My fellow bluelighters I am dealing with some slight Insomnia.
Wanted to ask you all what are some natural measures I could take to restore my energy levels and reduce insomnia.
Another note I have Kratom lying around Bali Kratom and Maeng Da Kratom, Do you all consider this a good measure for short term Insomnia. Do you think Kratom the sedating variants could be good at alleviating insomnia and increasing my Energy?
Also What about Valeriana Root and what is the best way to produce Valierana Root?
I also have Kanna Sceletium Tortuosum I use that frequently as a sedative, it seems effective.
One more note, What could it indicate if one sleeps enough but people are telling him he looks tired and he should lay down and sleep. What does that mean??
cause last night my insomnia got bad but most nights I sleep okay but I still get comments from people like you look tired you need to lay down and sleep but I feel fine, maybe slightly lethargic on the other note I live in a country where as of this moment not too much Sunlight very long dark nights and cold days and yea I am student and under pressure with exams. Could the climate be effecting my mood and insomnia???
Thanks please somebody input I beg off you.
Oh my fucking lord that horrible, awful drug..
Kratom..
Just having to type it I flashed back to horrific memories of my one and only time using the drug..
I too decided to use it to sleep for its apparent "sedative qualities". I bought an ounce in a bali powder form and took about 1-2g to test the waters. I felt next to nothing, and I consider smoking a cigarette on occasion "something" because of the slight nicotine rush, I mean I felt like NOTHING. The only thing I could maybe feel (if not placebo) was a slightly more positive and energetic mood. Nothing that I would really use the drug for, it was like the feeling you get when you get a good night's sleep, wake up and realize you're off from work/school. Like I said hardly noticeable, if at all.
Later that night I had decided to do quite a bit, cause I had researched it and I remembered that the lower doses are more uplifting while the higher doses have sedative effects. I had done plenty of research and I decided to do about 16-20g or so, I figured that would be enough to really knock me out. So I was taking my time, slowly doing the "put water in your mouth, then pour some powder in, and then swallow" method, and it was going pretty well. I thought it tasted rather good, contrary to what a lot of people had said previously, and I didn't mind the weird soggy dust feel in my mouth too much.
Well after taking my whole dose which left maybe about 1/4th of the bag I had purchased left, I decided that it was enough to probably feel the effects. So i brushed my teeth and went to bed. This is when my horrific experience happened. I laid in bed, and I was wide awake. I tried so hard to shut my eyes, but I could only keep them closed for about 5-10 seconds, I figured it was probably just in the uplifting phase and soon I would be tired enough to fall asleep. Five minutes passed, ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, I started to wonder if it would ever kick in, or if I hadn't done enough. After about thirty minutes of waiting I felt the worst I have felt on any sort of drug. With alcohol you at least get the "intoxicated" feel and even though you might feel sick, or nauseous it's still a nice buzz. Even my first times smoking cigarettes, I would get extremely sick, but the uplifting feeling of tons of nicotine was nice. With Kratom I felt nothing but shit. I felt uncomfortable in my own skin as if I was being microwaved and all my flesh was about to explode out my skin, my stomach felt like molten lead, and my heart was racing to the point where it felt as if I had just run a race. I tried breathing deeply, running my fans on high, walking around a bit, but nothing worked. One hour passed, two hours passed, around the third or fourth hour I felt so sick and light-headed I knew I was about to throw up. I ran, bleary-eyed to the bathroom and just barely made it in time for the *hands-down* worst experience I've EVER had throwing up. I was literally just throwing up sand. I thought for sure it was probably scratching my throat to the point of bleeding, and it was so viscous and thick that it took forever coming out of my mouth. It was so slow, and hurt so bad, I was crying and just begging for the experience to be over. After like five minutes of one of the worst experiences of my life, I washed my mouth out and went to lay down again.
I felt better, but I still was nowhere near being able to sleep and I was STILL feeling the effects I previously described. Four hours passed, five hours passed, I finally decided I just wasn't going to sleep, there's no possible way I could catch any sleep. This made me extremely upset because I had work the next morning (few hours now at this point) and it was a very laborious job that required a lot of energy. I got up out of my bed again and walked over to my couch. It felt like I had swallowed glass and every step I took just shook all of it in my stomach, it hurt very bad. I made it to my couch, sat down and proceeded to just play some video games for a few hours, this helped me focus on something other than the pain/nausea, but there were times where I would have to set my controller down, and just meditate for a second. After the last few hours I allotted myself to sleep had passed, I threw on my work uniform, grabbed some water and an energy drink and went to work.
Some time after I got to work the effects subsided and I felt normal again, which made me feel orgasmic in comparison to the hours of pain I had just been through. I sipped my energy drink throughout the day to keep me going, and luckily I didn't have a long shift, however when I got home I still couldn't really sleep that well and just decided to drink water the rest of the day and wait until night time came about before trying again.
I read online that taking too much kratom will result in the "panic attack" that I had went through, but there is no amount of convincing or info-posting that would convince me to do the drug again. It was hands down, the worst drug experience I've ever had and I would only recommend taking it to my worst of enemies. I seriously recommend against taking ANY kratom EVER, but I'm sure other users will have their opinions as well. I thought I would post my story so that it was easy to understand why I say to not do this drug, but as for insomnia, I find that melatonin and valerian root work quite well with one another, especially if taken at the same time every night. I found both of the supplements that I take at a nearby pharmacy for an okay price (the valerian root was rather expensive). I found that the melatonin on it's own was good enough to get me to sleep regularly and I still use it to this day, but the valerian root definitely made a difference and helps.
I would imagine that the colder climate might attribute to a lack of energy if you aren't taking in enough calories, but I am not really well informed on this subject so I would rather not recommend anything that might negatively affect your health.
TL;DR - NEVER TAKE KRATOM EVER. Valerian root and melatonin are awesome. Might be the climate but idk
The withdrawal from Amphetamine is so damn Mental. I get a depression from that last like a week and makes the whole world feel black and everything slightly worthless. But that is 33 percent of the reason The other reasons are exams, University stress life stress. So many reasons anyhow my insomnia got better.