fastandcurious@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agoNight owls of lemmy, how do you cope with modern society?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down18
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minus-squareChetzemoka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoAnticholinergics are really bad for your brain long term. I’ve started taking an herbal supplement called apigenin, which is derived from chamomile flowers that works surprisingly well. And I say that as a fellow night owl chronic insomniac.
minus-squaretheUnlikely@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoDon’t forget about doxylamine!
minus-squareChetzemoka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoDoxylamine is actually better than diphenhydramine. It has less anticholinergic side effects.
Benadryl/diphenhydramine
Anticholinergics are really bad for your brain long term. I’ve started taking an herbal supplement called apigenin, which is derived from chamomile flowers that works surprisingly well. And I say that as a fellow night owl chronic insomniac.
Don’t forget about doxylamine!
Doxylamine is actually better than diphenhydramine. It has less anticholinergic side effects.