[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Boris555', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', 'I')'m menopausal and have been finding it somewhat difficult to stay asleep lately. I've heard it can be quite a problem for menopausal women. I'm getting lots of fresh air and exercise these days (with my new dog), also gym workouts, swimming and bellydancing. I've never taken a sleeping pill in my life and I don't want to start now. Herbal teas don't make any difference.

[katkinkate]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Boris555', '.')..So when you can, don't try to force sleep. Go with what your body wants whenever you can.

[davep]

I got my new batch of 3mg melatonin through yesterday (you can't get it without a prescription in France or Germany) thanks to biovea.com.

I slept like a baby for the first time in a long time last night

[Quinny]

PCE is the best sedative I know - sleep like a baby - even better than alcohol.

[Rogozhin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'J')ust so you know Tex I was going to use this as my new tag,
Don't build a bunker and find that it's a prison.

But I've been around so long I guess I can't access my true identity.

At any rate kudos for a good line.


For Brat, I'd suggest you take either a little time away from the board to do something you feel satisfying in a material sense. This is like talking at the bar or coffee shop only less so.

Stop tapping about stuff tonight, do something about that stuff tomorrow, then tell us if you don't sleep better tomorrow night.

[bodigami]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ainan', 'I') rarely have problems sleeping, such is the advantage of being a misanthropist. Bring it on!

[rangerone314]

I find that in organizing my "doomstead" that I am dedicating a portion of my gardening efforts to a Japanese garden in the center of the property that will be aesthetically pleasing and relaxing to be in.

The various permaculture guilds have certain plants overlapping into the Japanese garden area... like the willow tree/blueberry guild shares azaleas and rhododentrons and Japanese irises with the Japanese garden. So think a circle (Japanese garden) surrounded by overlapping circles (the other guilds).

This spring I'm even going to get a stone lantern and construct and paint a red Japanese gate "torii". I may end up growing much of my own food but a certain portion of the land is going to be for beauty. No reason why powerdown has to be a horror.

[Ludi]

I hope you can show us some photos of the garden as it develops, ranger.

[StormBringer]

Well I found a good cure for my sleeping problem ...............

I went and got Birth control pills...........

Now you ask how that helps

I drop one in my teen daughters orange juice and I sleep so much better..............LOL

Just joking

[BigTex]

If you want to approach the insomnia/depression/anxiety/PTSD problem from a different angle, study this device:

http://www.alpha-stim.com/

I have had one for about three years and it works quite well for a variety of ailments, both mental and physical. The website has a lot of interesting research which I encourage you to read and evaluate for yourself.

The question is not whether it SHOULD work, the question is whether is DOES work, and I have seen good results.

Don't get bogged down with the fact that it seems kind of dumb.

There are a few psychiatrists and psychologists around the country using this technology in their practice, but most respond the way a psychiatrist friend of mine did when I told him about it.

After listening to me patiently as I described the device and its effects, he nodded and said: "Hmm, that's interesting. Now, if I have my patients use it, will I also have to start ending my sessions by saying 'Na-Nu Na-Nu'?"

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I') hope you can show us some photos of the garden as it develops, ranger.

[Serial_Worrier]

rangerone314 - what will do to protect your estate when the zombie hordes come a callin'?

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', 'r')angerone314 - what will do to protect your estate when the zombie hordes come a callin'?

[jupiters_release]

rangerone,

I like the sound of your setup especially the torii idea. Do you know what you'll do if the National Guard comes to confiscate firearms or resources during martial law?

[SeaGypsy]

Reading this I wonder if such preps may run foul of the last vestiges of government?

I know for a fact that strategic forward planning in a military command involves a very early stage of 'Uprooting Free Radicals'.

I am not in a militarized prep mode partly for this reason.

If I am part of whatever remnant of Government remains; I will be well armed and informed (?). In an emergency one can assume all healthy men of conscription age and 'moral fortitude' will be called into service.

On the other hand if I have a nicely prepared bunker station yet am isolated from the local establishment I may just find myself on the end of a 'pre-emptive' strike; from the best equipped personnell on the planet.

Does this make sense?

[misterno]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Quinny', 'P')CE is the best sedative I know - sleep like a baby - even better than alcohol.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jupiters_release', 'r')angerone,

I like the sound of your setup especially the torii idea. Do you know what you'll do if the National Guard comes to confiscate firearms or resources during martial law?

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', '
')With the layout I'm planning, people will be S.O.L. if they don't have some serious hardware

[Serial_Worrier]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', '
')With the layout I'm planning, people will be S.O.L. if they don't have some serious hardware

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', '
')With the layout I'm planning, people will be S.O.L. if they don't have some serious hardware