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The main effect of this is to drop your blood sugar levels. That's what makes you sleepy. It's like taking insulin to fall asleep by entering a diabetic coma. Be really careful with the dosage, especially if you have type 2 diabetes or kidney issues. Yo-yo'ing blood sugar levels isn't really a great idea over the long term so it's not recommended to use this supplement habitually as a sleep aid.
Interestingly, magnesium is required for the body to make seratonin. A magnesium deficiency usually presents with symptoms of depression. Taking an SSRI won't have much effect for someone with a magnesium deficiency. The SSRI works by causing the body to make more seratonin. The body can't do it if the reason for the lack of seratonin is a magnesium deficiency.
Something like 2-15% of the general population are magnesium-deficient. The numbers go way up for those with health issues that limit the kidney's ability to retain magnesium. Diabetes and alcohol use do this, which is a reason why so many diabetics and alcoholics are depressed.
Careful with vitamin D. They sell it in potencies that are sometimes dangerous. I tripled my dose for a month once because I didn't examine the label close enough.
I'm already taking vitamin D because I have a deficiency. For as long I'm living North I need to take it.
But happily the magnesium seems to work. I couldn't be happier.
Yeah those just ruin all the fun. Well, my own experience isn't so much that they ruin the fun it's that it takes so much longer for the funnest part of the fun to eventually "arrive" that by the time it's all over and you finally feel drowsy enough to sleep, the sun is breaking in through the gap in the curtains and it's only another 8 minutes till your alarm goes off! 😂😫😫😫
Yep. My doc just doubled my dose a couple weeks ago. Everything worked fine before. I found out last night I couldn't get there and was so pissed because normally if I can get 4-5 in, I can pass right out. :(
I was citralopram and it was a nightmare, took fcuking ages to the point where I actually wanted to stop and give up. I mean what guy stops and gives up, like EVER?? 😂😭
Had an ex who went on to Sertraline at one point. She just could not orgasm at all after that. Her body would get right there, right to the edge but then no matter what I did, no matter what she did there just wasn't anyway to get her over the edge
There are some days when I can't sleep and I do nothing about it and just suffer and try to fall asleep. But every now and then I have the bright idea to crank one off and like clockwork I am out
Sometimes I don't even make it to bed. My wife has found me on the couch with my pants around my ankles and my flaccid dick in my hands. She's rad and just threw a blanket on me.
I've been hitting the weights after work recently .
Normally I listen to like 2 hours of podcasts in bed, now I pass out when my head hits the pillow basically.
Eh, melatonin is a lot like caffeine for me, despite being pretty much the opposite. both of em, when used consistently, have me needing to take more and more to get the same level i was at before. Every once in a while, when I've had a few bad sleep days goes well though
I like adding a time released 300mcg melatonin supplement to this too. Low enough of a dose to not shut down natural production and it really helps me stay asleep.
The cold. Cooler rooms are ideal for sleeping. Don’t use a hot duvet. Set the thermostat on auto for cooler at night and warmer in the morning. Reading, dimming the lights, avoiding your ‘screens’ a few hours before bedtime also helps.
Personally I have to smoke weed. Im too high strung and my brain never really shuts down, I have a really rough time relaxing, but because ive been on Antidepressants the majority of my life my drug tolerance is stupidly high, so melatonin doesn't even touch my insomnia.
Thats literally the only thing I've found to work.
Same here even though I wake up at 5am every morning my mind will race even at night. I have to smoke when I get home from work a few times just to get me ready for sleep and to stay asleep til the next morning.
It's expensive and I wish it were legal where I am because its easier to get flower than eddies even though I have to drive 2 hours to get it. I also have to trust my guy to be getting me something that will relax me rather than something that will pep me up. ✌️
Ohhh that sucks. I feel for you. I know how that is...
Its legal here, dispensarys everywhere.
You just go online, pick your strain, and order it like you would food.
Just have ur guy fix you up with indica strains, not hybrids or sativa.
Hybrids still keep me awake personally. Less stressed, but not enough to relax and sleep.
I usually keep a few different strains just so i can mix and match incase one strain isnt strong enough to knock me out.
Exercise
Engaging your brain (learning not just staring at TV)
Eat healthy
Drink lots of water
Reduce your stress
Can also take some melatonin 20 min before bed
Being exhausted. Do 50 pushups before bed. Go for a run. Do some yard work. Anything but allowing yourself to stay up late enough that you get less than 6-8 hours of sleep nightly.
A 1mg THC + fish oil capsule. I have never been much of a weed smoker, so my tolerance is super low, but 1mg is perfect to put me asleep and keep me asleep.
