The way to get the mind off thoughts at night is not with alcohol or pills, as millions seem to resort to. Thousands of people are now finding that years’ over-use of sleep medications no longer help them stay asleep at night. Their bodies have reached the saturation point or tolerance level that renders sleep medications ineffective.
And interestingly, at night when some folks can’t sleep, guess what? They turn on the TV and voila, and advertisement for a newer sleep medication comes on at 2:00 am in the morning. How convenient!
For a percentage of these sleep deprived people – let us call them lucky – they have access to more enlightened doctors and practitioners who may steer them away from the latest commercial toward more alternative ways to get that much needed sleep including but not limited to:
- herbal teas
- food supplements
- purified waters
- eating the right foods
- changing habits & activities
- acupuncture treatments
- massage therapy,
- physical therapy
- cranial-sacral therapy
- sound therapy
Today, we are seeing doctors who find their patients respond to a sound therapy solution, are themselves buying these products to try for themselves. There could be many reasons to seriously look into the sound therapy way.
As for other patients who may not have the options of alternatives presented to them, they are undeniably under served. To investigate beyond official advice may be the hardest part.
We in no way advise any patient to reject anyone who is professionally qualified and licensed to prescribe medications, but we are saying here to be more critical and aware of the system that puts 1000’s of drugs at your disposal for any malady, purely to make a profit.
The fact that there are no known risks in using sound therapy, could be a big factor for the growing interest into music and sound therapy technology.
Sound therapy is non-intrusive, cost-effective and readily available without a prescription. And let us not forget the one beneficial side effect that sound therapy can and may offer the sleep deprived brain: The listener may find themselves sleeping for the first time in years.
When selecting a sleep CD or meditation music CD the listener discovers that there are thousands of titles to choose from, which can be time consuming and decision making difficult and confusing.
So naturally, the best path is to start with your personal intuitions combined with some pragmatism when making a new venture into preparing your self for better sleep. This first step to break the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical hold on your attention is to see through the heavy marketing and advertising by the drug companies and realize that the underlying message is to make lessor advertised options look less effective. But this messaging must be proven for you rather than assumed as truth.
Just know there are better, more natural options to getting better sleep, and don’t assume more gloss and nicer commercials means “good health”.