News of Sleep Disorders

anyone know of any good herbal sedatives beside stinky valerian root which i wasted my money on?

I used to suffer severe nightmares all about a particular person being hurt. There was one very vivid one that only occurred once where at the end of the dream I'd run into a room and find this person dying and I had to hide from the person who was chasing me, and I had blood all over me.
The regular nightmares went away 2 years ago.
However, recently I dreamed the end of that ...

Definition
Insomnia is the feeling of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following: trouble falling asleep (Initial Insomnia); trouble remaining asleep through the night (Middle Insomnia); waking up too early (Terminal Insomnia); or unrefreshing sleep. These can all lead to daytime drowsiness, poor concentration and the inability to feel refreshed and rested upon awakening.

Insomnia is not defined by the hours of sleep a person gets or how long it ...

For years.

Last night I stayed up until about 7:30 in the morning, work at 9:45... Luckily, I just keep my own hours and it's not important as long as I don't go over 40 a week at my job... I have come in later than usual before ("errands?")...

I've been like this for years. It's probably part of depression/dysthymia/AvPD or whatever the hell to call it, me. Besides depression, the others don't seem like ...

How can some1 who lives outside of the US but (onata (I don't mean those frauds who sell fake meds).

Is it normal or not? I have heard that normal sleep duration is 8-9 hours. What du u think about it? TIA

How do you keep a full time job? I keep losing jobs because I can't fall asleep when I need to in order to wake up on time.

When I have to get up early the next day, I have trouble falling asleep that night. Also, if I don't go to bed as soon as I get tired, then I won't be able to sleep when I do go to bed. I don't think my habit of watching TV right before bed is helping me.

Hi.
I will do research on the links suggested by Chris in is post "a guide to all sleep disorders". But in the mean time, here is what is happening:

I need help with sleep. I am falling asleep fine. But I am not getting a restful sleep. I feel I am just dozing and being on the edge of sleep most of the night. I am very tired while I'm in bed, my mind ...

Hi I'm Lily and I'm an insomniac.

This sounds like an AA meeting. Lol.

Well, I'm almost 19 and I've had insomnia since spring of my junior year of high school. During the school year I go to sleep around 1, 2 a.m. But during the summer, especially this summer, I usually don't get to sleep untill around 5.......6.........7 a.m. And wake up around 12 lunch. I know I should sleep and need it but ...