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My problem is that I'm always sleepy throughout the day and when I have to go to bed at nigh, then I feel so active and energetic, as if my body tries its best

My problem is that I'm always sleepy throughout the day and when I have to go to bed at nigh, then I feel so active and energetic, as if my body tries its best to avoid sleeping.

cobbaut 3mo ago
My doctor said "you have to earn your sleep". I had the same problem until: - two pieces of fruit per day - two portions of vegetables per day - half an hour of outside sunshine per day - twice per week exercise until you sweat - no sleep during the day - get out of bed every morning around the same time - no processed food!
- Tesl 3mo ago
  Kinda funny seeing this reply side to side with the "I just took LSD" one
- stronglikedan 3mo ago
  I wish your doctor's advice worked on me. I'm in the same boat as the person you're responding to, and I follow all this advice as well.
pjerem 3mo ago
I was in the same boat as you and it seems I solved it. What I did : - LSD (microdosing + a semi dose one year ago) did absolute wonders on my anxiety (which was what kept me energetic). I would then describe myself as having a general anxiety disorder and I now describe myself as chill af. It's amazing. I'm still stressed out by things but that's normal and not my default mode anymore. - Prolonged-release melatonin keeps me asleep for the whole night - Took the habit of reading in the bed. I'm so tired that most evenings, I have a really hard time to read 5-10 pages, I must fight to keep my eyes open.
- sajithdilshan 3mo ago
  okay, I'm curious, have you build an addiction? or do you think you can keep on reducing the dose and stop using it but still have the benefits. I've read somewhere that LSD can kind of re-wire your brain
  - __MatrixMan__ 3mo ago
    LSD has risks, especially if you're already prone to certain kinds of mental illness (you might not know it), but addiction isn't really one of them. Going for a walk can also rewire your brain, but doing so on LSD will probably rewire it more quickly. Whether that's good or bad depends on whether you do a good job with the rewiring. It comes down to how well you trust yourself.
    - pjerem 3mo ago
      > if you're already prone to certain kinds of mental illness (you might not know it) Though you can have some solid hints. First it's important to say we are talking about psychosis related illnesses. First one is nobody had mental illness in your family. Second one is your age : most mental illness develop when you are a teenager or in your early twenties. If you are 30+, you can consider that LSD will not reveal anything hidden. Though you still get the risk of bad trip, which you can manage with a good set & setting and not being alone if you prefer.
  - tetec1 3mo ago
    LSD actually has an anti addictive effect. There are multiple studies about it, for example on smoking cessation (IIRC). It's pretty interesting. You're unlikely to get addicted to it.
  - pjerem 3mo ago
    LSD is not addictive. Actually it’s the opposite, I take it way less than I would because I just forget regularly or I don’t want to take it at all. I take it (microdose) maybe once a week instead of once every three days. I do want to take a bigger dose again because of the healing effects it had the first time but I’ve been procrastinating it for the last 6 months. So I’m stuck with irregular microdosing. Also the effects are really long, like 12 hours. While it’s not an issue when you microdose (because you barely feel anything), it’s extremely complicated to find the right time to take anything bigger than that. You need a full day free of any responsibility, in a good place and you need to want to dedicate the day to it. I have a job and I’m a dad so let me tell you that those days never happen :D And the only time I took a biggest dose (half a tab), I felt very good after it but, hard to describe, I was was satisfied/happy with my experience and with the effects but still I just didn’t want to redo it for multiple months, not because it wasn’t good but because I felt I didn’t need it anymore.
mherkender 3mo ago
I do that, it seems like a self-reinforcing pattern I end up in after messing up my sleep schedule. I take a sleep aid (like Zzzquil) for a bit to get back on schedule. Caffine before 1pm or so helps too.
lanfeust6 3mo ago
This is a shifted circadian rhythm. If you get up late, you'll be sleepy late; additionally, blue-light exposure at night (from screens) suppresses melatonin production and can delay onset. The fix isn't to "go to bed early" first, it's to get up early and get exposure to sunlight then and during the day, and the sleep pressure in the evening will follow in kind. This is further facilitated by giving yourself time in the evening to wind-down away from screens, by having a ritual/routine (an hour at least) such as preparing breakfast, reading, doing yoga, whatever. Think of it like jet lag. If you travel to the other side of the world, you rapidly shift schedule in accordance with your habits (the timing of your meals, light exposure, activity, socializing etc), whether that be night or day. These inputs more than ever influence morning-ness or evening-ness qua chronotype, with the advent of limitless evening light and entertainment.
mordae 3mo ago
Chance is you are not breathing in your sleep. You have Apnea or UARS and are slowly suffocating. Easy tells: you look like shit in the morning and it takes hours for you to normalize, you sometimes wake up all sweaty, you tend to open window ASAP in the morning "to get rid of the stuffy air", you are confused and/or have headache in the morning. If you want to make sure, get a sleep study done. Why do you think you are avoiding the bed as if you were afraid of dying in there. Exactly! You literally are.
- tetec1 3mo ago
  I thought I had UARS too, and did a sleep study. I couldn't sleep at all when I was there. My neurologist then just gave me fucking prozac. It's not that simple to figure out what's going on unfortunately.
krater23 3mo ago
Just stay awake, you're sleepy all the day anyway... Not meant as joke, but I've learned that trying to sleep when I'm not sleepy is senseless. When I really have a month where I get every day my 7h sleep, I need one night without sleep, otherwise I can't sleep at night anymore.

