Posted by btnd on May 29, 2004, at 20:01:40
In reply to Depression, meds and insomnia, posted by splatter on May 29, 2004, at 17:06:23
> I've had some pretty severe depression with a twist of Social Anxiety for years, and it seems that everything that alleviates my issues gives me unbearable insomnia. I've used GHB,
Ok hold on...you used GHB and had trouble sleeping? It is like the BEST MEDICINE out there for insomnia & not-only. But for insomnia it works every single time, 2x doses per night, I use 4g for sleep. And you wake up after 7 hrs totally refreshed and energetic due to GHB's dopamine rebound + making sleep more "deep" (it puts one direcly into 'delta' sleep, which is the most regenerating stage of sleep - that's why it works for narcolepsy - people with this condition have too little delta sleep and are unproductivie during the whole day, because of getting actually very little restful sleep (even if they sleep for 12-14 hours).
Also, the HGH release at that dose, being it 16x more than normally, definitely must have some anti-aging and more restful sleep activity.
> mucuna pruriens, GABA, L-Tyrosine - all these help my depression greatly.I've never heard of the first two being used as anti-depressants. Could you say a little bit more about: how much do you take? do you take all of the above together or seperately? What is the method of action of mucuna pruriens?
...benzodiazapenes.Have you ever tried Rohypnol (flunitrazepam), Halcion (triazolam) or Restoril (temazepam) ? Those are all 'hypnotic' benzodiazepines, useful especially for insomnia.
Or you could try high-doses of Xanax, Klonopin or Valium to help you sleep. Although it is not very wise to use benzodiazepins long-term, as the tolerance goes way fast, for its sleeping purposes. And you finally get to the point where a high dose doesn't work at all, and you need to escalate the dose-dependently down.
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