The Best Over-the-Counter Sleep Aids (2026), Tested and Reviewed

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These were effective, but not arsenic consistently truthful arsenic the supra picks. I'd inactive promote others to effort since bodies respond otherwise to the progressive ingredients successful these over-the-counter slumber aids.

AGZ Nightly Sleep Support for $99: I tested AGZ's cocoa and mint flavors, which travel with a frother, and you tin blend the pulverization with h2o oregon milk, either lukewarm oregon acold (although I deliberation it tastes the champion with milk, similar a frothy blistery cocoa). The portion doesn't sensation overly saccharine and has a nice, affluent cocoa taste. The premix is melatonin-free, alternatively with adaptogens, herbs, and minerals, including magnesium, vitamin B6, L-theanine, ashwagandha, and calming herbs. Because of the magnesium and L-theanine, my assemblage felt much calm earlier furniture passim testing, but it didn't consistently propulsion maine implicit to full-on sleepiness.

Rebalance Dream Sleep Mints (Melatonin-Free; 31-Pack) for $46: These melatonin-free mints are designed to dilatory dissolve, with earthy sleep-inducing ingredients similar L-theanine, L-tryptophan, GABA, and slow-release Reishi mushroom. You tin instrumentality up to 3 lozenges each night, and it took maine 3 to consciousness immoderate benignant of calming effects. I similar the thought of a slow-melting mint alternative, but I'm presently investigating the mentation with melatonin to spot however it stacks up against the melatonin-free version.

Natrol Melatonin Gummies for $9: These person 10 milligrams of melatonin, which is astir triple the recommended dosage, and they don't person immoderate of the different sleep-boosting ingredients recovered often successful different slumber gummies. The strawberry spirit has benignant of a grainy mouthfeel. But, they are inexpensive and worked efficaciously wrong fractional an hour.

Kona Sea Salt Deep Ocean Magnesium Water Drops for $12: Kona's enactment of slumber and relaxation products usage water magnesium from Hawaii to enactment improved slumber and musculus relaxation. I tried a full big of Kona Sea Salt's Hawaiian h2o products, including Calm Mineral Spa Bath ($8) and Deep Ocean Magnesium Mist ($18), but I recovered the drops to beryllium astir effective, though I inactive regularly spray the magnesium mist earlier bed. You conscionable request to usage 1 driblet per 1 ounce of drinking water, and it supposedly rapidly absorbs into the body, with a big of expected benefits similar regulating the sleep-wake rhythm and promoting deeper slumber without a hangover. It doesn't truly sensation similar thing but somewhat salty, but it didn't present solid, accordant sleepy results similar different picks above.

Osea Vagus Nerve Pillow Mist for $20: This spray aims to make a calming ambiance to assistance modulate and hole the caput and assemblage earlier bed. The longest cranial nervus successful the body, the vagus nervus activates the body's relaxation effect to assistance modulate stress. Each spray of this mist releases a soothing indispensable lipid blend of juniper berry, lavender, citrus beverage tree, chamomile, and Moroccan rosemary to assistance unbend the caput and body. The odor is astir hard to describe—it’s light, with flimsy herbal and citrus notes that made maine privation to douse each of my pillows and furniture linens. It whitethorn person been a placebo effect, but this triggered thing successful maine that made maine consciousness similar I was successful a spa, and I ever felt noticeably much relaxed, cozier, and acceptable for bed.

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Earthing Pillow Cover for $130: This grounding pillowcase is expected to service arsenic a benignant of conduit for Earth's earthy electrons, which are expected to pb to much restful sleep. According to Earthing's website, this electron grounding is expected to “rejuvenate, trim inflammation,” and assistance you “reconnect with the earth.” In actuality, it's a synthetic, plasticky faux-leather pillow screen infused with c pigment, which needs to beryllium plugged successful portion you sleep. There is simply a beardown information warning, and it adjacent comes with an outlet information trial to guarantee it doesn't origin an electrical occurrence portion you sleep. So, that's reassuring. I recovered the faux leather worldly to beryllium mode excessively hot, sticky, and uncomfortable, and I woke up feeling precise overmuch Not Grounded.

ImmunizeLabs DeepSleep Formula for $129: These capsules usage a blend of valerian root, GABA, L-theanine, melatonin, magnesium, glycine, and different ingredients similar amino acids and herbs to beforehand faster slumber onset, trim racing thoughts, unbend the tense system, and enactment a steadfast REM cycle. You'll request to instrumentality 3 capsules astir 30 minutes earlier bed. These worked precise well; I felt sleepy and slept profoundly passim testing. The pills are gigantic, however, and you'll request to instrumentality them 1 astatine a clip (and I could consciousness them successful my esophagus). But much than anything, I can't urge them, due to the fact that they don't springiness the user immoderate elaborate accusation astir the existent serving size of the ingredients. It conscionable lists a “proprietary multi-pathway blend” but doesn't item the fig of ingredients listed. It feels a spot unsafe to not beryllium afloat definite of the amounts of what I’m ingesting. Plus, the terms constituent is flat-out egregious.

Canary Nighttime Nourisher (60-Pack) for $18: I hatred to bash this, due to the fact that each of Canary's products are truthful darn tasty, but I didn't consciousness the effects of these slumber gummies. These vegan tart cherry gummies usage earthy ingredients similar ashwagandha, chamomile, and citrus balm for a much earthy foray into relaxation. Although they are ace tasty (like each gummy supplement I've had from Canary), I didn't consciousness immoderate noticeable sleepy effects portion taking these.

BodyHealth Sleep for $36: A serving size of 3 capsules are enhanced with “Perfect Amino” (BodyHealth gives nary accusation astir what it really is), taurine, vitamin C, L-theanine, L-glycine, 5-HTP (I-5-hydroxytryptophan, which is often utilized for depression, with little grounds for helping insomnia); L-glutamine and GABA (amino acids), and 3 milligrams of melatonin. These equine pills were so hard for maine to swallow, and gave maine acerb reflux symptoms each clip I took them. They whitethorn person helped to summation sleepiness, but I was excessively focused connected my heartburn to notice

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