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I'd like to hear your insights regarding the reply on top to the question I linked.
I have used benzos a single time in the last 2 weeks, and even one dose triggered kindling, so I had enough and decided to come off.
Every single day without exception (no exaggerating) in the past 30 days I have been going to sleep between 3 and 4 AM, and waking up strictly 6-7 hours later, feeling exhausted as fuck.
Do I proceed with this torture and keep waiting, or intervene?
How do you connect your sleeping problem with Benzo (ab)use.
The thought alone to use a benzo for sleep is flawed. Its more like an addictive anxio-lytic, sedative, muslce relaxant and anti-convulsant. Great for one time use or after a drug session. But the term hypnotic I find misleading. When I have sleeping problems no ammount of benzo's will make me sleep, just sedated.
For sleep Erythrina Mulungu rules (non addictive) and when your off Benzo's a sleep examination. Maybe you have no deep sleep like me,or apneu. Like me.
Something that I wanted to add is Clobazam especially but Pyrazolam and most certain Pagoclone (got no effect's from that at all (even at 20 mg). Don't seem to share the relentless addiction and after effects of the more pronounced benzo's like Diazepam.
After 80 mg of that I got why people get addicted. At first because its so good later just to shut up the upcoming Glutamate storm with a new dose of a GABA-a.
Technically GABA is not directly related to sleep like bandaid's dont repair wounds (but at least are helpfull for the healing proces).
Benzo's not, they just make you feel sleepy the first times. To bad Melatonin wasn't such a succes, but at least its a true sleep inducer, not perfect to bad.
I would get a sleep examination and Mulungu. Hope you all having a good morning after a restfull sleep.
GHB, hits mostly GABA-b and the GHB receptor doesn't share that mechanism (mess up sleep architecture. Or your on or off, personally never felt it was habit forming or very addictive, Baclofen and Phenibut (very dirty one) are GABA-b agonisten. Unlike Alcohol and Benzo's that work on GABA-a which def seems the problem.
