Vitamin B6 supports brain function, helps produce neurotransmitters, and assists in red blood cell formation. Because of these benefits, some people take supplements in doses far exceeding the recommended daily allowance (RDA), hoping to improve mood, reduce anxiety, or manage neuropathic pain. The RDA for adults is about 1.3 to 2 mg per day, but some supplements provide doses of 50 mg or more, sometimes reaching several hundred milligrams daily.

Falling asleep should be as natural and easy as letting gravity pull you down a slide, but sometimes it isn't. In these cases, the first step in fixing the problem is making sure that you aren't taking something that causes the problem.

Sleep anxiety is the nightmare scenario where fearing that you won't get good sleep causes you to not get good sleep.