joeylittle
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Hey, @osiris - just wanted to give you a little more specific info about the mechanism of action with prazosin -
Something else to be aware of is, screens. The blue light seriously messes with sleep in all sorts of ways. A big recommendation for managing sleep hygiene is to shut off all screen use at least 2 hours before target bedtime. That's an easy (?) enough thing to try, that isn't at all invasive medically.
I know you expressed med-aversion, I'm only sharing this if it helps to know that it's not a psychotropic drug. When it's taken to help with PTSD sleep, the dose is quite low.Prazosin is an alpha-1 blocker, most commonly used to treat high blood pressure. It's also been shown to help PTSD folks with sleep, and possibly nightmare reduction. As an alpha 1 blocker it has specific interactions with the central nervous system (among other things), and can diminish norepinephrine uptake....which essentially means, it can limit the fight-or-flight response.
Something else to be aware of is, screens. The blue light seriously messes with sleep in all sorts of ways. A big recommendation for managing sleep hygiene is to shut off all screen use at least 2 hours before target bedtime. That's an easy (?) enough thing to try, that isn't at all invasive medically.