Sleep help
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LucH is talking nonsense again because her LLM got bought out by pharma.
Serotonine is a stress hormone. It directly increases cortisol through CRH (Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone) -> ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic Hormone). High serotonin = high cortisol = no sleep.
Cortisol is how the body increases blood sugar when no sugars are available. Thus a prerequisite to lowering cortisol is eating more, as mentioned very early in the thread, regardless of method.
The most short term effective way of decreasing Cortisol would be Cyproheptadine (also known as Periactin). It greatly reduces Serotonine, Cortisol and Histamine, all the hormones that disrupt sleep. Note that the body need Cortisol to wake up after sleeping again and Cypro has a long half life, that means that people usually sleep longer than usual when they have taken Cypro. Sleeping 14 or even 16 hours is not unheard of, and given your current level of sleep deprivation is even highly likely. To avoid that take the Cypro 18 hours before your target wake up time, so that it's effect is still strong when you go to sleep but greatly reduced when you wake up.
If you are in Europe you can order Periactin from a spanish online pharmacy, as it is over the counter in Spain.
It will also increase appetite greatly, this is also expected, since the body can't regulate it's blood sugar levels with cortisol anymore it needs to regulate blood sugar through appetite instead.
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@pittybitty hi, I do have some cyproheptadine, but I used it a few times. Now I have a sleeping pill named qviviq, daridorexant, its new on the Market apparently. I would love to sleep long hours but I always wake up after 7/8hours. How much cyproheptadine should I take to be able to do that? Even though I sleep my energy level is still low, not much stamina. I can’t walk much, and when I am home, I always want to be in my bed. I don’t feel like and can’t do much. I go to bed at around 9pm and wake up around 6am. I would love to sleep much more.
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@Elza You need to find your individual dosage but I would start with 4mg as taking too little will not have the desired effect. I would take it after a meal so that you have high enough blood sugar without the cortisol.
Cypro is not a sedative. It simply stops the hormones that would mask your natural tiredness. As such you should take it a few hours before you want to sleep and then go to bed when you feel like it naturally. I also wouldn't combine it with any sedatives either, that doesn't make the sleep any more restful, you should already be plenty tired from your sleep deprivation.
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@pittybitty thànks f1or the advice I will see. The higher I took is 2mg.