Welcome to “Your Best Sleep Aid”

I still remember those sleepless nights, though they were a while ago. Having sleep problems, especially with the emotional or physical problems that cause it is nothing you forget quickly. When I found out there wasn’t a site that discusses the issue in a simple, non formal language and mentions existing solutions, I decided to start this blog.

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Your bed misses you

Now I am sure all of you sleepless people wish for a one quick magic solution and this is where I have to disappoint you, I don’t have it. There might be one for you but finding your best sleep aid is a journey, and you know what, even after you find it, it might not do the magic for the guy next to you. This reminds me of something I read in Penelope’s Leach great book “Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five”. She discusses the crying baby and how to make the crying go away. Her brilliant observation (proven to be true with my own kids) is that once you are done trying every method you can think of, your baby is done crying.

Sleeping is crucial to us. It affects every aspect of our lives, from how we feel to how we look. From how well our immune system functions to how active our metabolism is. Needless to say, it greatly affects our performance, in work and with our family. To those who have kids, try to remember that morning, after a sleepless night, you went (totally) ballistic over a minor thing your kid was doing, something you might consider absolutely charming and irresistible in most other situations. To those who don’t have kids (yet), the same applies to your partner, your boss, the guy in the store, your mom calling to nag you – the list is virtually endless.

By now you probably wonder how bad my problem was and what made it go away. Well, I can say that I had a year of sleeping very little. It was part of a very hard period. I was having emotional issues and on top of that I had big back problems. The change was slow and gradual and involved getting better emotionally while having physical therapy for my back. I wish that back then I had better access to information about sleeping problems and available sleeping aids. I am sure that at least part of the suffering could have been handled and reduced. Coming back to my base line was great. Yet, it is not the normal base line, I still like to go to bed late and have a hard time falling asleep. What helped with further improving my sleep was a more balanced life style (easier said then done) and the ultimate “cure” – having two young and charming kids around the house.

So? Can you help me find my best sleep aid?

I do hope this site will help you find your best sleep aid. It will do so by collecting relevant information and listing relevant products. It will also be a place to discuss and see what other people are going through. From my experience, knowing other people have the same problems and getting an advice or just sympathy from people who have been through the same problems is already half of the cure.

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