Valerian...any use?

[adam&eve]

I'm was looking for something to help me get to sleep at night. Anyone had any experience with valerian? Would it knock you out? cheers

 

[Project Will]

It certainly wont "knock you out" but it may relax you a little bit. Drinking warm tea in itself is good for sleeping too, so you should give it a try.

 

[davez]

It's not too bad. Combined with Diphenhydramine it's good. I used to drink a tea called err Clippers sleep tea and that was valerian with other things 4 cups would get me to sleep.

 

[kurt_cocaine]

valerian is nice every once and a while when you cant sleep. if i used it more than a few days in a row i felt like a had grown a tolerance to its relaxing effects. pretty nice for a legal herb, but not near the best for sleep.

 

[Morphoid]

I have consumed over 10 grams of valerian in a concentrated tincture and it did nothing. The only effects I did experience I am convinced were placebo. But who knows, perhaps it would work for some people.

 

[highhooked]

try some melatonin.

good stuff

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

It works, but works best when combined with something else, like diphenhydramine or melatonin. Actually, in my experience works best when combined with melatonin, knocks me right out.

 

[thomas2laylum]

slightly sedating, it's OK

 

[kurt_cocaine]

I have consumed over 10 grams of valerian in a concentrated tincture and it did nothing. The only effects I did experience I am convinced were placebo. But who knows, perhaps it would work for some people.

it isnt meant to fuck you up, its meant to relax you. if youre use to constantly being on something stronger like xanax or any other bezo/sedative chances are you arent gonna feel shit.

they go well with opiates too. much safer to mix with than benzos although not near as euphoric.

 

[Morphoid]

it isnt meant to fuck you up, its meant to relax you. if youre use to constantly being on something stronger like xanax or any other bezo/sedative chances are you arent gonna feel shit.

they go well with opiates too. much safer to mix with than benzos although not near as euphoric.

I'm aware of that. I was taking it for sleep issues. It was totally ineffectual. I had to resort to diphenhydramine 2 hours later just to get any sleep at all.

Valerian is only useful in placebo patients I find. No research to support it's efficacy either.

 

[StaySedated]

its relaxing, especially when combined with other calming/sedating herbs(passionflower, hops, kava, lemon balm, etc).

its also nice mixed with benzos(it boosts their effects) as valerian is also a GABAergic.

 

[ro4eva]

It's mildly decent if you have nothing else.

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

It's mildly decent if you have nothing else.

belongs in the "if you have nothing else" category?

 

[Damien]

Your cats will love it.

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

Damien...lol, that IS my cat's name

 

[Damien]

lol that's interesting! I assume he or she has some experience? My cats become pretty violent when sniffing the ol valerian root.

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

lol, no experience (to my knowledge) but I can give it a whirl I've got valerian root.

 

[StaySedated]

Your cats will love it.

yeah it does the same thing to them that catnip does.

i've known so many cats who wasted their life doing catnip and valerian, especially one very close to me who did too much one night and died in his hotel room. when the cops arrived there was kilos of catnip and valerian, so sad...

R.I.P. Mr. Fluffytins... he was such a good cat...

 

[davez]

On the whole concentrated tintcutre how was it extracted?

 

[K'd-OUT-in-AZ]

yeah it does the same thing to them that catnip does.

i've known so many cats who wasted their life doing catnip and valerian, especially one very close to me who did to much one night and died in his hotel room. when the cops arrived there was kilos of catnip and valerian, so sad...

R.I.P. Mr. Fluffytins... he was such a good cat...

hahahhahahahahhaha