When I first got prescribed medication for sleep (and other stuff, but it hit two birds with one stone I guess), it fundamentally changed my life. Often people think that the only medications for sleep are either benzos or Z-drugs, but that's not true. There's a particular anti-psychotic that works incredibly well for sleep, and doesn't have any of the long term cognitive side effects of the more traditional sleeping medication.<p>There are risk to every medication, of course, and anti-psychotics are no exception. But I think people fetishize behavorial treatments instead of medication. My motto: better living through chemistry. Do your own research, figure out what medication you want, try them out, whatever. People are far too risk-adverse around drugs. Some of them have substantial upsides if used properly. Of course there are downsides as well, but that's true for just about everything.<p>Finding the right treatments for sleep and energy during the day has given me a significant edge over the competition. Drugs aren't just to solve problems, they are to make us <i>better</i>. And we, as a society, need to start embracing that.