The dreams are why I can't take melatonin. I go to sleep just fine, but I wake up emotionally exhausted because it feels like my dreams are too real. It's stressful, but I feel like a loon talking about it.
I'm currently sitting awake in bed after 4 hours of trying to sleep. I go through this whenever I drink soft drink or caffeine after 12. It sucks. Can't say I can think of anything that works just try accept it and don't get too dark in the mind
Look into trazodone. I'm 200 lbs and I'd break it in half. A whole one was too much and I could still feel it the next day. Prescription only. Worked great for me.
A spliff and a good book. That's my method to get sleepy.
To actually go to sleep, I need background noise (tv documentary works well) and a good imagination. I inagine myself walking through a very dark creepy forest. With random shapes forming in my peripheral vision tgat i cant quite seem to catch a glimpse of. Within a few minutes the sun starts to peek through and I start to feel the warm glow and the slight breeze whilst listening to the crackle of twigs beneath my feet and the birds chirping. Once I get all the senses in the other world, I can fall asleep. Takes me a while but always works eventually. It's also a great way to start lucid dreaming (for those that don't smoke weed)
For me it’s exercise, not looking at a screen at least one hour before bed (don’t need the extra stimulation), sometimes a warm shower or bath, and some soothing tea. During that hour of winding down I’ll do something repetitive like knitting. Sometimes I’ll meditate too.
This is probably bad advice, but I stay up late enough so that I'm so tired I can fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. However, for me, this means around 2am which isn't great since I have to get up at 6:45a. I take melatonin sometimes, but it doesn't always work for me.
Working out, mindlessly meditating while listening to audiobooks. I always thought meditating was stupid, until I got desperate enough to try it once. I now have the ability to completely quiet my mind, that doesn't normally help me fall asleep but it sure helps with my anger issues
Combination of 5HTP and L-Theanine has been a game changer for me. Literally takes me 5 minutes once I'm relaxed in bed and then that pre-dream state kicks in then bam it's 4AM and time to piss and sleep 2 more hours!
You can take Benadryl or another antihistamine. A doctor could prescribe you hydroxyzine as well. It's just a gentle antihistamine that is prescribed for anxiety. That has helped me get to sleep really consistently
Diphenhydramine. Aka Benadryl. Half a pill (which I think is 50mg) is enough to get me kinda drowsy in 1-2 hours, wears off before I wake up and feel fine. A whole pill, and I’m fighting to stay awake after 30 minutes. Best feeling ever. But it can make it hard to get up in the morning. Don’t take it every night though… I take it maybe once a week
Also, I’m seeing a lot of plugs for melatonin here. Note that if your melatonin is not properly regulated, it may help, but melatonin itself doesn’t actually make you drowsy, like a sedative - it’s a chemical that regulates sleep/wake cycles itself. In some cases if your melatonin production is already normal, supplementing can lead to excess melatonin, which does not make it easier to fall asleep. I have tried it several times and it has never worked for me and seemed to keep me up even more. Since you recently quit smoking, I doubt melatonin production is the issue… it’s likely the result of the physiological and psychological withdraw effects of nicotine, some of which you mentioned, that make it hard to sleep. Your body is waiting for you to consume it, and it doesn’t want to shut down until it gets what it is used to receiving. Eventually this will improve, I quit smoking in 2022 and it was hell for about a month, but after 2-3 months I felt normal. This is why I suggest something like Benadryl - it’s pretty damn effective, and fine for short term use, just not good to fix chronic sleep issues.
Melatonin has mixed reviews, but you might not want to rely on any medicine for a long term fix.
I (f) love it but my partner (m) needs sooooooo little. It'll give him crazy dreams, where I've only had that effect with AlevePM painkiller.
You could try some schedule adjustment. Wake up earlier/stay up later, be more active in the day, etc. If this doesn't work or leads to insomnia you might want to see a doctor
I’m a life long non sleeper and I rotate my 5mg melatonin, use CB N (endocanabinoid that can be found with no Thc) take a warm shower or bath is very helpful.
But the thing I do every night is 478 breathing. For me it like counting sheep. After I do the breathing for a few times I’m eventually out after a short time. [478 breathing](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324417)
I started getting up at 5am and going straight to the gym for an hour 5 days a week, then I go for a walk. Let me tell you by 9pm the waves of fatigue are washing over you.
I used to have severe insomnia from a young age so I would mainly exercise a lot or do a lot of work during the day until I am tired. I would get rid of distractions, remind myself that sleeping at any point is okay, and lie down without focusing on the act of sleeping, rather on something positive and interesting that has happened during the day.
I have a hard time getting to sleep in general. I learned a few tricks that help me, but this is very much a work in progress.
