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re: Anyone have a “fix” for insomnia?
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:29 am to BluegrassCardinal
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:29 am to BluegrassCardinal
Triazolam (Halcion) has been a miracle drug for me for te past few years and I have not habituated at all. I pair it with melatonin gummies and magnesium and sleep and feel GREAT most mornings.
That said I have onset insomnia which does not seem to be your issue
That said I have onset insomnia which does not seem to be your issue
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Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:34 am to BluegrassCardinal
consider getting some sunlight exposure during the morning hours. earlier the better. it can help circadian rhythm among other things.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:35 am to BluegrassCardinal
Attempt to read Jane Austen books. Always helped put me to sleep.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:36 am to BluegrassCardinal
THC gummies....your welcome
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:38 am to BluegrassCardinal
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You’re angrier than normal today, Mingo. Did your Grindr hookup flake on you?
Didn’t think so… pussy
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:53 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Didn’t think so… pussy
You have more anger issues than a perimenopausal woman. I thought you worked out and had a healthy lifestyle?
Being a heel on TD has to be exhausting. Life’s too short, Mingo.
Pun intended.
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 11:55 am
Posted on 10/30/25 at 11:54 am to BluegrassCardinal
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Being a heel on TD has to be exhausting
I’m not fat and lazy so I have plenty of energy
Posted on 10/30/25 at 12:00 pm to BluegrassCardinal
100 mg of trazodone should have you sleeping like a bear
I take it and I do not feel groggy whatsoever the next day
I take it and I do not feel groggy whatsoever the next day
Posted on 10/30/25 at 12:04 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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I’m not fat and lazy so I have plenty of energy
Blah blah. Your fat insults landed harder when I was chunkier and pushing 260. I’m getting down in weight and will get to 185. Yep, I go to the gym, so lazy don’t hit well either.
Try harder, you angry dwarf
Posted on 10/30/25 at 12:18 pm to BluegrassCardinal
It took a few weeks for the magnesium to kick in and really start helping me sleep and fight those 3 am wakeups. Make sure you lay there even if jusf resting if you wake up to train your body for a consistent bedtime and wakeup.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 12:57 pm to BluegrassCardinal
insomina has 2 subtypes:
1. Sleep-Onset Insomnia: Difficulty Going to Sleep
2. Sleep-Maintenance Insomnia: Difficulty Staying Asleep
Sounds like you have #2, would advise to have a sleep study to make sure you do not have an underlying medical condition.
A good method of going to sleep or going back to sleep and get your thought processes from doom scrolling anxiety:
1. think of non-stimulating or activation words
2. then spell the word and chain the next word from the previous word's last letter
For Example:
"Green" spell g-r-e-e-N -> then 'Night" N-i-g-h-T -> "Tree" -> "Elephant" -> "Tropical" -> "Ladybug" etc...
1. Sleep-Onset Insomnia: Difficulty Going to Sleep
2. Sleep-Maintenance Insomnia: Difficulty Staying Asleep
Sounds like you have #2, would advise to have a sleep study to make sure you do not have an underlying medical condition.
A good method of going to sleep or going back to sleep and get your thought processes from doom scrolling anxiety:
1. think of non-stimulating or activation words
2. then spell the word and chain the next word from the previous word's last letter
For Example:
"Green" spell g-r-e-e-N -> then 'Night" N-i-g-h-T -> "Tree" -> "Elephant" -> "Tropical" -> "Ladybug" etc...
Posted on 10/30/25 at 1:07 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Half a Seroquel. Seroquel is incredible.
Or, this Youtube channel makes me want to nod off every time. Incredible!
Or, this Youtube channel makes me want to nod off every time. Incredible!
Posted on 10/30/25 at 1:43 pm to Thirty Three
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Best,
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Do you actually always do this, or is that just a spillover from the topic about this?
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:04 pm to BluegrassCardinal
I identify with you.
If you have sleep apnea and not using a CPAP machine while you’re sleeping, you’re wasting your time with drug therapy. In fact, any drug that causes CNS depression, which is a mechanism of action AND a side effect of OTC and RX remedies, will have the potential of making sleep apnea worse, even while it’s helping you stay asleep. You may have gotten more sleep, but less “quality sleep”, and a hangover effect to top it off (which could be the biggest hazard of if you’re driving the next day). “Stay-asleep” type drugs have more of a “drugged” feel the next day because they don’t just conveniently leave the body when it’s time to get your day started.
One CBT info that has been shared from a counselor and has been helpful to me recently is that if you can’t go back to sleep after, say, 15-20 minutes, then get up and don’t go back to bed until you get sleepy again. It’s kinda like hitting a reset button, and it has worked for me.
If you keep lying there trying to fall back to sleep and you can’t, then it will start causing those “oh crap” moments as you call them, and every time you feel it coming on in future sleep failures. It’s a form of anxiety from the negative conditioning of those past experiences, which just makes the whole event even worse.
