Vox
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- Mar 28, 2018
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Say for whatever reason you aren't going to kill yourself just yet. The next best option is to spend as much time as possible unconscious or insensible. I suppose this is the driving force behind alcoholism and drug addictions. But why not hit the problem head on: take drugs that will render you unconscious.
Of course if you have a job or other responsibilities, you can't do this 24 hours a day. But you can still maximize unconsciousness by popping pills as soon as you're off society's clock. Say you end up sleeping 16 hours a day, as opposed to the normal 8, that's cutting your suffering in HALF. If you have 10 more years of life, you've effectively cut that down to 5 years just by sleeping twice as long.
What are your thoughts or experiences?
I used to do this quite a bit, for almost 5 years I averaged 12-16 hours sleep per day by taking pills (sober I can only sleep 4-6 hours). I stopped because, stupidly, I decided to give life another go. Now having failed that, I'm going back.
Things I noticed. When I was on heavy pill use (diphenhydramine) my suicidal swings were much worse. Sleeping pills will ramp up your depression, mostly in the morning hours. Also your tolerance builds up fast, and at one point I was taking about a dozen pills each day (recommended dose: one). During waking hours you're often clumsy and dropping things. It's hard to focus on a thought, and sometimes this becomes very irritating. If you take too many pills, your heart & nervous system get excited and you can expect a night of pure hell.
But overall I have to say it worked for me. As long as I'm alive, I might as well be asleep.
Of course if you have a job or other responsibilities, you can't do this 24 hours a day. But you can still maximize unconsciousness by popping pills as soon as you're off society's clock. Say you end up sleeping 16 hours a day, as opposed to the normal 8, that's cutting your suffering in HALF. If you have 10 more years of life, you've effectively cut that down to 5 years just by sleeping twice as long.
What are your thoughts or experiences?
I used to do this quite a bit, for almost 5 years I averaged 12-16 hours sleep per day by taking pills (sober I can only sleep 4-6 hours). I stopped because, stupidly, I decided to give life another go. Now having failed that, I'm going back.
Things I noticed. When I was on heavy pill use (diphenhydramine) my suicidal swings were much worse. Sleeping pills will ramp up your depression, mostly in the morning hours. Also your tolerance builds up fast, and at one point I was taking about a dozen pills each day (recommended dose: one). During waking hours you're often clumsy and dropping things. It's hard to focus on a thought, and sometimes this becomes very irritating. If you take too many pills, your heart & nervous system get excited and you can expect a night of pure hell.
But overall I have to say it worked for me. As long as I'm alive, I might as well be asleep.