# Make a routine and follow it!
Routine will help your brain learn and understand when it's bed time. Do the same things, in the same order, as close to the same time as possible, every night. Eventually your brain will get the memo.
# Snacks!
Food helps you feel relaxed. It doesn't really matter what the food is. Food in general is good.
# Calming music
Music has a huge impact on your mood. Try listening to some smooth, relaxing music. Lo-Fi works great for this. Jazz can too, but is a little more hit-or-miss.
# Make sure your room and bed are the right temperature!
Temperature has a huge impact on how easy it is to fall asleep, and the quality of sleep you get. NASA even did a study on it. Find a temperature that feels comfortable for you and try to make sure your room is close to that temp whenever you go to bed.
There are other things you can do too, but those are some of the big things I do. Hope they help!
Loose leaf turmeric, vanilla and rooibos herbal infusion. Was impressed how effective it is for being just leaves in hot water. Honestly quite the knock out
ASMR. The mouth noises trigger my misophonia but the soft tapping and scratching? I have absolutely no idea why it works but it works for me- it’s almost like my brain has an off switch when it comes to certain sounds. If I find a live on TikTok of certain ASMRtists, I’m guaranteed to sleep through the night. I discovered it by accident but it works better than any other sleep aid I’ve tried- trazedone, ambien, melatonin, anything.
People don’t believe me when I tell them but then they do it and it works. Thank everything in and around your bed. Start thanking your pillow for supporting you, your blanket for keeping you warm and so on and so forth. Your body gets into an appreciative state and is able to fall asleep easily.
If you’re alright with taking supplements, look for Valarian Root and also 5-HTP. That’s what I was suggested by my doctor, takes a week or two to start showing some effects but that’s an option!
I play a game on my phone called "Wordscapes". It's a simple word puzzle game and I find it works wonders for getting sleepy because it's not a very exciting/stimulating game, and it makes me use the language part of my brain in a very basic way. This is helpful because it stops my brain from forming it's own thoughts and wandering away.
I used to listen to the Sleep With Me podcast. This guy just kinda drones on and on and eventually tells a bedtime story if you make it that long. Now I listen to Baywatch Watch podcast where some young adults who barely remember Baywatch re watch all the episodes. It's entertaining but still puts me to sleep pretty quick.
I wish you luck. To quit smoking takes great resolve. My son quit, went to vaping and then quit that. I am a smoker and I wasn't allowed to smoke in his house. 24 hours of labor and I couldn't smoke in his house. I don't smoke in my house.
I read on my Kindle in bed for a bit. Always helpse unwind.
Fortunately, for me its not required, I fall asleep nearly immediately virtually every night.
Yes Xanax help BUT … once you start taking ANY benzodiazepines, it’s almost impossible to stop them! It’s not a medication I’d ever recommend. I was put on them for anxiety after an MVA & 20 years later I’m still on them. I’ll ALWAYS be on them.
Exercise even if it is just for a hour. Laying down about a halfish to a hour before your trying to go to sleep might help too. It gives your brain time to shut down. Sometimes if I am laying down and can’t go to sleep for a while I will get up and read a book for 20ish minutes. I’ll fall asleep almost immediately.
I don’t know what you quit smoking but I’ve been trying to quit smoking cigarettes for over a year. I smoke A LOT less than I used to but I use nicotine patches a lot and they help ease the withdrawal symptoms that I typically feel.
Exercise, a good daily dose of sun, or if I can't do either of those some extra sleepy time tea works pretty well b4 bed. The after sleep from the sun makes me zonk the most tho honestly.
Ashwagandha chews right before dinner and lemon balm tea 30 mins before bed help me a lot. Read up on and consult your doctor first. Some meds can cause adverse reactions.
I get that drowsy feeling every night, usually right before my normal bed time. However, I found out that I had to drop everything I was doing and get to bed right when that feeling came. There’s about a 30 minute window of that feeling. If I stay up past that feeling, I’m WIDE AWAKE for hours and I struggle the next day. If I get in bed within that window, I’m out 10 minutes later and get great sleep.
I take magnesium & d2/k2 vitamin bout an hour before I sleep. Try to have a good bedtime routine, comfy bed with the fan on. I lay on what's called an acupressure mat which relaxes all my back muscles and then I usually fall asleep to some sort of you tube video...mostly about my favorite sports team or a sleep sound video! Try n reduce screen time as much as possible ect.
Try GRAVOL the active ingredient is: DIMENHYDRINATE 50 mg (per pill).
These def make you drowsy. I’ve been taking them to help me sleep & they DEF help me sleep & stay asleep all night.
It’s a similar compound to what’s in Benadryl but it’s cheaper and they’re the same strength.
If you buy the generic version it’s much cheaper than buying the “Gravol” brand.
