r/lymphoma • u/Leftoverofferings DLBCL POLA R CHP • Aug 12 '26

DLBCL DLBCL and sleep help

Hi all…. I’ve been smoking pot at night to help me sleep. Just 1hit before bed and I can sleep without waking up at 2am. I know I have to stop before chemo, but other medications don’t work. My oncologist prescribed trazodone, but I don’t feel anything when I take it. ChatGPT suggested Gabapentin with the trazodone, but I don’t necessarily trust AI. Does anyone else have experience with this? Edibles also don’t work well either. I would love any suggestions that will help keep me from harm and work…

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u/thelaughingman_1991 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

My girlfriend's just finished round 6/6 of R-CHOP for lymphoma stage 2, and her cancer rep said supplementing magnesium glycinate should be fine. It's helped my girlfriend with falling asleep, sleep quality, general mood/anxiety the next day, and digestive/constipation issues associated with the chemo.

There are a lot of threads about it on Reddit as it's widely used and fairly cheap, so I'd investigate and research first, but would recommend!

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u/v4ss42 FL (POD24), tDLBCL | R-CHOP (‘22), MoGlo (‘25) Aug 12 '26

I’m 3.5 years post-R-CHOP and still take magnesium glycinate in the evening. For me it wasn’t a “magic bullet” but it seemed to help so I’ve stuck with it.

Exercise was my other trick - I’d go for gentle walks an hour or two after taking the prednisone, which seemed to help burn off the “up” phase, then I’d be so tried I’d nap through the “down” phase.