Re: What symptoms have you cured? What are you still working on?

Trazadone is very effective for sleep, took it briefly but it gave me strange dreams and hallucinations (kinda like the movie Avatar!) - and I had a feeling it might be quite hard to get off of.

If you are feeling desperate to sleep and have SEVERE sleep problems (SillyLily it sounds like you qualify here) and want to go a more natural route...

I have three recommendations:

1.) 1g to 3g of L-tryptophan. Start low and go slow, as high doses can cause bizzare effects. Usually 1.5g would get me right to sleep even in a high-adrenaline state.

2.) Dr. Lam recommends .5g to 2g of Inositol in his book, but I haven't tried it.

3.) 225 to 600mg of kavalactones (active ingredient in the herb Kava Kava) would usually put me out good. It might be a little hard on the body or liver in a weakened state, I'm not a doctor and am not sure... but it got me to sleep on the worst nights.

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