How many of you suffer insomnia? And...

[Psychedelic Jay]

I've used all the ingredients in Nature Made Sleep at one point in time and most of them together. Not sure if I've used in combination with Benzos though. It'd be worth giving it a shot I guess. Its about time to renew my rx's for Benzos anyway. Maybe i'll see if the pharmacy has it.

I used to just make my own bedtime tea from bulk chamomile, lemonbalm, green tea, hibiscus, skullcap and sometimes kava and valerian

thanks for the suggestion.

Green tea is a no-no for sleep. Even the extracts contain caffiene.

Caffeine could be what is holding your mixture from it's true potential.
Try using just L-theanine instead of the whole green tea extract, big difference trust me...

 

[drmindbender]

The only thing I take now for sleep now that I'm off the benzodiazepines is Lyrica and it works good enough. It doesn't get me high or anything nor do I feel the effects but it works reasonably well and that's all I need I guess. Now that I'm done experimenting with different exotic benzodiazepines for sleep I'm able to sleep easier. I say "easier" and "works fine" but that doesn't mean I don't have sleep issues still. There are nights where I only get 3-4 hours but Lyrica still works better than the rest.

8 years in the Marines and I self-medicated with alot of alcohol and illegal xanax to pass out back in the day. I have the same problem either I cant fall asleep, or stay asleep, or dont sleep at all. I wake up wide awake in the middle of the night or I cant wake up the next morning. My psych has put me through a variety of different meds. The only ones that worked were klonopin but it takes forever to kick in or even work and ambien which can sometimes put me to sleep but not maintain it. The only thing I can think will work besides increased tolerance and dosage of meds is techniques from Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

*And im taking melatonin 6mg.

 

[mgrady3]

its frustrating to the point where I'd consider giving up on my phd in physics to start research in neurochemistry/biology if I thought somehow I could find that magic chemical that would just put you to sleep, keep you asleep, and leave zero lingering after effects the next morning, along with no lingering reactions with other drugs we may enjoy...

alas. it probably just doesn't exist.

so for the time being. as most have said. I'll just deal with it.

Perhaps i'll see how long I can go w/o getting another Rx for Benzos. There's a shop in town where I can bulk buy any herbal thing you could think of, chamomile, lemon balm, lemon grass, orange blossom, spearmint, skullcap, hibiscus, rose hip, valerian, kava, etc.

... but the benzos are around the same cost...

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

its frustrating to the point where I'd consider giving up on my phd in physics to start research in neurochemistry/biology if I thought somehow I could find that magic chemical that would just put you to sleep, keep you asleep, and leave zero lingering after effects the next morning, along with no lingering reactions with other drugs we may enjoy...

Anything that causes sedation is going to leave you feeling drowsy the following morning. Its just a side effect any sleep med is going to cause. When you become tolerant the following day drowsiness may go away but not always.

 

[slowpoke1967]

i must ask as i never herd of this drug and i suffer sever chronic insomnia,,so if i asked my shrink if i could get on some Secobarbital... do ya think shed give me some ,,im already on 6mg of clonaz cut down from 8mg + 2 30 mg temazepams also cut me down 30 mg so now its only 30 mg and basically all the seroquel i want + 150 mg of trazadone more if i need it ,,fact is none of these all together realy put me to sleep seems i have to go a couple few days before the mixure actually works,,,i herd about this Secobarbital... and how good its supposed to work ,,just how hard is it to get ????

 

[Oxide]

Please do not bump old threads if you have nothing relevant to contribute to the thread. BDD is a fast moving forum and bumping old threads is frowned upon unless you have something seriously valid and relevant to the discussion to add.

Please give State of BDD a glance.

I'm going to close this thread to keep it from being bumped again. If you have any questions as to why, or if anyone would like me to re-open this thread for some reason, please send me a PM.

(we also aren't going to tell you how to get your doctor to script you secobarbital.)