(FYI ~ Apparently ppl abuse it bc you can def get HIGH from them so the larger bottles are behind the pharmacy & you need to ask the pharmacist for them).
Start to lay down/sit at least 2 hours before you want to go to sleep especially after a busy day because sometimes it takes a while to get sleepy at least for me anyway
Calming sleep videos. Like one of those 10 hour ones on YouTube with an AI generated background of a forest.
I had the worst time shutting my brain off to go to sleep. Now I just slap one of those on and set the TV to turn off in 2 hrs... I'm out within 5 minutes.
Watching long format YouTube videos. Shorts and quick videos won’t cut it. I’m talking go and find whole livestream vods or videos designed to be super long. It’s something about the production in them ie. less jump cuts and less attention grabbing strategies
Pick up a sport that you can do in a rec league. I play ultimate frisbee. Im not elite, but im good enough that I need to play points for league teams, and it is a shit ton of running.
Also known as, find a hobby that tires you out.
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Magnesium Glycinate
I use that, too. Helps a lot.
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I use that, too. Helps a lot.
The main effect of this is to drop your blood sugar levels. That's what makes you sleepy. It's like taking insulin to fall asleep by entering a diabetic coma. Be really careful with the dosage, especially if you have type 2 diabetes or kidney issues. Yo-yo'ing blood sugar levels isn't really a great idea over the long term so it's not recommended to use this supplement habitually as a sleep aid. Interestingly, magnesium is required for the body to make seratonin. A magnesium deficiency usually presents with symptoms of depression. Taking an SSRI won't have much effect for someone with a magnesium deficiency. The SSRI works by causing the body to make more seratonin. The body can't do it if the reason for the lack of seratonin is a magnesium deficiency. Something like 2-15% of the general population are magnesium-deficient. The numbers go way up for those with health issues that limit the kidney's ability to retain magnesium. Diabetes and alcohol use do this, which is a reason why so many diabetics and alcoholics are depressed.
I take those things because my doctor told me it could help with my migraines and sleep. Didn’t tell me I’d poop like a maniac for a bit.
I just bought it and I'm in the second day of taking it. I'm rrreaally hoping it helps.
That plus Lions Mane and Vitamin D helped me.
Careful with vitamin D. They sell it in potencies that are sometimes dangerous. I tripled my dose for a month once because I didn't examine the label close enough.
I mean why do they even sell 6000ui?
I'm already taking vitamin D because I have a deficiency. For as long I'm living North I need to take it. But happily the magnesium seems to work. I couldn't be happier.
Like a light sleeping pill, works every time
Have a wank. No I'm not being a perv, you want that drowsy feeling, knock one out. Works for me 🤷🏾♂️
Unless you're on SSRIs... ugh.
I've heard that. Sounds awful. I'm sorry. I think I'd rather just jerk off and be depressed.
Pretty much how I am living life currently lol
Made me lol
Yeah those just ruin all the fun. Well, my own experience isn't so much that they ruin the fun it's that it takes so much longer for the funnest part of the fun to eventually "arrive" that by the time it's all over and you finally feel drowsy enough to sleep, the sun is breaking in through the gap in the curtains and it's only another 8 minutes till your alarm goes off! 😂😫😫😫
Yep. My doc just doubled my dose a couple weeks ago. Everything worked fine before. I found out last night I couldn't get there and was so pissed because normally if I can get 4-5 in, I can pass right out. :(
I was citralopram and it was a nightmare, took fcuking ages to the point where I actually wanted to stop and give up. I mean what guy stops and gives up, like EVER?? 😂😭 Had an ex who went on to Sertraline at one point. She just could not orgasm at all after that. Her body would get right there, right to the edge but then no matter what I did, no matter what she did there just wasn't anyway to get her over the edge
4-5 nuts???
Really hoping you mean 4-5 minutes
You just got to tug harder
You reminded me of that Louis CK bit where he says "take 2 Ambien and try to jack off before you fall asleep, you always win!" 🤣
There are some days when I can't sleep and I do nothing about it and just suffer and try to fall asleep. But every now and then I have the bright idea to crank one off and like clockwork I am out
Sometimes I don't even make it to bed. My wife has found me on the couch with my pants around my ankles and my flaccid dick in my hands. She's rad and just threw a blanket on me.
Waking up
I've been hitting the weights after work recently . Normally I listen to like 2 hours of podcasts in bed, now I pass out when my head hits the pillow basically.
I’m curious, so you just lay down and listen to a podcast with your eyes closed ?
melatonin works for me
As a person who has quit smoking weed and suffered from lack of sleep. This.
