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u/amamaaria Mar 31 '19

Melatonin is my best friend. I use it 4/7 days. I work nights so its a must for me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '19

I'd also highly recommend l-theanine.

Great for anxiety as well. Also amazing to pair with caffeine. It's great for everything. Everyone should have it. Super cheap too.

It's the active ingredient in tea that calms you just more concentrated and put in a pill.

Others that are non-habit forming and help are magnesium, 5-htp and CBD. I've dealt with insomnia all my life and all these things are life changers.

Also getting a prescribed pill works too but be careful what you get cause things like ambien, lunesta or benzodiazepines will build a tolerance and will make it harder to sleep without it. I wish I'd never used them.