I’m a pharmacist, and in my reading, the only drug that a prescriber might consider for your dilemma if none of the above work would be Zaleplon (Sonata is the brand). It has an ultra-short half life of only 1 hour, which means it helps falling asleep and “should” not be a hazard 4 hours later. I would guess that many prescribers would have some reluctance to prescribe it like this. Maybe a sleep disorder specialist can shed more light for you.
If you have sleep apnea and not using a CPAP machine while you’re sleeping, you’re wasting your time with drug therapy. In fact, any drug that causes CNS depression, which is a mechanism of action AND a side effect of OTC and RX remedies, will have the potential of making sleep apnea worse, even while it’s helping you stay asleep. You may have gotten more sleep, but less “quality sleep”, and a hangover effect to top it off (which could be the biggest hazard of if you’re driving the next day). “Stay-asleep” type drugs have more of a “drugged” feel the next day because they don’t just conveniently leave the body when it’s time to get your day started.
One CBT info that has been shared from a counselor and has been helpful to me recently is that if you can’t go back to sleep after, say, 15-20 minutes, then get up and don’t go back to bed until you get sleepy again. It’s kinda like hitting a reset button, and it has worked for me.
If you keep lying there trying to fall back to sleep and you can’t, then it will start causing those “oh crap” moments as you call them, and every time you feel it coming on in future sleep failures. It’s a form of anxiety from the negative conditioning of those past experiences, which just makes the whole event even worse.
I’m a pharmacist, and in my reading, the only drug that a prescriber might consider for your dilemma if none of the above work would be Zaleplon (Sonata is the brand). It has an ultra-short half life of only 1 hour, which means it helps falling asleep and “should” not be a hazard 4 hours later. I would guess that many prescribers would have some reluctance to prescribe it like this. Maybe a sleep disorder specialist can shed more light for you.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:20 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Get off all medication for "sleep".
Make room very cold.
DO NOT look at your phone at all. If you wake up, read for a few minutes with a low lamp light. Blue light fricks with your circadiam rhythm.
Eat a protein rich yogurt with dark chocolate chips or blueberries 20 or so minutes before bed.
Get sunlight in your eyes early in the morning.
Do not drink caffeine after 11am.
Get any kind of exercise in early in the day before noon. Will wear your body out.
Go to bed earlier. Trust me. Get in the sack around 8:30-9 if you can. The best sleep you get is in those first few hours and you're more likely to sleep through the night the earlier you go to sleep.
Count sheep. Sounds antiquated but it dulls the mind and keeps it from getting on thinking about how you can't sleep.
Last thing that I swear by, get a magnesium foot rub for the bottom of your feet and rub a little on each night before bed.
Hope this helps. Lack of sleep is fricking miserable.
Make room very cold.
DO NOT look at your phone at all. If you wake up, read for a few minutes with a low lamp light. Blue light fricks with your circadiam rhythm.
Eat a protein rich yogurt with dark chocolate chips or blueberries 20 or so minutes before bed.
Get sunlight in your eyes early in the morning.
Do not drink caffeine after 11am.
Get any kind of exercise in early in the day before noon. Will wear your body out.
Go to bed earlier. Trust me. Get in the sack around 8:30-9 if you can. The best sleep you get is in those first few hours and you're more likely to sleep through the night the earlier you go to sleep.
Count sheep. Sounds antiquated but it dulls the mind and keeps it from getting on thinking about how you can't sleep.
Last thing that I swear by, get a magnesium foot rub for the bottom of your feet and rub a little on each night before bed.
Hope this helps. Lack of sleep is fricking miserable.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:28 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Do you nap during g the day? If so, stop napping.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 3:46 pm to CrappyPants
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get a magnesium foot rub for the bottom of your feet and rub a little on each night before bed.
Tried this with Vick's Vapo rub on bottom of feet. Seems to work as well.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 4:00 pm to BluegrassCardinal
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Anyone have a “fix” for insomnia?
As somone who dealt with stress-induced insomnia, i feel ya, but you are getting 5-6 hour of sleep, which isn't ideal, but it isn't going to kill you. At one point i would have killed for your sleep schedule.
I'm sure there have been a ton of post about sleeping hacks for temperature, food, stimulants, pills, health etc.
The MOST important thing to realize while you are trying to fix this is you CANNOT make yourself sleep. It's involuntary and there isn't anything you can do about not sleeping. You need to embrace the mantra of "I sleep as much as i sleep and if im tired, oh well, we'll see what tomorrow brings" You can easily spiral with this as lack of sleep causes stress and it can be a death sprial from there. Hang in there.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 4:05 pm to barry
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The MOST important thing to realize while you are trying to fix this is you CANNOT make yourself sleep. It's involuntary and there isn't anything you can do about not sleeping. You need to embrace the mantra of "I sleep as much as i sleep and if im tired, oh well, we'll see what tomorrow brings" You can easily spiral with this as lack of sleep causes stress and it can be a death sprial from there
This is some of the dumbest shite I’ve ever read
Posted on 10/30/25 at 4:10 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Do you exercise?
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 4:11 pm
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