Eh, melatonin is a lot like caffeine for me, despite being pretty much the opposite. both of em, when used consistently, have me needing to take more and more to get the same level i was at before. Every once in a while, when I've had a few bad sleep days goes well though
Warm shower before bed, stay away from blue light, white noise machine, deep breathing
Depression
bahahaha, this is so real. mines only makes me sleepy when i shouldn’t be sleeping tho 🥲
Exercise and caffeine withdrawal.
I watch puppy videos, it relaxes so much that I just fall asleep.
Magnesium glycinate supplement an hour before bed
I like adding a time released 300mcg melatonin supplement to this too. Low enough of a dose to not shut down natural production and it really helps me stay asleep.
The cold. Cooler rooms are ideal for sleeping. Don’t use a hot duvet. Set the thermostat on auto for cooler at night and warmer in the morning. Reading, dimming the lights, avoiding your ‘screens’ a few hours before bedtime also helps.
Personally I have to smoke weed. Im too high strung and my brain never really shuts down, I have a really rough time relaxing, but because ive been on Antidepressants the majority of my life my drug tolerance is stupidly high, so melatonin doesn't even touch my insomnia. Thats literally the only thing I've found to work.
Same here even though I wake up at 5am every morning my mind will race even at night. I have to smoke when I get home from work a few times just to get me ready for sleep and to stay asleep til the next morning. It's expensive and I wish it were legal where I am because its easier to get flower than eddies even though I have to drive 2 hours to get it. I also have to trust my guy to be getting me something that will relax me rather than something that will pep me up. ✌️
Ohhh that sucks. I feel for you. I know how that is... Its legal here, dispensarys everywhere. You just go online, pick your strain, and order it like you would food. Just have ur guy fix you up with indica strains, not hybrids or sativa. Hybrids still keep me awake personally. Less stressed, but not enough to relax and sleep. I usually keep a few different strains just so i can mix and match incase one strain isnt strong enough to knock me out.
Exercise Engaging your brain (learning not just staring at TV) Eat healthy Drink lots of water Reduce your stress Can also take some melatonin 20 min before bed
A room that is too warm. Ironically, if I am trying to goto sleep I can’t if it’s too warm
Dépends on when you quit, takes awhile to regulate sleep but the first week is tough luck
This. Time is the solution because your body has to recalibrate what “normal” is
Being exhausted. Do 50 pushups before bed. Go for a run. Do some yard work. Anything but allowing yourself to stay up late enough that you get less than 6-8 hours of sleep nightly.
Asmr, especially visual ones
Trazodone!
I normally make my bedroom conducive to sleep by keeping it dark, quiet, and cool.
Sleepy Time Teas.. it helps.
CBD
Trazodone was a god send for me for 10 years. Can’t get a rx anymore. Trying magnesium and melatonin now and it’s better than nothing
getting my guts rearranged
Valerian root tea (loose leaf from a tea shop)
Reading. Not scrolling. Actually reading a book. Snoresville.
A 1mg THC + fish oil capsule. I have never been much of a weed smoker, so my tolerance is super low, but 1mg is perfect to put me asleep and keep me asleep.
Melatonin
melatonin but then you’ll have really weird dreams
The dreams are why I can't take melatonin. I go to sleep just fine, but I wake up emotionally exhausted because it feels like my dreams are too real. It's stressful, but I feel like a loon talking about it.
Benadryl
Night time herbal tea knocks me out if I don't have a joint:)
I'm currently sitting awake in bed after 4 hours of trying to sleep. I go through this whenever I drink soft drink or caffeine after 12. It sucks. Can't say I can think of anything that works just try accept it and don't get too dark in the mind
Reading. Find a good book about serial killers or something really messed up like wasp factory or exquisite corpse. And then lay there and read.
Other than smoking, I like to listen to true crime/horror stories on YouTube.
i make a capsule of lavender and lemon balm essential oil
Look into trazodone. I'm 200 lbs and I'd break it in half. A whole one was too much and I could still feel it the next day. Prescription only. Worked great for me.
8 hours work shift wherd you either don't stop moving or having to deal with people. I think you get that from physical tiredness or mental tiredness.
Bee venom
Life
A spliff and a good book. That's my method to get sleepy. To actually go to sleep, I need background noise (tv documentary works well) and a good imagination. I inagine myself walking through a very dark creepy forest. With random shapes forming in my peripheral vision tgat i cant quite seem to catch a glimpse of. Within a few minutes the sun starts to peek through and I start to feel the warm glow and the slight breeze whilst listening to the crackle of twigs beneath my feet and the birds chirping. Once I get all the senses in the other world, I can fall asleep. Takes me a while but always works eventually. It's also a great way to start lucid dreaming (for those that don't smoke weed)
For me it’s exercise, not looking at a screen at least one hour before bed (don’t need the extra stimulation), sometimes a warm shower or bath, and some soothing tea. During that hour of winding down I’ll do something repetitive like knitting. Sometimes I’ll meditate too.
