For legit trouble sleeping:

Ambien, but only in the short term.
Long term: Unless you have serious insomnia, in which case, ask a doctor not Lemmy, it’s better to fix up your sleep hygiene.

For recreation:

Ideally, neither.

1. With Ambien you’re probably just going to black out and send a few embarrassing if not incomprehensible text messages.
2. Benzos are addictive and tolerance builds fast. If you start taking it too much too frequently, you’ll start getting withdrawals. You won’t realize until long after you’ve crossed the threshold.

But if you’re going to anyway… benzos. Keep doses light and infrequent

I’d strongly urge weed or exotic tea or a hobby instead

people just don’t want to work anymore

NO

THEY CLEARLY FUCKING DO

BUT YOU FUCKING GREEDY CUNTS KEEP FIRING EVERYONE AND TAKE FAT FISCAL QUARTER BONUSES

AND THEN IT’S A 19 STEP INTERVIEW PROCESS WHEN THEY TRY TO LOOK FOR A NEW JOB

AND THAT’S IF THEY’RE “LUCKY” ENOUGH FOR THE DOGSHIT AI TO RANDOM.CHOICE() THEIR RESUME OUT OF THE 900+ OTHER DESPERATE APPLICANTS

THEN THEY FINALLY SOMEHOW GET AN OFFER: $1.89 per full uninterrupted hour at your desk and a single bag of skittles (opened)

Sorry for the caps, I’ve been in the job market recently and it’s fucking brutal. I have to constantly justify my value as a human being and then just face rejection after rejection.

pre-nut brainfog must have felt like a psychedelic realm where the only reasonable way to escape was to find and rawdog a shady sex worker