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@blondin iirc you have spent some time in portugal? or is it someone else i'm thinking of?

anyway, i have had brutal insomnia pretty consistently for over a month now. its destroyng my life. i've already talked to dr and got a week script of zopis. helped a bit. my main issue though is waking up 4-5am and not being able to get back to sleep. i really want something that i can take at bed time that will actually help me get back to sleep if i wake up in the night. i.e. a longer acting GABA agonist.

going to lisbon in a few weeks. not planning on trying to get any serious drugs. but if the drug drecriminalisation means i could get something that would actually help (@F.U.B.A.R. suggested gabapentin) then i'll look into it, but would appreciate input from anyone who actually knows the situation over there.

JUST TO BE CLEAR I'M NOT SOURCING I'M GOING TO A COUNTRY WHERE DRUGS ARE DECREMINALISED AND ASKING FOR INFO
 
chinup said:
@blondin iirc you have spent some time in portugal? or is it someone else i'm thinking of?

anyway, i have had brutal insomnia pretty consistently for over a month now. its destroyng my life. i've already talked to dr and got a week script of zopis. helped a bit. my main issue though is waking up 4-5am and not being able to get back to sleep. i really want something that i can take at bed time that will actually help me get back to sleep if i wake up in the night. i.e. a longer acting GABA agonist.

going to lisbon in a few weeks. not planning on trying to get any serious drugs. but if the drug drecriminalisation means i could get something that would actually help (@F.U.B.A.R. suggested gabapentin) then i'll look into it, but would appreciate input from anyone who actually knows the situation over there.

JUST TO BE CLEAR I'M NOT SOURCING I'M GOING TO A COUNTRY WHERE DRUGS ARE DECREMINALISED AND ASKING FOR INFO
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Gabapentin does nothing for sleep....why not just some benzos for emergencies? No other drugs work for me, I can't live without my clonazepam. Xd
 
nznity said:
Gabapentin does nothing for sleep....why not just some benzos for emergencies? No other drugs work for me, I can't live without my clonazepam. Xd
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Actually, I find gabapentin to be very good for sleep. Especially when you're pissed as a cunt, it avoids that 2am dysphoric wake up call.

Just try to keep it to no more than 300mg/ day


Weed helps loads...
 
Yeah gabapentin or pregabalin (pregabalin is superior imo) last a lot longer. But they may last into the next day and aren't as sedating as zopiclone.

Have you tried promethazine or hydroxyzine? I've been taking 25mg promethazine lately and find it really effective. It's easy to get a script as well cos it's not recreational.

You could try taking the zopiclone with food for a slower/longer release but I'm not sure this would really affect it much. Plus eating before bed isn't generally advised.
@chinup
 
I sigh inwardly when I prescribe someone zopiclone and then they come back due to taste/effects/reactions and the next (from a prescribers pov) is ambien.

Sometimes you’re so restrained it feels like going with what you know, have experienced and know first hand, is so against the grain, your only options is working in another country because of your choices. (Or forced out because of said choices)

Working privately is night and day, restrictions still. But man I’m at the end of my tether.

I just wanna build shit and work with wood.
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
Actually, I find gabapentin to be very good for sleep. Especially when you're pissed as a cunt, it avoids that 2am dysphoric wake up callthis
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this is what i need!! at least for the nights when i'm drinking, benzos used to prevent them but don't for me anymore.
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Working privately is night and day, restrictions still. But man I’m at the end of my tether.
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is it night and day from a patients perception too? cos i'm also at the end of my tether. i don't want to be writing this at 6.30 having been awake for over an hour.

i can't look forward to anything any more cos i have the anxiety that i'll be brutally tired. if i didn't have the prospect of getting something that might actually help while i'm in portugal i'd probably be suicidal by now. its been months.

i have already contacted my dr in this bout of insomnia and i tried to push that i needed something longer acting given my problem was waking up very early. its not really practical to take zopiclone at 5 am if you have to start work at 9, i just need to be able to get back to sleep easily if i wake up at 5. i'm scared to push it with the GP cos i AM grateful they will prescribe zopiclone cos sometimes i wake up even earlier and then its useful. with my very long addiction history i know i should consider myself lucky.

if i can just pay some private dr who won't be so reluctant to try anything else, i might see if i can get some pennies together.
 
chinup said:
this is what i need!! at least for the nights when i'm drinking, benzos used to prevent them but don't for me anymore.

is it night and day from a patients perception too? cos i'm also at the end of my tether. i don't want to be writing this at 6.30 having been awake for over an hour.

i can't look forward to anything any more cos i have the anxiety that i'll be brutally tired. if i didn't have the prospect of getting something that might actually help while i'm in portugal i'd probably be suicidal by now. its been months.

i have already contacted my dr in this bout of insomnia and i tried to push that i needed something longer acting given my problem was waking up very early. its not really practical to take zopiclone at 5 am if you have to start work at 9, i just need to be able to get back to sleep easily if i wake up at 5. i'm scared to push it with the GP cos i AM grateful they will prescribe zopiclone cos sometimes i wake up even earlier and then its useful. with my very long addiction history i know i should consider myself lucky.

if i can just pay some private dr who won't be so reluctant to try anything else, i might see if i can get some pennies together.
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tbh, I think insomnia is a big factor in why I drink/dope/get high on something for the past 20+ years pretty much daily; whenever I get straight I can't sleep - and not just for an adjustment period either :/
 
Random conversation with an immigrant from Kashmir, the cost of smack over there is £450 per kg & the cost of black made me cry for what I would pay for it, he didn't even mention weight he just made a size with his fingers & then said that would be £5.

