What is the best OTC sleep aid??

Diphenhydramine aka Benadryl

DIPHENHYDRAMINE. This is the generic equivalent to the main ingredient in Benadryl, also the ingredient they put in Tylenol PM and most other expensive sleep aids to make you drowsy. It is marketed as an antihistamine and a sleep aide, so look for generics in both sections. Average dose for sleep is 25-50mg. It is not addictive, and the first thing most doctors recommend when you go to them with sleep complaints. The cheapest I have found is at Wal-Mart. It is a little bottle of generic sleep medicine (liquid filled capsules). You get 30 - 50mg liquid-caps for about $3.50. SAME STUFF as the high priced stuff. Of course, if you are just beginning to use it, try 25mg first.

I take Advil Pm, but I don't take 2 I only take 1 and I don't have the drugged out feeling the next morning...

You should wait until all other options are exghausted (no pun inteded) (SP) before you go to pills, and be careful on the dosage I took 2 tylenole PM one time and I had to skip school because I wasn't able to wake myself.

I use tylenol PM but WATCH what you take like poster mentioned above... for example...if I take 2 capsules, I am druggy for the next half day. Now I take 1.5...break one in half and it works perfectly. Try to figure out what is causing your sleep loss ....using sleep aids isn't fun because eventally it will effect your liver.

If you want to stay with organic substances then pick up some Melatonin supplements. This is the naturally occurring substance produced in the body the promotes relaxation and sleep. It is also the substance in turkey that makes you sleep after that Thanksgiving dinner. Hope this helps.

This one is non-drug - a naturally occuring substance- I don't know what it is called in the US but the active ingredient is ... i've thrown out the packet but its doxylamine (may not be spelt correctly) succinate. They work. Also the anti-histamines which *do* make you drowsy- promethazine hydrochloride is one. Will also help your allergies! i think they might be safer to take than paracetemol- depends how much you are taking them.