Hello everyone, I just made an account on this website now, but now I'm actually registered. Anyway, I know the rules about "self-incrimination" so keep that in mind.
(I'll keep the past brief by saying I used to do alot of drugs) anyway, now I'm sober and that's great. Over the last 2 years I've been having extreme anxiety and sleep problems. Over the last couple of years I've seen a few psychiatrists who have tried my on every "non-abusable" drug under the sun because they feel ethically obligated to do so and I get that. That led me to herbal supplements/tea and I tried every single one that is legal and available, which includes, but is not limited to, Chamomile (tea and capsule), Kava Kava (tea and capsule) Damiana, catnip, Skullcap, Kratom, Passion flower, Valerian root, lemon grass, blue lotus, wild lettuce, etc. So I just started seeing a new doc and and I am now prescribed valium (was 10mg 1x at night; now 20mg 1x at night) but it doesn't work. I had recently gotten some tests done and they confirmed that I have a "super liver" which sounds awesome, but it sucks pretty bad ( I have a very high CYP2C19 enzyme so I am an ultra-metabolizer) . (the efficiency is this: if someone with a normal liver had 1oz of alcohol [like whiskey, vodka, etc.], they would (in theory) process "a shot" or an ounce per hour. My liver can process a 16oz glass of the same substance in an hour. That being said, it took me 2 years to get on a legit sleeping medication. and the dosage for valium (just like every other med I've been on) isn't nearly enough. Infact, it does nothing. The bottom line is I need to find every way I can to potentiate it (again through legal/ realistic ways. Obviously I can't just go smoke a bowl or something). but I have read this, as well as MANY other threads and I'm not finding anything that is working. At this moment I'm drinking white grapefruit juice, took 6 Benadryl (make that 7, I just took another) , had Omeprazole, had catnip tea as well as a sedating strain of Kratom, and then finally took my Valium (which I have tried taking before the other things, after the other things, as well as at the same time.) PLEASE HELP.