Globalres

Once I was given Ambien when I took a heart drug that gave me insomnia. Well, well, after 2 months of using only 2,5-5mg of Ambien, when I tried to quit I got rebound insomnia which is worse than the original insomnia I got the pills from the doc in the first place. Doc was happy to continue prescribing, but I wanted to quit. Took me 3 months to wean off, most awful time I have ever had as regards sleeping. I now still have problems falling asleep, not every day but around 3 times per week. I am 75 yrs old and have NEVER had sleeping issues in my life before this damned heart medication that I was able to quit after 6 weeks, but that was enough to get me hooked on Ambien. i purchased a homeopathic sleeping pill which you melt under your tongue. For me it works very well and it’s not habit forming. It’s called “SleepCalm” by a French company called Boiron. You can also try Valerian root, GABA pills. Melatonin 2mg did nothing for me. Extra Magnesium did not help either even though Magnesium Glycinate or Magnesium Acetyl Taurinate is touted to do so. Guess we are all different so have to find our own way. BUT I will NEVER again use a prescription sleeping aid again, it’s pure poison especially when you try to quit. Any prescription “Z” sleep drug is habit forming - stay away. (Ambien=Zolpidem).

1000mg of magnesium glycinate is far too much. 400mg is enough per day, you should not really exceed this. Too much magnesium has the opposite reaction, it keeps you awake rather than make you feel sleepy.

As n00dle said, herbicides or air pollution, what a choice! 6 of 1 half dozen of the other. Before getting industries involved in CO2 reduction (crazy idea), why not clean up all the plastics, GMO’s, waste from industries being allowed to enter waterways, geo-engineering etc and more. Maybe tax incentives for agro industries to deploy other methods than burning using sustainable methods rather than exchanging one poison for another.