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I take something to help with nightmares, so does that count?

No. Never again will I ever touch that shit. I only sleep natural these days.

GrandConjuraton posted...

I take something to help with nightmares, so does that count?

Sure why not?

Tyranthraxus posted...

No. Never again will I ever touch that shit. I only sleep natural these days.

I friggin wish I could sleep without any aid. If I don't take my pills, I don't get tired until 1am or later. I didn't start taking pills until 2019 and they help so much. Even with my pills it can take 30+ minutes for me to fall asleep.

10mg melatonin every night I got work in the morning.

I used to, but I somehow inadvertently trained myself that playing Slay the Spire in bed means it's time for my brain to turn off. Sleep within ten minutes guaranteed.

Which is weird because I can drop hours on that game easy any other time.

Ive had various sleep-related issues that have come and gone but falling asleep was never a problem

Not atm I ran out of those motrin pm thingies.
They make me pass out within like 2 hours

GeminiDeus posted...

I friggin wish I could sleep without any aid. If I don't take my pills, I don't get tired until 1am or later. I didn't start taking pills until 2019 and they help so much. Even with my pills it can take 30+ minutes for me to fall asleep.

The problem is the pills. It took me years to figure out I'd become dependent on the pills to sleep. If I didn't take them, I didn't sleep. Period. Nothing I tried to do worked until I finally decided to go cold turkey.

After what can only be described as the most miserable week of my life (awake for 5 consecutive days) I finally began sleeping normally again.

And I will never touch that shit again.

Never used any sort of medication, so no.

10-15mg of melatonin gummies on work nights. I would say light beer but it has its own negatives.

Dont need it. I work 2nd shift and go to sleep late, fall asleep within 5 minutes and wake up naturally when fully rested. Best schedule ever with a full time job.

No specific bedtimes and no alarm clocks.

I have 3mg melatonin chewables I break into a quarter piece to take, but I only take one as an emergency.

I used to; still would if they had any effect on me now. But apparently I've built up so much of an immunity to them that I have to take two or three times the recommended dosage just to feel kinda groggy the first time I lay down. And then I wake up two hours later anyway.

GeminiDeus posted...

I friggin wish I could sleep without any aid. If I don't take my pills, I don't get tired until 1am or later. I didn't start taking pills until 2019 and they help so much. Even with my pills it can take 30+ minutes for me to fall asleep.

Sounds like you dont get enough exercise.

Glob posted...

you dont get enough exercise.

i face this issue. but i don't have sleep problems.

i really should be doing more of it tbh just unsafe if i leave the house (i regret not having a upstairs apartment).

once i get my life on track, will be doing more exercise (getting there but not completely. a couple more steps to go).

I tried OTC pills a long ass time ago, don't remember the brand/type but the dose was two pills. First time I only took half a dose (one pill) because I didn't know how it would affect me. It didn't do anything. Second time I took a full dose, laid down on a couch, my muscles went completely lax, I could feel my heartrate slowing down but I couldn't move and I didn't really fall asleep any easier so it was more like sleep paralysis than anything else.

Never touched them again after that. And have always had sleep problems come to think of it. Oh well.

I tried melatonin. Made me "sleepy" but didn't put me to sleep. Did make my sleep deeper though, but that's not what I need.

kingdrake2 posted...

i face this issue. but i don't have sleep problems.

i really should be doing more of it tbh just unsafe if i leave the house (i regret not having a upstairs apartment).

once i get my life on track, will be doing more exercise (getting there but not completely. a couple more steps to go).

Why is it unsafe for you to leave your house?

5mg of Melatonin on work nights

No.

I take three prescription medications known to cause drowsiness, which react synergistically with each other. One is prescribed off label for sleep.

I take doxylamine succinate at the moment. Stuff works quite well.

I get infrequent bouts of insomnia sometimes. More frequent if anxiety is bad; but whenever it happens I basically can't sleep without something like ZQuil and even then I have to time things carefully. Have to lie in bed and read until I notice myself having trouble focusing on the words and then go to bed right then and there. If I don't I'll miss the window and won't fall asleep for like an hour or more.

No

i dont take sleeping medicine, tho my lisiniprol might help

get naturally tired but years ago I used to take melatonin

Uta posted...

I get infrequent bouts of insomnia sometimes. More frequent if anxiety is bad; but whenever it happens I basically can't sleep without something like ZQuil and even then I have to time things carefully. Have to lie in bed and read until I notice myself having trouble focusing on the words and then go to bed right then and there. If I don't I'll miss the window and won't fall asleep for like an hour or more.

Yup that window shuts quite quickly.

Or worse yet you sleep for like 15 minutes...and then your completely fucked.

That window is something Ive noticed as well. Some medicine makes me fidgety if I miss the window, like antihistamines.

Some time I take a Tylenol PM. Wheni can't get to sleep but its is rare I don't want get hooked.

No, I don't want to be dependent on a drug just to sleep. Been there done that. My problem was never that I had difficulty sleeping, it's that I always wanted to be sleeping, so my sleep schedule was very inconsistent and inconvenient.

kind9 posted...

No, I don't want to be dependent on a drug just to sleep. Been there done that. My problem was never that I had difficulty sleeping, it's that I always wanted to be sleeping, so my sleep schedule was very inconsistent and inconvenient.

Yup, that will fuck you up.
Napping is nice, but it can mess your system up.

Usually melatonin every night but as the work week goes on, i can sometimes just nod off.

Now if i have a super early midnight shift, Melatonin + Zzzquil in the afternoon, and im out colder than a block of ice.

Glob posted...

Why is it unsafe for you to leave your house?

no curtains. people look into house.

it's a dumb reason. i need to invest into one more ring camera for my living room.

(it's a low crime city i live in but it does happen).

Melatonin and ZZZ-Quil. I sleep great.