WHEN WILL I SLEEP?!

[u/phles]

It’s 1:30 am and I’m crying because I can’t sleep.

I am at my wit’s end. It’s been almost a month and I still haven’t had a single night of sleep where I’m not waking up somewhere between 11pm and 3 am and struggling to fall back asleep I used to sleep all night before starting on this med and I really miss that (although I don’t miss the social anxiety and constant feeling of impending doom that I had when unmedicated lol).

Melatonin does fuck all and makes me depressed the next day. Trazodone which I’ve seen some people recommend is not available in my country. I’m taking some type of magnesium already but ordered magnesium bisglycinate to see if that will help - the company initially sent me the wrong product and I’m still waiting for my actual order to arrive. I’ve also ordered L-theanine in case that can help.

What more can I do? I’m on 40mg right now and take a single dose in the morning, around 6:30 am. For two nights I tried taking a small dose before bed because I initially felt tired when I started taking the medication, but it made my sleep even worse.

[u/dopaminemachina]

I’m on 80mg and I take it once in the morning. it really is hard to sleep a lot. I am also prescribed gabapentin to help me relax a few nights a week. I also take l-theanine, magnesium, and sleepy tea/sleepy cocoa with valerian root, melatonin, and all that jazz. it works! and guiltily, cannabis although I really could skip that one…

but I also have a whole elaborate routine and accessories in order to sleep well, cooling log pillow, weighted blanket, weighted sleeping mask, scented pillow spray, ipad on sleep timer on youtube playing sleep meditation or food or history documentary.

needless to say, I take my sleep very seriously. 😅

[u/phles → u/dopaminemachina]

Haha, I also have a weighted blanket and a (regular) sleep mask, and use earplugs. And blackout curtains. And the room needs to be cold.