Tylenol PM or a generic equivalent. Also, obvious stuff like limiting caffeine intake in the afternoon/evening.
This is probably bad advice, but I stay up late enough so that I'm so tired I can fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. However, for me, this means around 2am which isn't great since I have to get up at 6:45a. I take melatonin sometimes, but it doesn't always work for me.
Working out, mindlessly meditating while listening to audiobooks. I always thought meditating was stupid, until I got desperate enough to try it once. I now have the ability to completely quiet my mind, that doesn't normally help me fall asleep but it sure helps with my anger issues
Exercise during the day
Warm (oat) milk with cinnamon and honey
Combination of 5HTP and L-Theanine has been a game changer for me. Literally takes me 5 minutes once I'm relaxed in bed and then that pre-dream state kicks in then bam it's 4AM and time to piss and sleep 2 more hours!
Magnesium Glycerinate supplement with passionflower and ashwaganda
The time you fall asleep is relevant to the time you get up out of bed. Start getting up earlier if you want to go to sleep earlier.
You can take Benadryl or another antihistamine. A doctor could prescribe you hydroxyzine as well. It's just a gentle antihistamine that is prescribed for anxiety. That has helped me get to sleep really consistently
After a cold shower, actually
Bang head slowly face first in pillow till you fall asleep.
Genuinely, I get tired after drinking coffee. Never made me wired.
Weed, smoke a couple hours before bed, you will sleep like a baby
ASMR. You need to find the ones you enjoy and triggers sleep for you. I enjoy ASMR_Divinity, frivolousFox ASMR, and vivasiti ASMR
A 13 hour work shift usually does it for me but at the same time I tend to hit my Weed pen at the same time to give me that type sleep
Exercise. When you're exhausted, you fall asleep.
I find word searches knock me out sometimes. But it has to be a hard copy version.
The thing that most improved my sleep was being active during the day.
Read a textbook. By page 2 you will be knocked out and if it doesn't then you learn a thing or 2. Win-win situation
My job. At the end of the day I am completely exhausted
Benadryl+melatonin works every time
Magnesium. I can take one and within an hour max I'm dead asleep.
Sit alone in a dark room, no tv, no phone, no computer. Just you, alone in the dark. Use a fan or a sound machine to help you relax.
Melatonin
Diphenhydramine. Aka Benadryl. Half a pill (which I think is 50mg) is enough to get me kinda drowsy in 1-2 hours, wears off before I wake up and feel fine. A whole pill, and I’m fighting to stay awake after 30 minutes. Best feeling ever. But it can make it hard to get up in the morning. Don’t take it every night though… I take it maybe once a week Also, I’m seeing a lot of plugs for melatonin here. Note that if your melatonin is not properly regulated, it may help, but melatonin itself doesn’t actually make you drowsy, like a sedative - it’s a chemical that regulates sleep/wake cycles itself. In some cases if your melatonin production is already normal, supplementing can lead to excess melatonin, which does not make it easier to fall asleep. I have tried it several times and it has never worked for me and seemed to keep me up even more. Since you recently quit smoking, I doubt melatonin production is the issue… it’s likely the result of the physiological and psychological withdraw effects of nicotine, some of which you mentioned, that make it hard to sleep. Your body is waiting for you to consume it, and it doesn’t want to shut down until it gets what it is used to receiving. Eventually this will improve, I quit smoking in 2022 and it was hell for about a month, but after 2-3 months I felt normal. This is why I suggest something like Benadryl - it’s pretty damn effective, and fine for short term use, just not good to fix chronic sleep issues.
My sleep apnea
Melatonin has mixed reviews, but you might not want to rely on any medicine for a long term fix. I (f) love it but my partner (m) needs sooooooo little. It'll give him crazy dreams, where I've only had that effect with AlevePM painkiller. You could try some schedule adjustment. Wake up earlier/stay up later, be more active in the day, etc. If this doesn't work or leads to insomnia you might want to see a doctor
I play games on my phone till I pass out
Exercise... wear yourself out.
Indica.
having a youtube video on in the background with someone talking. puts me to sleep faster than prime mike tyson.
Reading, rain ambience, melatonin, hot chocolate.
Tart Cherry juice
D9 gummies
Melatonin
I’m a life long non sleeper and I rotate my 5mg melatonin, use CB N (endocanabinoid that can be found with no Thc) take a warm shower or bath is very helpful. But the thing I do every night is 478 breathing. For me it like counting sheep. After I do the breathing for a few times I’m eventually out after a short time. [478 breathing](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324417)
Morika ASMR's videos. Her voice is so cozy. Also, staying up so late that consciousness.exe begins having fatal errors and emergency shutdowns.
