Are My Psych Meds Holding Me Back ? Pics Included

[JoeyToronto]

I've tried 5htp in the past, but it never made me sleepy enough to use it by itself . Also I'm taking paxil, an SSRI, and my doctor told me to not combine the two due to the risk of serotonin syndrome . I've tried Mg2+ and it did help a little to quell anxiety but it was no benzodiazepine .

Don't get me wrong, I've got anxiety issues myself, and if I'm dealing with something the next day that gets my mind racing the night before I take 0.5 Lorazpam, which is a very small dose. And nothing beats those meds. If you get your full night sleep on it you don't feel groggy. But because my job can be intense and requires a lot of thinking during the day, I somehow manage to do with out the aid because I'm just done and fall asleep at night.lol..but I wouldn't use it everyday. I use it as an absolute last resort.

Further to that, in my experience when I take those meds, I don't get a good restful deep REM sleep. I get the hours of sleep but I don't wake up feeling "wow, I feel refreshed" compared to nights of natural deep REM sleep.