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I'm just going to make a blanket statement about supplements for insomnia--I don't think they are a good idea. Believe me--I tried many, many different things and if anything seemed to help, it was only for a night or two. Most of the time there was no help or it made the situation worse. The best thing for your recovery is allowing your body to get back to natural sleep, without interference, which it will. Trying this or that is just very confusing to the body, and will slow recovery. 

 

Taking supplements also encourages the "magical pill" type of thinking that got us into this mess in the first place. We need to get out of the habit of trying everything in the medicine cabinet in order to get to sleep.

 

If you are truly unable to cope with the lack of sleep you have now (can't function at all), it may be time to consider something like mirtazapine, amitryptiline, or trazadone for a while, until your body has adjusted more to the lack of benzo. 

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I'm just going to make a blanket statement about supplements for insomnia--I don't think they are a good idea. Believe me--I tried many, many different things and if anything seemed to help, it was only for a night or two. Most of the time there was no help or it made the situation worse. The best thing for your recovery is allowing your body to get back to natural sleep, without interference, which it will. Trying this or that is just very confusing to the body, and will slow recovery. 

 

Taking supplements also encourages the "magical pill" type of thinking that got us into this mess in the first place. We need to get out of the habit of trying everything in the medicine cabinet in order to get to sleep.

 

If you are truly unable to cope with the lack of sleep you have now (can't function at all), it may be time to consider something like mirtazapine, amitryptiline, or trazadone for a while, until your body has adjusted more to the lack of benzo.

 

good advice. .. thanks.

 

I did try trazadone. Made me extremely upset and depressed (even though it is an anti-depressant)

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Taurine is thought to bind to at least 2 different glutamate receptors.

 

Believe it or not, its effect is dose-dependent.

 

If the dose is right, it can calm you down and allow for sleep; at higher doses, it can actually rev you up and have the exact opposite effect.

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