• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
      14·
      20 days ago

      Don’t rely on melatonin pills because then your body stops making its own. Look at magnesium and zinc. Do that with a multivitamin (whose magnesium oxide and zinc oxide are hard to absorb) and you got everything.

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
        7·
        20 days ago

        I do have all of those in my cabinet, but wasn’t aware they would help with falling/staying asleep. Def agree about not becoming dependent on melatonin supplements; I try not to over-do it, but sometimes when I have important stuff to do first thing in the morning, I don’t want risk being a zombie from poor/no sleep.

      • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
        2·
        20 days ago

        Hmmm.

        I got the magnesium supplement, but I didn’t know about zinc oxide and I didn’t know they were hard to absorb.

        I better look up what foods those guys are in, make it a little snack before bed instead

        • Duranie@literature.cafe
          1·
          20 days ago

          I’ve had bad experiences with melatonin, but now I find it can be helpful in smaller doses. I cycle through a bedtime thc/CBD/melatonin sleep aid (Wonder Wellness Sleep), L-theanine, and melatonin, only taking one for tops a week at a time. That rotation seems to help.

  • SleepyPie@lemmy.world
    7·
    20 days ago

    I’ve recently learned that consistency of going to bed and waking up at the same time matters more for long term health than sleep duration. I used to obsess about getting 8 hours but go to bed at various times between 10pm-1am and I’d never set an alarm on the weekend. Since doing a consistent 9:30pm-7am my health and energy has improved tremendously in the last 2 months. I’m already starting to wake up before my alarm. I highly recommend trying this if you haven’t already.

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
      1·
      20 days ago

      I can very easily plot how good I feel on any given day against how consistent my sleep/wakeup times for the last week have been.

      If I know I fell asleep at midnight, and woke up at 8am every day for the last week straight, damn will I feel energized today. But if I know last night I got to bed late, then went on my phone, and hit snooze on my alarm, yup I 100% deserve the grog and demotivation I have today.

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    20 days ago

    I kinda got addicted to sleep medicine.

    When I stop taking them, I have weird nightmares.

    Last night (actually the “night” happened like 24 hours ago) I had a weird dream about taking a train for some reason, then everyone around me suddenly turned into zombies.

    Like what the actual fuck.

    I’m gonna get creeped out if I ever get on a train ride.

    But shitty thing about sleep medicine is that they apparantly cause dementia if you take them a lot.

    ugh idk what to do, don’t wanna get in weird zombie apocalypse dreams tho… 🤷‍♂️

    • proudblond@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      20 days ago

      Man none of my dreams ever make sense. They’re not usually true nightmares, but occasionally. They’re never fun or relaxing, they’re always a little bit WTF, but somehow my brain still tells me, yeah sure, this is all real! And then I wake up confused. Always been that way. I’m jealous of people who have nice dreams. I’d rather have none at all rather than the junk my brain throws at me.

    • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
      2·
      20 days ago

      I had a dream the night before last that I was in an abandoned movie theatre and suddenly we got attacked by ghosts. I was the only one that could see them. The ghosts took the form of puppies and babies that I had to fight using a metal cafeteria type tray, so I was flinging ghost babies into the air with it.

      Weird dreams are my normal but I usually forget them.

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
      1·
      20 days ago

      Something with diphenhydramine or doxylamine? They aren’t great to take for very long at all.

      But if you notice a dependency, I don’t recommend the RX sleep meds I’ve been on for so long. One was effective for a very long time (15 years? Lunesta I think) but has gotten weaker and weaker. I’m terrified of stopping it though, its a nonbenzodiazapine so it binds to the same stuff as benzos. Taking something so long like that is bound to cause problems when I stop.

      I’ve heard therapy helps. But I’m not sure how. Hasn’t done much for me.

  • Aolley@lemmy.world
    3·
    20 days ago

    you might try a Valerian Root extract tincture. Just make it your self with ethanol everclear and some Valerian Root, make it strong.

    then have some before bed and odds are that you’ll be well out. But don’t buy a crap version, get a good strong one or just make it yourself, it’s easy.