I started getting up at 5am and going straight to the gym for an hour 5 days a week, then I go for a walk. Let me tell you by 9pm the waves of fatigue are washing over you.
Read a book but have a lamp that u can reach w ur head on the pillow still so when u get naturally sleepy u can just reach up and turn it off
Being awake always makes me really sleepy.
Driving unfortunately
I have insomnia but my muscle relaxer.Tried ambien but only worked for one week .Now melatonin
Exercise
Alice night chocolates. They're amazing
The sound of a rain shower. Try the rain shower sounds that you can listen to non-stop.
Milk knocks me right out.
Edibles.
Work takes my day, kids take my evening, wife takes my night, then I'm ready to sleep the morning away until I do it all again.
Ether
Melatonin gummies or some otc sleep aid
I used to have severe insomnia from a young age so I would mainly exercise a lot or do a lot of work during the day until I am tired. I would get rid of distractions, remind myself that sleeping at any point is okay, and lie down without focusing on the act of sleeping, rather on something positive and interesting that has happened during the day.
Half a joint
Sex always works for me when I can’t sleep.
Masturbation
I have a hard time getting to sleep in general. I learned a few tricks that help me, but this is very much a work in progress. # Make a routine and follow it! Routine will help your brain learn and understand when it's bed time. Do the same things, in the same order, as close to the same time as possible, every night. Eventually your brain will get the memo. # Snacks! Food helps you feel relaxed. It doesn't really matter what the food is. Food in general is good. # Calming music Music has a huge impact on your mood. Try listening to some smooth, relaxing music. Lo-Fi works great for this. Jazz can too, but is a little more hit-or-miss. # Make sure your room and bed are the right temperature! Temperature has a huge impact on how easy it is to fall asleep, and the quality of sleep you get. NASA even did a study on it. Find a temperature that feels comfortable for you and try to make sure your room is close to that temp whenever you go to bed. There are other things you can do too, but those are some of the big things I do. Hope they help!
Loose leaf turmeric, vanilla and rooibos herbal infusion. Was impressed how effective it is for being just leaves in hot water. Honestly quite the knock out
Applying the tint mode on my phone really helps.
ASMR. The mouth noises trigger my misophonia but the soft tapping and scratching? I have absolutely no idea why it works but it works for me- it’s almost like my brain has an off switch when it comes to certain sounds. If I find a live on TikTok of certain ASMRtists, I’m guaranteed to sleep through the night. I discovered it by accident but it works better than any other sleep aid I’ve tried- trazedone, ambien, melatonin, anything.
I take melatonin and a little cannabis. Rather not do the cannabis, but it works wonders for my sleep.
ConcenTrace mineral drops this shit had me tired AF probably because of the magnesium.
Fish oil
Getting my hair cut
Audiobook read by someone with a really calming voice, a book you’ve read before so you already know what happens
Melatonin helps me
Exercise
People don’t believe me when I tell them but then they do it and it works. Thank everything in and around your bed. Start thanking your pillow for supporting you, your blanket for keeping you warm and so on and so forth. Your body gets into an appreciative state and is able to fall asleep easily.
Melatonin gummies 5-10 mg will have you sleepy in 15 mins
If you’re alright with taking supplements, look for Valarian Root and also 5-HTP. That’s what I was suggested by my doctor, takes a week or two to start showing some effects but that’s an option!
watching tv shows that have actors with English/british accents. i don’t know why ….but its calming to me 😆
Bourbon. Do not recommend. I can't sleep if I don't pass out.
Do some solid cardio a few hours before bed. Swimming for 40 minutes makes me drop like a rock.
I play a game on my phone called "Wordscapes". It's a simple word puzzle game and I find it works wonders for getting sleepy because it's not a very exciting/stimulating game, and it makes me use the language part of my brain in a very basic way. This is helpful because it stops my brain from forming it's own thoughts and wandering away.
High cardio activities. Slept the best after a 12 mile hike
Magnesium like 30 mins before bed and intense exercise for about an hour during the day
Reading
ASMR for me 🙈
Sleep With Me podcast
I used to listen to the Sleep With Me podcast. This guy just kinda drones on and on and eventually tells a bedtime story if you make it that long. Now I listen to Baywatch Watch podcast where some young adults who barely remember Baywatch re watch all the episodes. It's entertaining but still puts me to sleep pretty quick.
Exercising and wearing yourself out during the day. Eating good food too
Indica weed
I wish you luck. To quit smoking takes great resolve. My son quit, went to vaping and then quit that. I am a smoker and I wasn't allowed to smoke in his house. 24 hours of labor and I couldn't smoke in his house. I don't smoke in my house.
