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Do you take long or short acting ritalin? I use short acting, I notice it is much better for my sleep. I split it into two doses and if I feel the second dosage comes to close to my bed time I simply don't take it. That way I don't need to be on a super strict schedule with my sleep. Long acting ritalin keeps me up.

My favorite sleep aid is actually melatonin, it makes you drowsy like after a big carb meal. I'm not allowed to take it so that's crap. So I turned to prescription instead which I take as needed.

by SensitiveSoul

If it is anxiety that prevents you from sleep you might be helped by kava kava or phenibut.

i'll look into those, thanks. 

by SensitiveSoul

Do you take long or short acting ritalin? I use short acting, I notice it is much better for my sleep. I split it into two doses and if I feel the second dosage comes to close to my bed time I simply don't take it. That way I don't need to be on a super strict schedule with my sleep. Long acting ritalin keeps me up.

My favorite sleep aid is actually melatonin, it makes you drowsy like after a big carb meal. I'm not allowed to take it so that's crap. So I turned to prescription instead which I take as needed.

i've used both, and both cause the issue. i've leave a good window between sleep time and when the dosage ends...it's when the medicine wears off I feel more awake, sometimes even jittery. for example, take a short acting at 4PM I won't go to bed until 4AM if I'm not trying to. And I don't feel tired during that time. yesterday i took a long acting at 2PM, laid in bed for a while and fell asleep around 2AM. entire night kept waking up and feeling perfectly awake each time i did wake up. 

Ritalin pumps extra nitric oxide into the brain. Even though people claim the IQ boosting effects, a detour from the recommended dose, which is inevitable with your average moron leads to a highly neuro toxic state in the brain. 

Good luck asshole

by MrOmegaPhi

Ritalin pumps extra nitric oxide into the brain. Even though people claim the IQ boosting effects, a detour from the recommended dose, which is inevitable with your average moron leads to a highly neuro toxic state in the brain. 

Good luck asshole

hehe, you never fail to amuse ohmeg. 

Melatonin, Xanax (Alprazolam), Ativan (Lorazepam) and Valium over the last 10 years or so. I don't take anything regularly.

Melatonin is decent for me for very short term usage. I build a tolerance to it quickly for some reason. 

Ativan causes nystagmus for me and didn't really make me sleepy. It was actually kind of scary any time I tried to take it.

Xanax in it's smallest dosage, halved, is a decent sleep aid for me if anxious and that small of an amount doesn't leave me with next day hangover. A whole one will put me to sleep for a while. 

Valium didn't really make me sleepy at a low dosage but it did allow me to fall asleep somewhat naturally. My mind was calm. 

Just remembered another, Trazodone. It's not primarily used as a sleep aid but it put me out hard. 

I also use lavender. 

Re: Melatonin and sleep paralysis, I've never experienced that disorder but have lived with someone that has it frequently as a result of PTSD. I got them to try Melatonin for it and it was hit or miss so basically no change. It has to be terrifying though. I remember waking up to these muffled screams and shaking him until he woke up.

Hops. Beer will send you off to sleep like a dormouse (if you can buy a decent beer where you live, that is.) Hops also feature in most over-the-counter sleeping pills. (I tried pills a few times but the only effect i got was feeling lobotomised the day after, so i gave it up.)

by MrOmegaPhi

Shot of Whiskey... and a glass of water...

 ...and a couple of Nurofen Plus.  Not bad, although it makes me more awake for a while.

Red wine is also good for sleep. Or baileys from a shoe.

The best way to a good night sleep i found so far is a day at sea, or even just a few hours. (Oddly, it doesn't work with freshwater frolics on some reason.)

Xanax (Alprazolam)

I tried Xanax twice (traded with my sister for barbs), both times made me feel like my head fell through my arse with my eyes peeking  inwards from my buttcheeks introspecting upon the slow & steady peristaltic hum of bowelry. Most harrowing experience.

yeah, well it's not the wine that is good for you, it's the grapes... you might as well eat grape skin extract, because the alcohol is the only thing sedating you. There is nothing good about alcohol. Sorry to say...

by murderer

(if you can buy a decent beer where you live, that is.) 

 you're living in the past! murrica experienced a beer revival starting a while back. get all the good (and bad) foreign, and an uncountable amount of good nonforeign. even have a trippest brewery here now! :O

but i've made beer before and had slow moving plans to do it again, somewhat consistently. can just push up the plans if it's the cure! 

by MrOmegaPhi

yeah, well it's not the wine that is good for you, it's the grapes... you might as well eat grape skin extract, because the alcohol is the only thing sedating you. There is nothing good about alcohol. Sorry to say...

 it's called resveratrol. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol