Help with insomnia
 

I'm slowly weaning off my medication for a mental illness I had 2 years ago. I can't take regular sleeping pills though it would conflict with the medication. Been dealing with minor withdrawals but the biggest is having sleep issues.

What are some natural remedies I could try?

I tried tea from the store and CBD seems to help a bit. But would love something stronger so I could sleep throughout the whole night.

Thank you for any advice you have on this.

mature trichomes from a nighttime strain are needed for sleep

decarboxylate and eat flower

if you want something done right you have to do it yourself ~ I guess that's why people have herb gardens

Thank you for your advice.

I looked up what you said and unfortunately I can't touch THC/weed. Probably for the rest of my life. I can take CBD though pure oil which I have and it has helped a little bit. I was just told to try Melatonin the strongest one is 10mg tonight with CBD. I'll see how that goes.

I listen to audio books through headphones. Usually fiction or fantasy stories take mind mind off of the world. It's like having someone read a bed time story until you fall asleep.

I know this might sound odd but I dealt with all sorts of side effects from the medication. I'll be very honest. I've lowered it down to 2 and I'll slowly go down more in the next few months. I'm doing this without a psychiatrist due to traveling too much. They put me on 5 medications due to a psychosis which runs in my family on my mom's side. I was a really bottled in too. Dealt with childhood trauma and didn't know how to self express myself. Told me I had to wait 2 years before lowering it. They also told me to avoid marijuana because of the psychosis. I read about each medication before doing this. I have quite a lot of the medication because we were preparing to travel and such. So I'm not running out or anything. So far nothing serious is happening. Just minor withdrawals. It was a mixture of spiritual beliefs and trauma. I would say it was like being in-between realities. I don't wish to go through it ever again.

I don't have patience since being medicated to watch tv, TikTok, listen to audio, etc. I tried reading a book recently fantasy and just lost interest was almost done with the book. Just music and reading quotes/Facebook talking to family on messenger. Exercise. As I'm lowering the medication I feel drawn to spirituality again. Had a few spiritual dreams before the insomnia started.

Before I was medicated I was interested in so many things. Watched tv, read fantasy, etc. Everything was turned off for me. A break from the world I guess.

You've been through quite the ordeal, and I am so glad you're finding your way back to spirituality. :hug2: I am sending out love and prayers in that you have a smooth gentle return to the fullness of life.

Awe I'm okay overall. Just dealing with withdrawals. Maybe other's in my shoes might need to know they are not alone out there too.

insomnia is an evil curse

I don't have insomnia, but I recommend a method I learned from David St. Clairs' "Lessons in Instant ESP".

https://archive.org/details/davidstc...2up?q=insomnia

Lesson 5: On falling asleep, page 57

Basically, you visualize one by one the rainbow / chackra colors (red, orange, ...), which puts you in an alpha state, and you fall asleep. If you don't fall asleep from the first try, reapeat it.

The more you practice it, the more effective it becomes.

The people I recommended this to, said it worked nicely.

I'll give it a try tonight.

Just want to say CBD and melatonin 10mg helped me have a Rem sleep last night. I was still tossing a bit but nothing like the past few nights. Was so tired from lack of sleep these past few days I went to bed so early last night (7ish my time).

Giving an update: Melatonin and CBD works together. I went to bed at 8 slept till 1. And retook the Melatonin 10mg which knocked me out till 5 and I had a good rest overall.