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this. I got prescribed benzos for insomnia and when I try to come off It made me more insomniac I couldn't sleep at all and the withdrawal is hell I lost a part of me cuz of it.
Yep, you should start taking medicines only if you already tried everything else, because the side effects can be devastating and maybe damage you forever.
Oh I know what that is like, I'm really sorry you're going through it, it really sucks. I hope it gets better, maybe a (different?) doctor could help.
I take 3mg of melatonin and 3 magnesium capsules and a valerian supplement every night… i should probably try 5mg melatonin but I wanted to avoid it because I already had a melatonin dependency in the past. I already have a doctor appointment so it could be worse.
You should tell your doctor if you can increase the dose, remember that medicines can fuck you up even more, you need to be cautious. I recommend you using AI to help you find natural ways to fix your problem, tell it about your lifestyle, tell what you already tried, tell that you don't want anything that can possibly leave you damaged. AI have helped me decrease the physical pain that i was having, doctors only would tell me to rest, AI give me more ideas to how i would "fix" my problem, but of course you need to search in depth the information.
Thank you, I hope your situation would improve and hope you would have a goodnight sleep. I support what @Aknu132 said
taking that much of melatonin is not a good ideia, it can fuck up your insomnia even more, you can get more tired when you need to be awake, have more nightmares, have headaches, fuck up your stomach. your body has a limit of how much of something it can absord, it can be that the excess of melatonin you're just putting out when you urinate. Please guys do not play with medicines, do not increase the dose on your own, it can leave you guys with permanent damage, take care, i don't wanna see you guys fucked up.
I'm glad to hear you're managing to sleep, but still be careful. I don't know if you've already spoken to your doctor about taking all that melatonin, but if you haven't, it's a good idea to mention it.
That's a very good tip, doing exercises several hours before bedtime certainly help you to fall asleep. Avoid using screens, lights, or have any other high stimulus for at least one hour before bedtime. Avoid eating or drinking for at least 1 hour before sleeping and also when you eat you should eat a light meal. There's a lot of others tips for helping people fall sleep in a natural way.
I'm a member of a suicide forum I don't deal with doctors anymore. People that do usually care about themselves and want to live.
Well, you have a point, but at the same time SI still exists, i don't know how much it affects you, but i think it's best to take good care of our health as best as we can to not end up with worse health and seeing that SI are still kicking in, stopping us from CTB.
It's been really hard for me to push myself to exercise the last few months though lately I walk like 20 thousand steps a day (for no particular reason, i'm just unemployed). I remember it helped at the beginning but now I'm just tired and nothing happens anyway. Maybe I'll try something new ^^
Try light therapy. When you get up in the morning, immediately get sun exposure. When you sleep at night, reduce light exposure to the absolute bare minimum. Apart from this, I would highly recommend getting into a sauna 3 times a week and staying in there till you can't take it.
