I have found a cure for my insomnia

Even if this is an advert (which I doubt, because there's no link) it sounds like something I should try. I always wake up with a headache and take a couple of hours before I can function in the mornings.

Lavender is a great sleep aid but take care not to overdo it, as it can cause over-relaxation of the muscles.

I use Neom Good Nights Sleep hand cream, face oil and pillow mist. Even if I do not sleep all the way through I find these products very relaxing.

They also do reed diffusers and candles in the same fragrance, all natural, vegan and bunny free

I will supply details of where I got mine if anyone wants it. I did not put in the original post for that reason.

Littleflo thank you for your post. I too am waking about 1am and finding it very difficult to get back to sleep. This morning it was 4am before I got back off, and I now still have headache.
I do use a This works sleep spray, but don’t use it during the night as it would wake my DH. I’ve also bought some magnesium glycinate tablets to try.

littleflo

I will supply details of where I got mine if anyone wants it. I did not put in the original post for that reason.

Yes please littleflo.
If you could give a link that would be great.

Just recently I sleep very soundly having returned to a childhood night time ritual - having a small cup of warm milk and Horlicks an hour or so before my bedtime ...

The company is called Arran Sense of Scotland. When you register it is worth signing up for the newsletter as they have really good offers. I usually wait for the free postage offers, but the do discounts as welll.

Many years ago a good friend bought me some soap and body lotion called After the Rain from the Arran sense company.
I have used it occasionally ever since and have gifted it to others.
I shall now check their website.
Thankyou OP.x

I love After the rain, it is gently wafting over me as I sit here. I spray my bed with the mister which I got as a free gift

I have looked them up. Unfortunately they charge £25 for delivery to Europe. And they use FedEx! I haven't seen a FedEx delivery van for years here in Germany and never in our area. No wonder delivery is expensive. And when it arrives I'd probably have to pay the same again in customs duties (Thanks to Brexit)

They may as well send it on a gold horse-drawn coach.

I have found another company that does something similar but it may not be as good. I can order it from Amazon. It still comes from the UK but Amazon deals with the customs and delivery. I'll order it and let you know if it works.

I am sure that it is the combination rather than the supplier that is important. As you say others that do it, good luck

Beware of postal/custom charges! I ordered a second hand piano book at cost of £2 from Wales. I do not live in UK and postal charge was extra £10. Now I have notification of need to pay VAT on said item ( now valued at 18 euro) and an admin fee so another 10 euro. Madness and Brexit related.

I started using a lavender spray on my pillow about a month ago and find myself getting to sleep much more quickly!

How spooky that this thread should pop up today. I have been looking at this website and am very tempted to try one of their pillow sprays....https://www.pillowsprays.co.uk/

I use a pillow spray and also a magnesium spray on my body…plus some moisturiser to help it be less sticky. Really helps with me staying asleep and when I forget I often wake in the small hours!

Yes please share. I to suffer from insomnia.

I sleep very badly. No that's bad grammar. I sleep well when I do it but not for long enough. I am tryin KIND patches and they work a bit. I have given up alcohol for a month to see if it has any effect.

I wondered about using a spray on my pillows but concerned that it would mark the pillow slips. All our bedding is plain white. ????

littleflo

I have real difficulty sleeping. I come wide awake about 2am an then lay there for three or four hours.

I saw a recommendation for long lasting diffusers from a company in Scotland and bought them. They are wonderful. Then I saw that they do lots of other products too.

I bought Camomile and Lavender body lotion. I rubbed into my neck, shoulders hands and feet. Went to bed at midnight and woke at 6 feeling refreshed. Best of all no banging headache which I have every morning. I am sure I will be able to recover what I spend by saving on pain killers.

I can quite understand why camomile and lavendar lotion would help you off to sleep. I used to buy Lush sleepy baby for my grandchildren once they were around six months and it did help. It was rubbed on soles of their feet.
Nowadays when I wake up at 1 or 2am, an often occurrence, I put the radio on at lowish volume on a verbal podcast and I find it sends me off to sleep in around 10 minutes so if I wake up a couple of hours later I put same podcast back on and try to hear it this time. I generally fall asleep again in around 10 minutes

Melatonin, malatonin, melatonin. Here in France you can buy at the chemist without prescription.
If I am struggling to sleep this knocks me out flat.
I don't think it's a "pharmaceutical" as such , so not a sleeping drug? It's a hormone that occurs naturally in the body to enable or accompagny normal sleep.
Not for everyone obvs.

I would need supercharged lavender to help me sleep! Honestly I think it’s the placebo effect, it doesn’t make logical sense for plant smells to make people sleep. But I do spray it on my pillow because it’s such a nice smell. I need medication to actually help me sleep though.

Buttonjugs, I think you may be wrong there. It seems that hop-pickers get very sleepy when they're working and hops are known for their sleep-inducing smell. I must give it a try some time.

I find if I have a headache coming on before bed, I use a little tiger balm around my cheek bones, eye sockets & temples & maybe a little under my nose. I find the headache soon disappears. I
Will try some of these treatments on here- as they sound lovely. Sometimes tks have some nice lavender sprays- only buy the organic stuff in there & only if it’s sealed & a good price 😊