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  2. Insomnia: What Exactly Is It & How Do I Treat It? - AOL

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    One example of a circadian rhythm change is the release of the hormone melatonin. As it gets darker, your body makes melatonin, which promotes sleep. On the other hand, light in the morning lowers ...

  3. Sleep Experts Reveal the #1 Way to Conquer Your Nightmares - AOL

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    Sleep experts weigh in with ways for adults to stop having nightmares. Not sure if your bad dreams will ever go away? Sleep experts weigh in with ways for adults to stop having nightmares.

  4. What You Really Need To Know About Melatonin Before Taking It ...

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    While melatonin is generally considered safe, it can have side effects or interfere with medication. Here's how and when to use this sleep-promoting supplement, according to experts.View Entire ...

  5. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia - Wikipedia

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    Biofeedback has been shown to be an effective treatment for insomnia and is listed in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine treatment guidelines. This form of therapy includes visual or auditory feedback of e.g. EEG or EMG activity. This can help insomnia patients to control their physiological arousal. [4] [38]

  6. Melatonin as a medication and supplement - Wikipedia

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    Melatonin may be useful in the treatment of delayed sleep phase syndrome. [9] Melatonin is known to reduce jet lag, especially in eastward travel. However, if it is not taken at the correct time, it can instead delay adaptation. [30] Melatonin appears to have limited use against the sleep problems of people who work shift work. [31]

  7. Sleep disorder - Wikipedia

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    [42] Hypnotherapy has also helped with nightmares and sleep terrors. There are several reports of successful use of hypnotherapy for parasomnias [43] [44] specifically for head and body rocking, bedwetting and sleepwalking. [45] Hypnotherapy has been studied in the treatment of sleep disorders in both adults [45] and children. [46]

  8. Opinion: You might want to rethink taking melatonin as a ...

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    We need to dispel the myth that melatonin is an effective sleep aid and instead spread awareness about a treatment that is proven to help with insomnia: cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia ...

  9. Delayed sleep phase disorder - Wikipedia

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    Side effects of melatonin may include sleep disturbance, nightmares, daytime sleepiness, and depression, though the current tendency to use lower doses has decreased such complaints. Large doses of melatonin can even be counterproductive: Lewy et al. [ 48 ] provide support to "the idea that too much melatonin may spill over onto the wrong zone ...