When you have been staring at the ceiling for three hours, and the biohacks, breathing exercises & workouts, and herbal teas have failed, you eventually reach a point of desperation. You need something that simply forces the biological switch from “On” to “Off.” In the world of Over-The-Counter (OTC) sleep aids, there is one compound […]
Doxepin (Silenor) Info: The Maintenance Insomnia Drug
If there is one specific type of sleep torture that defines my life over the last few years, it is not the inability to fall asleep. It is the inability to stay asleep. It is the dreaded “3 AM stare.” You know the feeling. You fall asleep fine, perhaps exhausted from the day. But then, […]
Atarax (Hydroxyzine) for Sleep: 9 Months of Deep Rest & Tolerance
If there is one medication in my biohacking cabinet that I look back on with a mix of deep fondness and slight regret, it is Atarax (Hydroxyzine). For nine months, this was my “magic bullet.” It was the only thing that could turn off the relentless, racing “monkey mind” that plagues so many of us […]
Trittico (Trazodone) Guide: My Experience & Dosage
There is a specific kind of desperation that comes at 3:00 AM. It isn’t just the inability to sleep; it is the frantic calculation of how many hours are left before the alarm goes off, before I have to drive my son to college or walk my Spaniel, or function in a meeting. For years, […]