• ickplant@lemmy.worldOPM
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      8 months ago

      I cope by taking extra-strength sleeping gummies with melatonin and some other good shit, meditating, then hoping for the best. Most nights it actually works.

      • Stoney_Logica1@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        For anybody else relying on melatonin, there have been studies suggesting lower dosages work better, along with taking occasional breaks to reduce tolerance. I take 3mg every weeknight and take breaks from it during the weekend.

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          8 months ago

          I’ve heard that too! I think 3mg is exactly what I take plus some herbal stuff that clearly makes a difference because when I took just melatonin tabs, they didn’t work as well.

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        8 months ago

        I use low dosage quietiapine, which is an anti psychotic, but in low dosage, which calms my brain and stops the grinding.

        I wish I had been prescribed these thirty years ago.