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Re:Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression ... by andai on Thursday January 29, 2026 @10:07AM (#46811198)
I'm not an expert so maybe someone else can clarify further, but in relation to sleep medications I've heard that they should not be used for more than two weeks, or they can permanently fuck up your sleep cycle.

They also give you low quality sleep, because they just knock you out. It's not a natural kind of sleep.

At least that's how it was a while ago. Maybe the situation has improved.

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Re:Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression ... by FuriouslyAdrift on Thursday January 29, 2026 @10:50AM (#46811783)
I used ambien for sleep and provigil for mindfullness (the go/no go packets) during long deployments in the military and it took me years to get back to anything normal after leaving the Army. These are very powerful medications.
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Re:Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression ... by lII1lIlI11ll on Thursday January 29, 2026 @04:49PM (#46817168)
> At least that's how it was a while ago. Maybe the situation has improved.

Fortunately it has. Orexin antagonists don't cause dependency and provide high-quality ("natural") sleep.

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