Sleep medication

Lori.Foster Apart from all medication groups in the article you shared one that is very often overlooked is neuroleptics (anti-psychotics) in very low dose. Psychiatrists often prescribe drugs like Quetiapine 25 mg (atypical) or Chlorprothixene 15 mg (typical). I had been suffering from the sleep maintenance kind of insomnia for years and would use Xanax 0.5 mg as an occasional remedy since it's addictive potential doesn't allow to use it as a long term medication and it used to be the drug that gave me the best sleep, but after I was prescribed Chlorprothixene I definitely changed my mind. You can use it regularly for months if necessary without physical addiction (hello benzo) while getting sleep just as deep and quality as benzo or even better. From the mechanism of action point of view it seems to suppress brain activity, not just forcefully putting you to sleep like Z-drugs, which I believe are totally ineffective. Anti-psychotics give drowsiness, slowed thinking, drastic anxiety reduction and by doing all that it naturally causes sleep onset and maintenance.
Hopefully this can help someone.

That's all good information. Thanks for sharing. I hope it does help someone else. I have a relative who has bipolar disorder and uses Quetiapine to induce sleep when he feels mania coming on. For him, sleep can completely prevent a manic episode. He began taking it as needed several years ago and has not had a manic episode since. Sleep can be powerful medicine however you can get it. Wishing you the best. - Lori (Team Member)