When to take Cyproheptadine for sleep?
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@mavuue start off with half a milli. The first day is always very difficult to wake up. It makes most sense to start on a day that's low key such as the weekend. I personally needed a ton of coffee to function in order to stay awake.
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@risingfire I had no issue waking up, the problem was actually falling asleep. How long before sleep should I take 0.5mg?
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@mavuue I'd recommend taking 0.5mg right after sunset
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@mavuue you may find it's spiking your adrenals where it's dropping cortisol and you have no other hormones to fill the gap and it may not be a timing issue. Cypro typically saps the energy of people initially making it hard to get out of bed and focus. Maybe try taking it at the same time but eat a good portion of carbs/fat with it and see how you go?
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@DkJoe2 I concur with this. Have some ice cream. Only take 0.5mg 2-3 times a week. Preferably on days you are working out
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@mavuue I'd wait until you feel your dopamine has recovered completely. Cypro seems reduce dopamine and serotonin
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@mavuue Right before bed. It hits pretty fast
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@risingfire I always thought cypro was actually agonistic of dopamine? At least, when you are eating enough good food alongside it.
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@Milk-Destroyer all the literature I've read and personal experience has proved quite the opposite. I wonder if taking lisuride alongside cypro may negate those side effects
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@risingfire If only lisuride was cheaply and easily available, as cypro is in a lot of countries.
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@Milk-Destroyer I may be wrong but I loosely remember it being something to do with Serotonin and Dopamine being conversely related but also staying within a certain range of each other?
So at higher doses Cypro drops Serotonin off a cliff which surges Dopamine to a point but if Serotonin falls too far Dopamine also reduces with it, dopamine should always remain higher though (providing there is adequate nutrition/rest of course otherwise it's adrenaline time).Fyi good chance I have remembered/understood this wrong though.
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@Milk-Destroyer l-dopa or tyrosine with sunlight maybe?
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@DkJoe2 +1
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@DkJoe2 I wonder if exogenous l-dopa would convert instead to adrenaline though? And is tyrosine use safe, it being a standalone amino-acid? I suppose it'd be a matter of individual experimentation
