Thread for Things That Made You Frown Today

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Bigelow Sweet Dreams tea saved my life ... and don't chime in about the placebo effect Latrisnorm, that just ruins it for the people who need help sleeping!

I have pretty good sleep hygiene, it's not about getting to sleep so much as I'll wake up at a strange hour (typically around 2 am) and instead of falling back to sleep I'll have racing thoughts followed by a strong fear or outright panic attack about sleeping in case I randomly die in my sleep. It's not rational and is pretty much exclusively hormonal/chemical. I can call myself down but it's easier to take something that will prevent it from happening in the first place.

Thanks for the suggestion of Unisom, PB. I'll look into it, because there's only so long I can use klonopin or ativan before I'll need to abstain. Klonopin kills my digestive system too, it's hard to eat for basically 24 hours after I take it.

[Androidpk]

I have pretty good sleep hygiene, it's not about getting to sleep so much as I'll wake up at a strange hour (typically around 2 am) and instead of falling back to sleep I'll have racing thoughts followed by a strong fear or outright panic attack about sleeping in case I randomly die in my sleep. It's not rational and is pretty much exclusively hormonal/chemical. I can call myself down but it's easier to take something that will prevent it from happening in the first place.

Thanks for the suggestion of Unisom, PB. I'll look into it, because there's only so long I can use klonopin or ativan before I'll need to abstain. Klonopin kills my digestive system too, it's hard to eat for basically 24 hours after I take it.

Have you tried trazodone or mary jane?

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Have you tried trazodone or mary jane?

I love trees but there are no dispensaries near me and I can't get good stuff consistently. Also since having a kid I'm way more gun shy about having it in my house or anything.

Haven't tried trazodone.

[Androidpk]

Are you in MA still? I think the medicinal dispensaries are opening up this fall IIRC.

Trazodone works great for me. One of the few things I've tried that actually helps. The only drawback was in the first couple of weeks it made my legs feel sore.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Yeah I'm in the Berkshires though, and there's been a LOT of pushback against the dispensaries by a small but effective group. I started going to more meetings and such to try to advocate but it's been pretty rough. We've had a sharp uptick in gang activity and an influx of heroin and people are using that to scare others about legalized weed and the "gateway drug" bullshit.

[Keller]

Nikki - lunesta was my pill of preference when I was dealing with insomnia (aka, transitioning from college to adult life). Never tried Unisom, but multiple doctors told me to stay away from ambien and all recommended lunesta. Huge added bonus is super lucid dreams. Downer is that no dreams after lunesta stack up.

[Allereli]

cut a 10 mg ambien into quarters (2.5 mg), helped me for years, doctors always prescribe doses for women that are more appropriate for very large men. Trazodone is primarily an anti-depressant.

get an accupressure mat from Amazon, they're about $20.

[Androidpk]

Bleh. My hometown, Wakefield, did the same shit with fear mongering and the think of the children spiel. I don't even think Boston will have any dispensaries.

[Androidpk]

cut a 10 mg ambien into quarters (2.5 mg), helped me for years, doctors always prescribe doses for women that are more appropriate for very large men. Trazodone is primarily an anti-depressant.

get an accupressure mat from Amazon, they're about $20.

Yeah but it can also be used for sleep problems. Or at least that is what my doctor told me. It's fast acting, which is nice too.

[Allereli]

Yeah but it can also be used for sleep problems. Or at least that is what my doctor told me. It's fast acting, which is nice too.

yeah, but when there are alternatives made specifically for sleep, I'd rather take those. I'm wary of psychotropics and the fact that they are prescribed way too commonly, but then again sleep aids are, too. I don't take ambien anymore, I was enjoying myself too much/doing stupid things when I didn't go immediately to bed.