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Melatonin, benzos induce sleep but do not improve sleep quality for me. Less stress, feeling content + antihistamines or alpha blockers (especially trazodone w
by raducu 5y ago
Melatonin, benzos induce sleep but do not improve sleep quality for me.
Less stress, feeling content + antihistamines or alpha blockers (especially trazodone which has both) do induce much longer deep sleep and feeling refreshed and indeed total sleep duration has nothing to do with sleep quality.
- meowface 5y agoUnfortunately, I believe antihistamines and alpha blockers are both associated with long-term negative health effects if used frequently. Very likely not as bad as daily benzo use, and melatonin is probably safest, but I believe it's not healthy to take any of those four on a regular basis. It's tough to get a free lunch in the sleep department.
- raducu 5y agoI know about the anti-colinergic scale and that first generation antihistamines are bad, but I use third generation antihistamines(levoceterizine), and I use sporadically. But alpha blockers? I mean I don't use those anymore because trazobone and clonodine is antihipertensive and I don't want to mess with that, but I had no idea alpha blockers were bad for the brain.
- meowface 5y agoI'm actually not sure about alpha blockers. I don't know if they're necessarily associated with long-term brain issues like anti-cholinergics are. According to Google, some alpha blockers may be associated with other long-term issues, though.