[srgallan]

Hi,

I am curious to hear if anyone came across a successful routine to help them sleep. I had been doing the standard of avoiding all stimulants before bed, no sugar, caffeine and etc.. to no success.

Was put back on Elavil and still could not sleep.

So recently I have been doing some different routines at home to make up a sleep plan. I came across one that works for me and I was curious if anyone else tried this and their thoughts?

I came across some internet info about blocking the blue light spectrum to allow your body to produce melatonin. I had read many positive experiences from people so decided to get some glasses that filtered that out and put them on 2 hours before bed each night. With a busy family we have a lot of lights and electronics on in the evening.

At bed time I have all the lights off and put on my MP3 player on with binaural beats playing, specifically in the Delta wave for 30 minutes. I have been sleeping like a baby since and feel well rested. It's still early to state success (few days) as it could be a placebo type effect, however after months of insomnia I am optimistic.

Anyone experiment with this? Any thoughts if listening to Binaural beats might be difficult on the injured brain? From what I understand you basically get sound at different frequencies; 310 hz in left and 314 hz in right for example making your brain interpret a 4hz signal for deep sleep in the delta wave.