Sleep ease with melatonin and Unisom

Thanks for sharing your experience, CindiSue. I tried Lorazepam(1 mg.) again a few nights ago and got 4 hours sleep. A good 4 hours, and was able to go back to sleep with a Midnite for a few more hours. However, NOW I remember why I stopped taking it! It's a serious mood de-stabilizer for me. I get very strange and dark and it lasts for days. I googled and sure enough they're reported in some individuals. Benzos are very different from each other. People raved about Xanax but it also was horrible for me, only took it once.

When you know, you KNOW! Klonopin was magic, but with long term use I believe the body's nervous system, metabolic system, even the liver become completely reliant on it. When you quit the side effects are really wide ranging and painful. Bereft. I was bereft without klonopin. This ever present headache that seemed to sap any joy from me and I just couldn't THINK! All withdrawal symptoms even when reducing by small amounts.

Diazepam is the only one that I don't feel is addictive, and seems to have no side effects as long as I don't take it regularly. It can be a depressant then.

But, Flurazepam, magic. Not addictive. I take it 2-3 times a week only and it seems to fix me and the other night's sleep seems better as well. No hangover. 15 mg does it. Occasionally if having trouble 30 mg will fix me in a couple of days.

Flurazepam IS available by Chartwell but they are price gouging because they are the only manufacturer. Rising is releasing this year but don't have a date as of last month.

I await Flurazepam and will make sure I get qty 90 from my doctor so if supply becomes an issue I am covered.

I took a Unisom sleep gel last night which has 50 mg of Benadryl in it. It must be time released. It worked surprisingly well. I also have the doxy variety tablet which will give me a few hours. Midnite is my middle of the night favorite it's just 1 mg of melatonin and herbs. It doesn't always work but it works often enough.

I try very hard not to mix cbd, benzos, or OTC sleep meds. When I do it results in complex dreams and hangover so it's not GOOD for you. But occasionally I feel desperate and forget what I've already taken and in the wee hours take something else. Thank God I don't have a full time job anymore or I'd be in trouble!

Thanks for your perspective it helped me. And thanks for getting me to try Lorazepam so that I this time I WROTE DOWN what it does to me so I'll never take it again. When I used it several times in one week in 2023 I had almost an entire week of DOOM descend on me. It was so surreal.

But taking it once brought back the memories, so never again. I'll be getting rid of this bottle!

Let me tell you about my experience with melatonin -- the wrong dosage and I it's like speed to me.

Seriously, I once inadvertently got a product with 10 mg in it. OMG. For two days I was sick with feeling anxiety and speediness.

Even 5 is too much for me.

I've discovered 1 mg is perfect. Weird, huh? 3 mg sometimes but other time it, too is just a bit over the top. So I bought 1 mg gel tabs and am experimenting with 1 and 2 mg.

It's worth experimenting.