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[-] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

I think I cope by staying up super late and getting dead tired so I can power through at least 5 or 6 hours of sleep.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 9 points 3 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 3 points 3 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.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 3 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.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 3 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.

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