u/Plane-Jello5592

Most people with insomnia are taking benzos.

They go to docs and all they know is to give benzos like they are candies.

We live In 2026. Knowledge is free and anyone can have access to it.

Benzos are destroying the brain and body chemistry and they are super addictive especialy to most insomniacs because most of the times they are suffering from anxiety so they have an addictive personality.

Taking benzos is like playing with fire.

Bet careful and do your home work.

There are so many herbs and supps out there.

A lot less side effects and not addictive.

Try them all before going to benzos.

Benzos should be your last resort

I ll tell u my story as briefly as I can, hopping it ll help some people.

I had 13 years insomnia on and off but mainly on. When I say insomnia, I mean 0 deep sleep.i was on the bed all night but my brain could not switch off.

I was always a natural bodybuilder. Super healthy life style Never drugs never alcohol. The insomnia was caused from overtraining but I did not know it at the time. My cns was /is super sensitive to resistance training especialy if I train late afternoon. Even when I stopped the training the sleep could not get fixed because my cns was so agrevated from the insomnia that could not relax to sleep. It was a loop.

I had tried every thing. From all herbs to benzos to sleeping pills. (I never take any kind of drugs... I hate it... But I was fucked up that I had to try anything that could put me to sleep) Nothing worked.

I never had mental issues. I was always an optimistic person but this insomnia was killing me... I was drugging my self with zero energy and with headache every single day and I was working In 2 jobs some periods.

After 13 years of this nightmare I met my wife. No matter the insomnia I always had libido and Eq and I was having many relationships with girls. Me and wife super healthy life style.

One afternoon we were walking outside of a liquer store. I told her.... Fuck it! I m gonna take a bottle of ouzo and try it before sleep. Indeed I drank 60ml of ouzo (as a fitness freak I measure every thing) and this night my cns got so relaxed that my brain switched off and sleeped deeply for 4 hours! I could not even remember how many months from this point i had sleeped even 1h.

From this point I cured my insomnia. I was drinking right before sleep 60 to 80ml of a hard drink. Ouzo or whiskey. The 4h became 6h and then 8h and then 12h and my brain and body finally got Rest after 13 years of hell.

7 years have passed and never faced insomnia again.

Key points 1 every person is different. In my case alcohol works as the most sedative thing ever. Even if i drink 40ml of whiskey i want to find a bed and sleep. Try experimenting with herbs and every thing and find something that works for you.

2. I used alcohol as a medication... Not to get me high. Thats why I was always measuring the dossage and never drank more than needed. I was always a dinsiplined person from my nature and from years of bodybuilding.

3.after some months of drinking I quit it and I was sleeping perfectly without it. I transfered my resistance training i the morning and I lowered the intensity and it does not hurt my sleep.

Now days that my sleep is perfect, if I drink, My sleep is becoming bad. I m sleeping like 3-4 hours and then can t go back to sleep. Alcohol is a medicine for me if my cns is agrevated. It calms it down. But if my cns is fine... It is working the opposite way.

Try every thing and find out what works for you.