You didn't mention exercise before but I do weight lifting and various forms of cardio. I'm in very good shape physically but those do not help at all with my sleep. Medication requires going to a doctor and that's too expensive.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whoops. I did include it mentally but as I see now I didnt actually say it. Sorry.

Very tough situation you‘re in. What country do you live in?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

U.S.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why is that no surprise to me? The american dream these days to me feels like „I hope I can make it before I become seriously sick or injured.“

I suppose you have no way of getting insurance or some program to help you? Because self medicating with alcohol is pretty brutal for your health over time.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have insurance but every time I go to a doctor they always still manage to make it cost 100+$ and thanks to their incomprehensible medical billing codes I don't even have a way to budget for it if they decide to do some test that costs a lot and insurance comes back saying it's not covered after the fact.

I'm mitigating the alcohol thing by only using it in majorly stressful times. Normally I don't drink as much.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 9 months ago

Thats quite horrifying. Sorry you have to go through that.