My problem is that I'm always sleepy throughout the day and when I have to go to bed at nigh, then I feel so active and energetic, as if my body tries its best to avoid sleeping.

cobbaut 3mo ago

My doctor said "you have to earn your sleep". I had the same problem until: - two pieces of fruit per day - two portions of vegetables per day - half an hour of outside sunshine per day - twice per week exercise until you sweat - no sleep during the day - get out of bed every morning around the same time - no processed food!

Tesl 3mo ago
Kinda funny seeing this reply side to side with the "I just took LSD" one
stronglikedan 3mo ago
I wish your doctor's advice worked on me. I'm in the same boat as the person you're responding to, and I follow all this advice as well.

pjerem 3mo ago

I was in the same boat as you and it seems I solved it. What I did : - LSD (microdosing + a semi dose one year ago) did absolute wonders on my anxiety (which was what kept me energetic). I would then describe myself as having a general anxiety disorder and I now describe myself as chill af. It's amazing. I'm still stressed out by things but that's normal and not my default mode anymore. - Prolonged-release melatonin keeps me asleep for the whole night - Took the habit of reading in the bed. I'm so tired that most evenings, I have a really hard time to read 5-10 pages, I must fight to keep my eyes open.

sajithdilshan 3mo ago
okay, I'm curious, have you build an addiction? or do you think you can keep on reducing the dose and stop using it but still have the benefits. I've read somewhere that LSD can kind of re-wire your brain
- __MatrixMan__ 3mo ago
  LSD has risks, especially if you're already prone to certain kinds of mental illness (you might not know it), but addiction isn't really one of them. Going for a walk can also rewire your brain, but doing so on LSD will probably rewire it more quickly. Whether that's good or bad depends on whether you do a good job with the rewiring. It comes down to how well you trust yourself.
  - pjerem 3mo ago
    > if you're already prone to certain kinds of mental illness (you might not know it) Though you can have some solid hints. First it's important to say we are talking about psychosis related illnesses. First one is nobody had mental illness in your family. Second one is your age : most mental illness develop when you are a teenager or in your early twenties. If you are 30+, you can consider that LSD will not reveal anything hidden. Though you still get the risk of bad trip, which you can manage with a good set & setting and not being alone if you prefer.
- tetec1 3mo ago
  LSD actually has an anti addictive effect. There are multiple studies about it, for example on smoking cessation (IIRC). It's pretty interesting. You're unlikely to get addicted to it.
- pjerem 3mo ago
  LSD is not addictive. Actually it’s the opposite, I take it way less than I would because I just forget regularly or I don’t want to take it at all. I take it (microdose) maybe once a week instead of once every three days. I do want to take a bigger dose again because of the healing effects it had the first time but I’ve been procrastinating it for the last 6 months. So I’m stuck with irregular microdosing. Also the effects are really long, like 12 hours. While it’s not an issue when you microdose (because you barely feel anything), it’s extremely complicated to find the right time to take anything bigger than that. You need a full day free of any responsibility, in a good place and you need to want to dedicate the day to it. I have a job and I’m a dad so let me tell you that those days never happen :D And the only time I took a biggest dose (half a tab), I felt very good after it but, hard to describe, I was was satisfied/happy with my experience and with the effects but still I just didn’t want to redo it for multiple months, not because it wasn’t good but because I felt I didn’t need it anymore.

mherkender 3mo ago

I do that, it seems like a self-reinforcing pattern I end up in after messing up my sleep schedule. I take a sleep aid (like Zzzquil) for a bit to get back on schedule. Caffine before 1pm or so helps too.

lanfeust6 3mo ago

This is a shifted circadian rhythm. If you get up late, you'll be sleepy late; additionally, blue-light exposure at night (from screens) suppresses melatonin production and can delay onset. The fix isn't to "go to bed early" first, it's to get up early and get exposure to sunlight then and during the day, and the sleep pressure in the evening will follow in kind. This is further facilitated by giving yourself time in the evening to wind-down away from screens, by having a ritual/routine (an hour at least) such as preparing breakfast, reading, doing yoga, whatever. Think of it like jet lag. If you travel to the other side of the world, you rapidly shift schedule in accordance with your habits (the timing of your meals, light exposure, activity, socializing etc), whether that be night or day. These inputs more than ever influence morning-ness or evening-ness qua chronotype, with the advent of limitless evening light and entertainment.

mordae 3mo ago

Chance is you are not breathing in your sleep. You have Apnea or UARS and are slowly suffocating. Easy tells: you look like shit in the morning and it takes hours for you to normalize, you sometimes wake up all sweaty, you tend to open window ASAP in the morning "to get rid of the stuffy air", you are confused and/or have headache in the morning. If you want to make sure, get a sleep study done. Why do you think you are avoiding the bed as if you were afraid of dying in there. Exactly! You literally are.

tetec1 3mo ago
I thought I had UARS too, and did a sleep study. I couldn't sleep at all when I was there. My neurologist then just gave me fucking prozac. It's not that simple to figure out what's going on unfortunately.

krater23 3mo ago

Just stay awake, you're sleepy all the day anyway... Not meant as joke, but I've learned that trying to sleep when I'm not sleepy is senseless. When I really have a month where I get every day my 7h sleep, I need one night without sleep, otherwise I can't sleep at night anymore.