From teas to topical creams to herbal supplements, these natural sleep aids and insomnia treatments will help you fall asleep easily without traditional sleeping pills. I explain the different types of natural sleep remedies, what situations to use them for and how they stack up against hormones like melatonin for sleep.

I often struggle when my head hits the pillow.

My mind races. Volatile fidgeting commences. And soon I’m back on the old insomnia merry-go-round, where fear of not being able to fall asleep becomes its own self-fulfilling prophecy.

I’ve been here many times before.

Back when I was a hyperactive child, I had so much trouble winding down at the end of the day that my parents often resorted to a cocktail of melatonin, valerian root drops, and catnip (which has the opposite effect on humans than it does on felines) to get me to sleep.

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