this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2024
318 points (96.0% liked)
ADHD Women
1920 readers
1 users here now
A community for women to find support and discuss living with ADHD.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I cope by taking extra-strength sleeping gummies with melatonin and some other good shit, meditating, then hoping for the best. Most nights it actually works.
For anybody else relying on melatonin, there have been studies suggesting lower dosages work better, along with taking occasional breaks to reduce tolerance. I take 3mg every weeknight and take breaks from it during the weekend.
I’ve heard that too! I think 3mg is exactly what I take plus some herbal stuff that clearly makes a difference because when I took just melatonin tabs, they didn’t work as well.
I use low dosage quietiapine, which is an anti psychotic, but in low dosage, which calms my brain and stops the grinding.
I wish I had been prescribed these thirty years ago.