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Benzos do NOT improve sleep quality, they just make you sleep. They in fact reduce deep sleep. Melatonin supplementation may help.
by rex_lupi 3y ago
Benzos do NOT improve sleep quality, they just make you sleep. They in fact reduce deep sleep.
Melatonin supplementation may help.
- qwerty456127 3y agoI don't have much problems falling asleep but I feel I slept much better if I took a benzo so I occasionally (rarely, humble doses) do whenever I want to really recharge myself with what feels like a great night of good deep uninterrupted sleep. In contrast to zolpidem (I tried it wehen I actually used to have problems falling asleep): zolpidem helps to fall asleep but promotes vivid (and visually beautiful) vigourous dreams and harms resting so I feel satisfied but very tired in the morning (like if lived through the Avatar movie instead of sleeping). Such is my experience. What am I missing? Melatonin supplementation seems a questionable idea except for adjusting your circadian "inner clock" - according to this article: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/E4cKD9iTWHaE7f3AJ/melatonin-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/E4cKD9iTWHaE7f3AJ/melatonin-...
- n4r9 3y agoPerhaps sleep quality doesn't always directly relate to how rested you feel afterwards? I've been having a very varied amount of sleep for the last few months due to a newborn baby. It can definitely happen that a good 5-6 hour stretch (the max I get these days) leads to me feeling more tired. Sometimes running on fumes actually feels easier and more wakeful.
- rex_lupi 3y agoNot nearly as questionable as taking benzos, in any case.
- artursapek 3y agoNope, melatonin is best avoided. Read "Why We Sleep".
- floxy 3y ago"Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors" https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/ https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/