The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
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I'm not sure there's much a psychiatrist could prescribe you that fits the bill. Or at least, would be willing to prescribe you. I've never heard of someone being prescribed microdoses of benzos, for example. It might be habit forming, longterm use at therapeutic doses certainly is.
I would have sworn by l-theanine, but I read a recent post that made quite a convincing claim that it can't be responsible for the calming effect of green teas. All I know is that 70% confident that green tea calms me down, especially when I'm jittery from stimulants.
You could try melatonin for sleep, as long as you remember that less is more. 300mcg is what you should be taking, not milligrams.
That's all I can semi-endorse. There are more outré or illegal options, like phenibut, which some people love.
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