Cant shut my brain off before bed

[davesah1]

Anyone else have this problem? I lay in bed for 2, sometimes 3 hours with my mind going 100mph. Would taking a night time sleep aid like z-quil or unisom be an ok thing to use? I've heard it can hinder muscle growth aka "gains" lol. But then again so can not getting a good nights sleep.

I had this exact problem and my asshole doctor gave me xanax and not ambien. So now I have to ween off benzos with clonozepam, wasn't hard the first time.

Nothing really helped me besides sleep aids or drugs that sedated me....its sucks dude.
Especially when you start getting frustrated that you've been laying down for 2 hours causing you to be more awake. Melatonin does nothing to me as well.

I think it has to do more life stressors and circumstance and your overall mental state.
I'm always thinking about things, usually plotting my future, but in times of boredom and being settled into a simple routine it was manageable without substances.

Almost forgot about these, if you can get low dose anti-physcotics they knocked me out harder than anything. Seroquel being the most potent at the lowest dose of 25mgs, and I believe they are non-habit forming unlike benzos which can be a monster to stop taking b/c of the physical dependency issues. Benzo and alcohol withdrawal are the only ones that can kill you.

I was given trazadone and my new ever so clever doctor was worried about me getting the 0.1% side effect of priapism (the eternal boner) and switched me to 1mg aprazolam...

[yeahbuddy289]

Davesah your freakin huge man! It doesnt consistently happen so im not sure its worth pursuing prescription meds. But when I do get into those ruts of not falling asleep for hours it sucks lol.

[nukzahaha]

"dont masturbate because you lost testosterone and you will lose gains" < is this true. Really !!!

[Meateater]

Sex always seems to do the trick.

[davesah1]

Davesah your freakin huge man! It doesnt consistently happen so im not sure its worth pursuing prescription meds. But when I do get into those ruts of not falling asleep for hours it sucks lol.

thanks you.

Mine wasn't just ruts, more so chronic on a daily basis.

best of luck