  It is easy for you to say IVF is selfish because you can probably conceive children the "normal" way.  Until you experience this, you can't say that it is selfish to want to have a child.

It's pricey.  But it seems to make my hair so smooth and silky and manageable even when I decide to straighten it with a hot brush.  Actually I like all the Aveda hair care products.

I'm an Avon girl for make-up.  I especially like the cream to powder foundation.  Easy to apply and then easy to take off at night, but I still use noxzema for make-up removal since I was a teenager.  I don't wear make-up everyday, but when I do I really like the Avon products.  Not too found of the nail polish, but I like the eyeliners and lipsticks.  OPI is the best for nail polish as far as I can tell. 

That works really well for my husband. He used to be in the military and went overseas a lot, so he would take melatonin to help him sleep at the "right" times to get over the jet lag more quickly.

Might be worth a shot....

It is a natural substance that your body normally produces, just sometimes it doesn't produce enough of it. When my husband was in the Air Force, he used to take melatonin to help him get over jet lag.

I read an article recently that said a wakeful period around 2-4 a.m. is part of the natural sleeping cycle. A couple hundred years ago, people would get up, have a snack, socialize, etc., then go back to bed and sleep for four more hours or so.

I know information like that doesn't help the problem, but at least you know it's a natural thing and not something unusual that only happens to you..... (my problem is getting to sleep - sometimes 4, 4:30, 5 a.m.).

Its a vitamin. Our bodies produce it naturally, but less as we age. You will get 8 hours of sleep with it!

she mixed up night and day. She was going blind and she couldn't tell whether it was day or night. She only needed it for 2 weeks and was back on schedule. Her doctor told me about it back in 1996.

Come to think about it, maybe I should get some. I sleep an hour, then wide awake for 1 to 2 hours, then back to sleep for a couple minutes then wide awake again.This goes on all night long.

On second thought, I could just keep the 'puter running all night. Then when I'm awake, I can start working. That always puts me to sleep.

It seems unlikely that it would counteract BCP but you might call your pharmacist and ask.

My husband used to use it when he was in the Air Force and getting sent overseas a lot. It helped him overcome the jet lag more quickly. But then, he didn't have to worry about getting pregnant!

This tests what you retain when shown something for brief time. The web site instructions are in Japanese, so read below!

1. Touch 'start'
2. Wait for countdown... 3, 2, 1.
3. Memorize the number's position on the screen, and then click the circles in order from the smallest number to the biggest number.
4. At the end of game, the computer will tell you the age of your brain.

This tests what you retain when shown something for brief time. The web site instructions are in Japanese, so read below!

1. Touch 'start'
2. Wait for countdown... 3, 2, 1.
3. Memorize the number's position on the screen, and then click the circles in order from the smallest number to the biggest number.
4. At the end of game, the computer will tell you the age of your brain.

To those of you that replied regarding my sister's 4-year-old son having a brain tumor, Thank you. 

Although there was a case here where a woman, after her child died, stole over a million from her employer and lost it through compulsive gambling and then committed suicide.  In her case, she had always been an upstanding member of the community and had no prior history of gambling.  Perhaps anger, stress, and grief contributed to temporary insanity and then appalled by what she had done, she killed herself.  Everybody that knew her was just stunned.

I was always told it kills brain cells.  I always believed that because I thought my ex was walking proof! lol.  Does it really rejuvinate them? I too believe in its usage for medicinal purposes.  Back in the day (waaaaay back) I smoked it once when I had an excruciating toothache (cuz that always happens on weekends when the dentist is closed!) and it relaxed me enough to tolerate the pain.  It was either that or I was going to overdose on Tylenol, Motrin, whatever I could find cuz they weren't working for crap.  I also did it once when I had an earache. (again waaaay back in the day).  It works wonders.  Doesn't take the pain away but makes it tolerable.  I definitely am against using it for recreation.  When my ex was getting high it was like walking on pins and needles around him.  He was wonderful when he was high but when he wasn't he was just the biggest a-hole!

snorting the crack OUR parents didn't teach us about!

Geesh -- why always so quick to blame the parents?  This kid is 14 years old and knew better than to do this.  She chose to do it anyway, just like so many others before her time chose to get up knocked up, strung out on drugs, become an alcoholic, etc. 

Yes, the kid screwed up, but that's what kids do.  Didn't you ever have a friend who stole a car in high school or got caught cheating and ended up expelled?  It's not the end of the world, but spreading it all over the media could very well push this kid over the edge and cause her to hurt herself.  She obviously is looking for attention or affection.  This is certainly not going to help her.