Any success using Valerian root as a sleep aide?

Christine1984

Yes I have used Valerain 2 sleep and it worked marvelously. i heard take 1 pill of Calcium with the valerian and u can sleep like a baby. I heard this from my dad. who is certified in all natural health and medicine. but u can not use valerian long term. thats why im on xanax, 2 go 2 bed, cause i deal with bipolar.

melanie in mary

Christine, I will try taking it with the calcium. Thanks for the info! How long is it safe to take, do you know? I just purchased a bottle yesterday. Thanks!

cj313

i have used valerian too, if you can get it past your nose first. it smells like old rotting socks. but it did work well for for a time. i'm now on ambien and that works alot better.

cj

squarebox

I use Valerian occasionally when I have trouble falling asleep. It works great for me!

Christine1984

melanie, i dont know that answer, but my doctor said a few months is okay, but try not 2 use it on a daily basis. and 2 the other guy ambien is the worst drug 2 use. highly addictive & very hard to get off.

mgray

Christine 1984,

It must depend on individual body chemistries. I have been on Ambien since the first of the year. I have a dependency in that I cannot sleep if I do not take it. I do not have an addicition because I have stopped several times. I had to suffer through a couple of days of rebound insomnia but that was all. I had no addictive need to return to Ambien. I coldly (unemotionally) chose to return to Ambien because it helps me sleep better than Lunesta, Trazadone and all of the others.