Snoring sometimes indicates sleep apnea . Severe snoring and daytime sleepiness can be evaluated by your physician or a sleep clinic. Use sleep aids with caution . It is often advisable to try several or all of the above before taking prescription or over the counter sleep medicines, herbs or supplements. Seeing your doctor first to rule out other health or unsuspected causes of sleep problems and to identify proper treatment is best.
Some therapists can give good advice in tailoring an individualized plan to improve sleep.
Depression and anxiety are common causes of sleep disorders. The use of even over the counter or herbal medicines and remedies for sleep should be monitored by a knowledgeable physician. See my medication charts for further information. Too often neither the youth nor the parent is aware of or considers the several necessary steps in the process of getting homework assignments, doing the assignment, and turning it in. Grades are often hurt by this very scenario, especially as youth move into middle school and high school and can even lead to failure at college and later.