“Better living through chemistry!”, I call it.
I’ve always called it “Better living through chemical dependency!”
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Reminds me of this quote from the opening scene of Wolf of Wall Street:
On a daily basis I consume enough drugs to sedate Manhattan, Long Island, and Queens for a month. I take Quaaludes 10-15 times a day for my “back pain”, Adderall to stay focused, Xanax to take the edge off, pot to mellow me out, cocaine to wake me back up again, and morphine… Well, because it’s awesome
Had a disc blow out last month, and I still have XR morphine from my friend dying of cancer, and whoa but this dude is right
But after a few days you really want a more potent opiate. Which, don’t worry, you will still take with the morphine cause you’re dependent now.
Thankfully they did emergency surgery or I’d be on the way to becoming a statistic.
Weed reduces the quality of your sleep by shortening the length of REM sleep. If you regularly use weed to help you sleep you may be getting more sleep but you’ll still be tired.
I know that weed reduces REM cycles, but sleep specialists keep prescribing me antidepressants as sleep aids, and they also reduce your REM sleep. I’ve never understood why it’s bad to use weed to kill my nightmares, but good to use pharmaceuticals to do the same thing.
Regardless, I’ve not had dreams since I started antidepressants as a teenager. I didn’t start smoking weed until I was in my 30s, and that was for nerve pain after a car accident. I’m peeved that I needed to rely on my own street pharm knowledge that opiates don’t work on nerve pain, because if I’d relied on the doctors, I’d be hooked on oxy right now.
Doctors who arent pauing attention are better replaced by flowcharts.
My watch says I get a bit more than 2 hours of REM a night which the Internet says is plenty! The biggest changes to my sleep are not eating late and hitting fiber goals.
Watch sleep trackers are absolute bullshit btw
They are better than having no data. It does measure a ton of info related to heart and temperature which are decent indicators.
Where’s your* source?
Your watch can’t measure your brain or eyes, only secondary effects (and not as precisely as actual medical equipment). It’s a rough estimation at best.
It can maybe detect sleep paralysis or other things that indicate this is REM
Well duh but it’s a damn close estimate.
Yeah but poor quality sleep is still better than no sleep at all.
I know someone who needs it to sleep due to PTSD. I think limiting REM sleep is actually the point for them. Their dreams are horrendous, wake them up, and sometimes trigger panic attacks which makes getting back to sleep quite difficult.
I have opinions about that: I think you should not go to bed high but after the main effects are gone. This improves a lot of the grogginess you might have in the morning.
This also means getting high earlier in the day, Carpe Diem!
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Some “make-me-awake”-drugs make me sleep. Take that, science!
You might have ADHD.
https://effectiveeffortconsulting.com/why-do-stimulants-make-me-sleepy-adhd/
I know that I do, was kind of the joke. But thanks for suggesting.
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If you read the link, you’ll see stimulants are downers for ADHD is not what anyone is saying. The perceived relative calm of a focused mind when properly dosed is perceived as being a downer, when in fact, it is just proper function.
I pass out so hard after Vyvanse. I’ve literally taken it to sleep before. Not the best sleep but its sleep!
Usually in the first session, a therapist will look at your sleeping habits. It is a major indicator of issues.
Whether it is stress, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, OCD, or any other mental disorders, If this meme applies to you, I suggest you talk to a therapist. Now a days, you can do sessions all online.
Therapist: So it sounds like you’re tired all the time.
Me: yes.
Therapist: Are you sleeping well?
Me: No. But when I manage to sleep well for a few nights in a row, I feel amazing.
Therapist: Well it sounds like sleeping better would help a lot. Why don’t you tell me about your sleep routine?
Me: Well, I usually go to bed late, and then spend several hours staring at my phone until my eyes are itchy and I feel like I’m about to pass out.
Therapist: Oh. You shouldn’t do that.
Me: I know.
Therapist: You should skip the part where you stare at your phone for hours.
Me: I know.
Therapist: Okay, well our time is up. That’ll be $5000.
Very good advice. Actual, trained and licensed therapists can help everyone at some point. Unfortunately, the majority are severely overworked and underpaid, so finding a good therapist that has experience or familiarity with your particular circumstances may take time.
That is very true. Especially since more and more people are putting their mental health as a priority. This is a good thing but this also means a lot less time for new patients.
you missed the actual main one we use sleep habits to screen for: bipolar disorder!
You are right.
I even though I know people close to me diagnosed with bipolar, I don’t really know much about it.
I am going to guess sleep also indicates whether medication isn’t working anymore.
Judy Garland has entered the chat.
The most important lesson of the Wizard of Oz is that it’s very important that Hollywood has unions.
Turning to drugs to help you sleep will only lead to sleep. And sleeping is a gateway drug to being awake again.
ITT: undiagnosed and unmedicated people
