I was scared to try LUMRYZ

Being young (26) and scared of routine, I didn’t think I’d be able to handle the severity of taking sodium oxybate. My mom took xywav for about a year and struggled all the way through it and I let her experience spook me into avoiding the medication.

I recently started living alone and having so much control over my free time, I thought ”fuck it let’s go”.

I wake up feeling like a kid again. I still need adderall to get through the day but getting through the night has never been easier. I used to wake up 3-6 times a night, and I have to take Effexor for sleep paralysis as well as gabapentin for restless legs. Now I can start tapering back on those and see if I can live without! I’ve been sleeping anywhere from 5-8 hours a night non-stop and I can’t remember my dreams 😁

I made it to 7.5g which my body decided was an overdose and I settled at 6g, which is the second lowest dosage. Overdosing was pretty scary and I don’t recommend it for the weak, but I have a pretty strong grip on reality so I survived lmao.

Anyway, don’t be scared of trying and failing. There are other possibilities too :)