I've been working my way through his 10 week program - breathwork, yoga, and cold showers. Today I did my first 10 minute cold shower. I've got 40 degree water coming out of the tap here in Colorado, so that was mind altering to say the least.
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Mental Health thread
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Who wrote the script?
Does the doc know you're high all day?
How did we get to this insanity where substance abuser get scripts for Xanax to take every night to sleep?
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I know so many people who use Xanax to sleep.
I hate that feeling of that drug.
Weed too.
Cocaine and opiates?
Sign me up!
I hate that feeling of that drug.
Weed too.
Cocaine and opiates?
Sign me up!
Good call, benzo addiction is the worst of the worst.As for the weed, I quit for 9 months and not notice any benefit re. sleeping.
I tried using valium to sleep when backpacking; I sleep for sh!t in the bush
I wound up still awake but feeling really shtity in the morning
My sister got these old school sleeping pills. A while ago. I don't think they make them anymore.
They were so great for sleeping when traveling.
I never sleep on the road or camping.
Yeah, and it's a problem.
A sleep restriction program and sleep hygiene is very practical for many people and it works.
Prescribing a benzo for sleep to someone who is high all day anyway (also a former heroin addict if I'm not mistaken??) seems like maybe a not so good idea.
Sleep restriction work great. When I go travel and I have to skip a night of sleep, I sleep hard the next night.
Benzos really mess up your digestion too.
People I know who got addicted and quit had gut issues for over a year.
And then you start having panic attacks.
Like opiates, these drugs can be really helpful in the short term.
I sleep really well WHEN i smoke weed so everyones different. I dont remember my dreams though if I ssmoke and I dont mind not remembering them. When I was young, with the help of a teacher - I learned how to control my dreams. After a couple months dreams became boring. If you ever consciously notice your in a dream - try and find your hand. Once you find your hand its game on.
Yes I learned that too from reading Carlos Castaneda books. Cool technique. It always falls apart or I wake up when I try to find and banf a girl I’m into
your REM sleep gets out of whack
yea what i noticed is you just gotta go with the flow - not try and change the dream specifically like who is in it etc - but be in control of yourself in whatever enviroment you end up in.Yes I learned that too from reading Carlos Castaneda books. Cool technique. It always falls apart or I wake up when I try to find and banf a girl I’m into
i monitor my sleep and have a consistent schedule i rarely break from.10pm-5am still get plenty of REM every night according to the average (around 1.5 - 2 hours) - just dont remember the dreams most of the time. the odd one will slip through every once in a while.
When I do weed, I can get to sleep just fine. But, like when I have any alcohol, I'll wake after the affects wear off. I can get back to sleep most times, but it isn't straight through.
Quit smoking weed, quit smoking weed, quit smoking weed... You know what happened to my wife's cousin whose back had only a slippied disc? She died, kidney failure from all the antiinflamatory meds. Me? Got no discs, just nuts and bolts and bars, all medical grade titanium though, holding my top half connected to my bottom half. Do you have any notion of the daily physical pain I live with? Quitting weed... NOT AN OPTION!!!!
As far as the stupid little pills, they did what they're supposed to, dropped my anxiety levels back to as normal as possible when caring for an 87 year old SHIrT demon, and now I'm tapering off of them.
Been at 0.25 mgs since Friday. Dropping to 0.25 mgs every other day end of this week. Should be completely off by mid March at the latest.
I do thank you ALL for the concern.
I AM an exheroin addict. I also kicked a 200$ a day habit (80's mind you, when 200$ could buy you more than a Starbucks coffee and a movie ticket) on my own, without any programs.
Been there, done that. These pills are a joke compared to the Indian Brown I was getting in Madrid in the 80's.
Surfing as much as the broken body allows is doing wonders for my mental health too.
As far as the stupid little pills, they did what they're supposed to, dropped my anxiety levels back to as normal as possible when caring for an 87 year old SHIrT demon, and now I'm tapering off of them.
Been at 0.25 mgs since Friday. Dropping to 0.25 mgs every other day end of this week. Should be completely off by mid March at the latest.
I do thank you ALL for the concern.
I AM an exheroin addict. I also kicked a 200$ a day habit (80's mind you, when 200$ could buy you more than a Starbucks coffee and a movie ticket) on my own, without any programs.
Been there, done that. These pills are a joke compared to the Indian Brown I was getting in Madrid in the 80's.
Surfing as much as the broken body allows is doing wonders for my mental health too.
The best sleep for you will result from solid exercise. I can only speak from personal experience but if you are exhausted but still feel you need that additional nudge over into dreamland, DO NOT take melatonin or magnesium. Your body will revolt and keep you awake. Doctor prescribed me codeine which gave that nudge and acted like a reset. Not saying that's the best thing for you, though.
melatonin has never been effective for me
I just learned about magnesium...I want to explore this more
my sleep has always been pretty shitty - it follows the exact pattern Harry describes above
I've mostly developed strategies to make it easier to go back to sleep after that 2am wakeup
sleep is very personal and very important so I don't begrudge anyone their own solutions
I just learned about magnesium...I want to explore this more
my sleep has always been pretty shitty - it follows the exact pattern Harry describes above
I've mostly developed strategies to make it easier to go back to sleep after that 2am wakeup
sleep is very personal and very important so I don't begrudge anyone their own solutions
i take mag every day but the couple times I took it before bed - out like a light. same with melatonin - like nyquil for me.
i think it all comes down to exercise & consistency personally. as soon as I kept a strict sleep schedule and workout regime - all my sleep issues went away. most nights i have no say in the matter - around 10ish my eyes just give up.
I sleep good when I F.
But not always if I F and drank a lot.
Then I wake up with a headache and try not to move so I don't get yelled at.
I'm a super restless sleeper.
But not always if I F and drank a lot.
Then I wake up with a headache and try not to move so I don't get yelled at.
I'm a super restless sleeper.