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Magnesium glycinate and melatonin just before bedtime.
Ultra strength NyQuil put me to sleep in under half hour.A couple hits on a joint and I’m in La La land.
There’s a new prescription Ambien that’s for middle of the night insomnia. It’s 1.6mg and you use it sublingually. Instead of doing that I cut up a 10mg into 6 pieces (need strong readers and a sharp blade). Then a 3am I just crush it between my teeth and take it sublingually as well.
Definitely works. Just don’t like the fact that I need to do it quite often as I’m constantly waking up at 3am, and really have nothing on my mind that should cause it.
Benzodiazepines (Ambien) and antihistamines (ZQuil) shouldn’t be used routinely for insomnia. We become tolerant to these medications over time and require larger and larger doses. I worry that people who in retirement with less stress are taking stuff routinely for insomnia.
Waking up at 3AM is my normal. I read on my Kindle app on my phone or play word or puzzle games. I’ve not been tempted to use anything pharmacological except recently experimenting with a little melatonin now and then.
I have chronic insomnia. I can fall asleep but I wake up a couple of hours later and can’t fall back asleep again. My doctor prescribed 50mg of Trazodone years ago for me. I take one pill right before I want to go to sleep and it helps me to gradually fall and stay asleep without any side effects (other than vivid dreams). I wake up feeling good. And while I’ve been taking it nightly for years, I’ve never needed more than 50mg.
Regular kindles are not that expensive and eliminate blue light, in fact the screen lightness can be adjusted as well. I usually spend an hour before bed reading on a regular kindle with only a small lamp lit on my dresser. Also turn on my sound machine as I read. I can/will read kindle during a wake up too.
I don't want to turn on any light with DH sleeping next to me. There is a dark setting on the Kindle app-black background, white text. Very low light andI have a regular Kindle I use during the day.
While not strictly speaking an "addiction" it would seem your body has now become accustomed to the "routine" of waking at 3AM/Ambien hit. I would be certain your doctor is okay with your regimen since YMMV.
Regular kindles are not that expensive and eliminate blue light
Has anyone tried Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia. CBTI? It’s getting a lot of buzz these days.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/insomnia/in-depth/insomnia-treatment/art-20046677