subject: Your Bedroom Can Provide A Natural Insomnia Cure [print this page] Your Bedroom Can Provide A Natural Insomnia Cure
When you look for a ntural insomnia cure don't go to the pharmacist or your doctor. Begin by looking critically at your bedroom. Here are som basic but important essentials you should get right first.Allergies: Those that are allergic to animals should not let a pet into the bedroom, ever. If you have problems breathing - or if you are asthmatic - throw out textiles (deep carpets and upholstered chairs) - this will minimise house mites. Also buy a mite - proof mattress and bedding. Temperature: Warm bedrooms can make you sleep worse, whilst cool room will make your sleep better. A cool and not stuffy bedroom is so much better.Light: It is important to keep the bedroom dark. Light too early in the morning can wake you up before you have had a good nights sleep. If you need to get up at night to go the toilet, avoid turning on bright bathroom light.Put a small torch by the bed, or plug in a night light. A bright alarm clock should be facing away from you!Noise: The more quiet you can make your bedroom the better. Loud alarms should not be in the bedroom, gurgling radiators fixed and traffic noise eliminated.If it is impossible to make it quiet enought you may want to look at an ioniser. It creates a relaxing background noise that cancels traffic noise, and it will make the air easier to breathe.The bed itself: A bed which does not suit you might make your sleep suffer because your back hurts. Buy the best mattress you can afford, fairly firm and well supported. An adjustable bed is by many thought to be the best, but unfortunately they cost more.As for pillows sleep experts say that you should be low, but do use common sense. If you sleep well with several pillows - then don't change.Smells: Both the smell of food and cigarette smoke can disrupt your sleep. If you eat in bed take the leftovers out of the bedroom - a smell of hamburgers is not conductive to good sleep! Nicotine is a stimulant, and the smell of stale msoke will cling to your bedding and curtains. Final Word: Really try to keep TVs out of the bedroom. This room should be associated with relaxation, with sex and with sleep, and nothing else.
