what exactly are you looking for? something to help with panic/anxiety, help you sleep, take every day, recreationally?
any or all of the above, but especially recreationally, any ideas? Valerian root does nothing for me. I tried kava one time, a normal dose did nothing, so i took tons of them, and i felt weird as hell.. total opposite from less anxious or "euphoric".. instead i felt almost angry/nervous and spaced out.. I didnt know if that was a fluke or if maybe caffiene doesnt work well... or maybe it would be better if taken with 5-htp?
hmm i've found combinatons of kava and valerian to be kinda nice and chill, sometimes melatonin can be added for a really good sleep. there's this stuff called "serenity", it's a tinciture that has kava kava extract, valerian root extract, passionflower extract, mugwort, some other shit. it's not all that powerful and you won't be "high" but i used it to replace klonopin for my flight anxiety and i was surprisingly relaxed... you actually feel a slight headchange and it's pretty good. i never smoked weed with it but that's probably decent.
Alcohol, soma/lyrica (these are also pharms, probably much harder for you to acquire than benzos so theres no point in trying to get em, and in high doses they made me EXTREMELY nauseaus!) I thought melatonin and valerian root didn't work at all? (not to mention how fucking bad the capsules smell even in the bottle!)
valerian smells like ass...but the melatonin presses i eat handfuls of on a nightly basis have no smell and virtually no taste. i wouldn't call melatonin a benzo alternative....it barely does anything for me anymore. probably more of a placebo effect to be honest.
melatonin has done wonders for my sleep. I used to wake up all throughout the night and never get much sleep. With melatonin I get a good nights sleep every night. Has made me feel so much better now that I actually get some rest. Makes you have more vivid dreams also
