Risk of Dependency
I don't like taking pills. I compromise on vitamins. Yes, they're pill shaped, but they're just nutritional supplements, they don't really do much of anything. I try not to take aspirin or Ibuprofen unless a headache is bad enough to entirely prevent me from functioning. However, I've run into another problem recently; my insomnia is getting worse. I have no regular sleep schedule anymore. It's annoying. I have no reason to be awake at 3am. My options are limited. I cannot at this time move to a city where I'd be awake at the correct hours of the day. Also, given that my sleep "pattern" doesn't seem to be modulo 24, such a city probably isn't on earth. So that's out. Alcohol helps some people get to sleep, but I've never found that proper balance. I get to "slightly buzzed" easily enough and "really buzzed" now and then, but I've never gotten the "pass out drunk" stage, just the "righteously sick" stage that I really don't enjoy at all, so I tend to stop at really buzzed. Besides which, I don't think I can afford the quantities of alcohol to do that every night. That leaves exercise, which hasn't really helped much in the past, or sleeping aids.
I think I'll try exercise first.
I think I'll try exercise first.