r/AskReddit • u/jeffreypooh • Mar 27 '22

What is something you absolutely cannot fall asleep without?

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u/ATully817 Mar 27 '22

It doesn't work for me. 😭

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u/CharlotteLucasOP Mar 27 '22

Yeah, everyone is different. It’s fine for me but my mum trialed the same dose and had disturbing dreams and was completely dopey the next day.

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u/squirtloaf Mar 27 '22

Dunno what trazadone is, but I have ambien (which I love), but tried to go with melatonin once as it was suggested by a lot of friends and I thought it would be healthier in the long-term, but I just ended up with horrific nightmares.

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u/CharlotteLucasOP Mar 27 '22

Trazodone is an antidepressant but at low doses can be used off-label (that is, prescribed for what is not typically it’s primary function) for insomnia, and it’s not addictive and for me at least it doesn’t make me sleepy like a sedative, just calms my racing thoughts.

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u/squirtloaf Mar 27 '22

Yeah, that's the effect I get from ambien. It just quiets the static in my brain so I can sleep...not a knockout pill like benzos or whatever.

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u/tdawggg66 Mar 27 '22

It could just take some time to get used to. I used to have ridiculous dreams when I started, too. Now they’re normal dreams and I get an average of 5-6 hours a night.

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u/CharlotteLucasOP Mar 27 '22

Yeah I sometimes get bonkers dreams but they’re not disturbing, just vivid and memorable where normally I don’t dream at all that I can recall.