"We would smoke all day my friend, all fucking day" then laughed.
 
Tyson Fury has lost the plot, his saying his off to Ukraine if the UK or the USA get into a war with Russia.
What a total idiot, yeah you can punch & without question are one of the best of all time in the ring BUT no punch will stop a .50cal round coming at your head or a Cluster Bomb FFS.

What a total idiot.
 
Jackal said:
tbh, I think insomnia is a big factor in why I drink/dope/get high on something for the past 20+ years pretty much daily; whenever I get straight I can't sleep - and not just for an adjustment period either :/
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me too. i first went to the dr about insomnia when i was 9. no fucking wonder i love downers.

i was sleeping great for a while and the recent shit was definitely not helped by the booze and xanax i was doing last year. but this is out of the ordinary even for my shitty sleep.
Zopiclone bandit said:
Random conversation with an immigrant from Kashmir, the cost of smack over there is £450 per kg & the cost of black made me cry for what I would pay for it, he didn't even mention weight he just made a size with his fingers & then said that would be £5.

"We would smoke all day my friend, all fucking day" then laughed.
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yeah but do you want to live in a war zone? plenty of war zones got good drugs

i dunno, maybe kashmirs better these days. i had a friend drink himself to death while working for a kashmiri human rights so i view the situation there through that lens.
 
chinup said:
is it night and day from a patients perception too? cos i'm also at the end of my tether. i don't want to be writing this at 6.30 having been awake for over an hour.
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Night and day up to the point where you can see who's called in and for what, then I can pick and choose who I'd want to see, some you take, some you don't, some you do because they're in and out and it's easy money. If they take 5 minutes or 30, they still get charged the same fee. But, as I've said on here before, although I sometimes enjoy the work, and when I do, I really do. It's no longer my driving passion.

I've talked about throwing the towel in and checked finances to see if I can quit without it impacting my life to a degree. I've three more years till I hit an age milestone, then I think. I'm done.

It's all well and good doing something for the pay check, but if your heart isn't in it, and you begin to resent it. You put less effort into it, and I'd rather leave with my head held high then end up in the papers because I've been struck off for something and being splashed all over the NICE frontpage.
 
¨Playing with a chisel ain't all that either.
There is money to be made but not designing furniture.
The people who do that have to teach people woodturning/finishing etc..to make ends meet.
That's a hipster thing imo made big by Monty Don and what's that show called again?

Edit:Mastercrafts that's the one.

Subscribe to this channel btw
 
Arnold said:
¨Playing with a chisel ain't all that either.
There is money to be made but not designing furniture.
The people who do that have to teach people woodturning/finishing etc..to make ends meet.
That's a hipster thing imo made big by Monty Don and what's that show called again?

Edit:Mastercrafts that's the one.

Subscribe to this channel btw
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Been fannying about with wood for as long as I've been touching my own bit of wood.

Made a lot of furniture in my own home and currently doing a kitchen from scratch. I'm not an "all the tools, no idea" kinda guy. Been surrounded by tradies most my life, the only parts that haven't stuck is mechanical. I can only just about tell you where the fuel goes in on that part.
 
LoginNotSecure said:
Been fannying about with wood for as long as I've been touching my own bit of wood.

Made a lot of furniture in my own home and currently doing a kitchen from scratch. I'm not an "all the tools, no idea" kinda guy. Been surrounded by tradies most my life, the only parts that haven't stuck is mechanical. I can only just about tell you where the fuel goes in on that part.
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Why the fuck are you a GP then?

I quite like the idea of LINS the carpenter...
 
F.U.B.A.R. said:
Why the fuck are you a GP then?

I quite like the idea of LINS the carpenter...
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Well, getting to this point meant accruing a lot of debt. It was supposed to be easily sailing from then on. It's anything but. Running a practice is like learning to juggle chainsaws in front of a live audience and the only training you've had was a three minute video watching cat videos on youtube. Not relevant and not helpful.

But going into the workshop, slap radio on (internet radio, can't stand adverts, small plug for di.fm) grab a slab of wood and literally have no idea what you're gonna do with it until you've finished. Sometimes you've got an idea, sometimes you're just stood grinding a bit of wood until all you've left is some dust to sweep up. Doesn't matter, I had a good time and it cleared the braincells for an hour or three.

I might snap out of it tomorrow, next week or next year. But, somethings amiss with me right now so till then. I've got a little treat I've been saving since I hurt my back falling off a ladder cleaning the gutters of all things. A big 'ol bottle of morphine.
 
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