Maybe. SRS.

Had insomnia my entire life, even as a kid. I hate it.

Lately been taking GABA, Melatonin and L-Theanine at bed time and I find it helps a little, but also find it harder to wake up in the morning. Almost feel like it gives me a "hangover".

I played so many sports and high level athletics my whole life, I could fall asleep at an instant. I used to nap in the library for an hour sitting upright. If I get in a car and I am not driving, within 5 min I'm out cold unless I force myself to stay up.

I get 7-9 hours every night depending on when I have to get up.

I thank the lord I don't have sleep issues. If I only get like 5-6 hours I feel like death and am just a zombie going through the motions. I'm sorry you have this OP. Maybe try cutting out caffeine completely, and take cbd? A lady at my work started taking cbd gummies for some pain issues and she said she now gets almost a full night rest. Wasn't her intended use but she won't go to bed now without them. Worth a shot. And she tried everything including sleeping pills, melatonin, etc.

Have you tried just turning off the electronics & just reading before bed?
Either that or I fall asleep listening to Chuck Smith quite easily.

https://subsplash.com/twft/media/li/+fjbz8vs

I was never like this until a few months ago. The perpetual lockdowns + winter in the PNW just kinda got to me. It's gotten better, but the lingering effects of stress are still there. I'm actually at my parents house right now and ate some of my dads CBD gummies lol, thanks for the suggestion.



Yes, I listen to podcasts or audiobooks for 1-2 hours before bed with no tv or screens.

Sleeping aids that can be bought OTC at the Drugstore wind me right up. Makes it worse. SRS.

not one comment saying cannabis?

Dude, get a bong(not papers) and smoke a fat bowl of high quality indica cannabis. You will be asleep within 20 minutes.



edit -- wow re reading this thread I think a few of you need to read this... cannabis is the key fellas. I use to be straight-up insomniac.. brain just goes SO fast. legit too high IQ for this earth. But yeah.. start smoking indica before bed. It will change your life. You'll be able to follow a routine. And you need to smoke it often enough to where the BIG HIGH effect isn't such a hitter.. literally every night or every other night.. like a guy on celltech you can't use it here and there and expect results. Once you've got a slight tolerance for it, you wont be BAKEDAF and you'll be able to organize your brain in a way so you can properly relax and sleep the second your head hits the pillow. The problem with cannabis is that once youve built a tolerance you figure, fk it, I'll smoke all day to hyper control my brain... but it's not "the way". Productivity relishes. Need to only use it before sleep IN a sleep schedule... and BONG, joints dont hit right.

this i would pay $100k for srs

I'm referring to clearnet benzos. You can't find those at a drugstore though.

Same boat. Can only sleep 3 hours/day crew. Once I got those three hours, its like its over kunt get the fuk up now you aint getting more, my brain signals.

I do not feel like a zombie, but I fear for the effect this would have on me as I am growing older. Will not resort to any medicine unless, God forbid, should it affect my capability to do anything.

****** + turn lights low and hour before bed, caffeine ONLY in morning. 10/10 insomniac here. This solved my sleep issues.

The other stuff is as effective as the ******. Humans evolved to watch the sun set, sit around camp fire at night, have a meal, huddle up in some yak fur and have a nap. Having redbull & playing video games is pretty much the worst possible thing you can do to go to sleep. Plan your day out, wake up, coffee in morning, sunlight in morning, circadian rythm gets used to the pattern. TV or netflix is ok at night but switch your screens to low blue light (f.lux) Blue light causes your brain to think its day time.

CLIFFS:
- The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race

After reading all those horror benzo withdrawal stories, no thanks jeff. Thankfully it's not THAT bad for me, just a temporary stress thing. Still sucks though.

One of the worst experiences in my life by far. The only thing that ever got me hooked (combined with alcohol at the time which is pretty much the same withdrawal).

I have so much respect for it now and am so terrified of ever cornering myself into that hole again, that I'm able to use sparingly. I still wish I could just drown in them every semi-waking moment and always be in a half zen coma state.

Miss my time traveling days

Agreed with cliffs. Do you take ****** everyday? I'd be afraid to get hooked and need it to sleep.

100k for guaranteed lucid dreams without side effects is cheap price.

Lmao stupid ******* a bottle of NyQuil is $4 and Jameson is like $18

You’re welcome..Don’t need your poverty reps

Cheers

I believe there is a drug called GHB that is used to treat narcolepsy that quickly puts you into REM sleep. Apparently bodybuilders used to take it all the time basically for instant sleep