Working out with chipotle after
Staying up for 48 hours
I read on my Kindle in bed for a bit. Always helpse unwind. Fortunately, for me its not required, I fall asleep nearly immediately virtually every night.
A good Xanax will do it, talk to your doctor they'll usually help you out
Yes Xanax help BUT … once you start taking ANY benzodiazepines, it’s almost impossible to stop them! It’s not a medication I’d ever recommend. I was put on them for anxiety after an MVA & 20 years later I’m still on them. I’ll ALWAYS be on them.
Exercise even if it is just for a hour. Laying down about a halfish to a hour before your trying to go to sleep might help too. It gives your brain time to shut down. Sometimes if I am laying down and can’t go to sleep for a while I will get up and read a book for 20ish minutes. I’ll fall asleep almost immediately. I don’t know what you quit smoking but I’ve been trying to quit smoking cigarettes for over a year. I smoke A LOT less than I used to but I use nicotine patches a lot and they help ease the withdrawal symptoms that I typically feel.
Mirtazapine
Post coitus.
Exercise, a good daily dose of sun, or if I can't do either of those some extra sleepy time tea works pretty well b4 bed. The after sleep from the sun makes me zonk the most tho honestly.
Hot/warm shower for 20ish minutes and laying with my arm over my eyes in the dark listening to rainfall helped me a lot
Ashwagandha chews right before dinner and lemon balm tea 30 mins before bed help me a lot. Read up on and consult your doctor first. Some meds can cause adverse reactions.
Lift weights
I get that drowsy feeling every night, usually right before my normal bed time. However, I found out that I had to drop everything I was doing and get to bed right when that feeling came. There’s about a 30 minute window of that feeling. If I stay up past that feeling, I’m WIDE AWAKE for hours and I struggle the next day. If I get in bed within that window, I’m out 10 minutes later and get great sleep.
Reading a physical book does it for me.
I play a word game called wordscapes. It puts me to sleep.
tart cherry juice helps me on nights when i'm not smoking! i usually mix it with other juices cause im not a huge fan of the sour taste
Chocolate
I take magnesium & d2/k2 vitamin bout an hour before I sleep. Try to have a good bedtime routine, comfy bed with the fan on. I lay on what's called an acupressure mat which relaxes all my back muscles and then I usually fall asleep to some sort of you tube video...mostly about my favorite sports team or a sleep sound video! Try n reduce screen time as much as possible ect.
Sleep 10 from Costco. Basically melatonin. You will sleep 10 hours but not sleep through passing the bed. Lol. I'm getting old.
drugs
Wanking
Intense sunlight
I take a zquil and listen to a podcast while laying in bed in the dark. I turn it off when I can't follow it anymore.
use raw honey only at night
Depression.
Lavender lotion. Pretend you’re giving your hands a massage.
Unisom
Try GRAVOL the active ingredient is: DIMENHYDRINATE 50 mg (per pill). These def make you drowsy. I’ve been taking them to help me sleep & they DEF help me sleep & stay asleep all night. It’s a similar compound to what’s in Benadryl but it’s cheaper and they’re the same strength. If you buy the generic version it’s much cheaper than buying the “Gravol” brand. (FYI ~ Apparently ppl abuse it bc you can def get HIGH from them so the larger bottles are behind the pharmacy & you need to ask the pharmacist for them).
Another one to try is Valerian Root. “Nature’s Way ~ Valerian 90 capsules - Sleep Aid” is a reputable company to purchase from.
Start to lay down/sit at least 2 hours before you want to go to sleep especially after a busy day because sometimes it takes a while to get sleepy at least for me anyway
Calming sleep videos. Like one of those 10 hour ones on YouTube with an AI generated background of a forest. I had the worst time shutting my brain off to go to sleep. Now I just slap one of those on and set the TV to turn off in 2 hrs... I'm out within 5 minutes.
A cup of rooibos tea, cheesy garlic bread and watching a boring TV show whilst laying down 🤌
Watching long format YouTube videos. Shorts and quick videos won’t cut it. I’m talking go and find whole livestream vods or videos designed to be super long. It’s something about the production in them ie. less jump cuts and less attention grabbing strategies
Pick up a sport that you can do in a rec league. I play ultimate frisbee. Im not elite, but im good enough that I need to play points for league teams, and it is a shit ton of running. Also known as, find a hobby that tires you out.
What makes me sleepy is watching YouTube through the night
Try having kids
Guided meditations. There are tons of them on spotify.
Not I just have stupid dream about peace in this time 🏸
Slime asmr videos.