If taking melatonin, consider a time-release form, and check with your doctor.
You have to be VERY careful with melatonin. It’s a hormone. Your body produces it naturally. If your body isn’t producing enough, supplementing can be a Godsend. Your body can, however, become reliant on that supplementation and self-recovery can be very difficult, like withdrawal-level symptoms.
“Sleep efficiency” is something we can all hope to achieve, right along with digestive throughput.
I normally don’t have any sleep issues, but there was a rough patch I hit in life when sleep was elusive.
I tried melatonin upon recommendation of my doctor. It gave me horrible, terrifying nightmares! Not sure if it was just a side-effect for me, because I’ve never seen any studies showing it as a side-effect.
Anyone else ever have this reaction?
There are a lot of reasons for sleep disorders. But before you race out and buy this to get those extra hours of bliss, there can be a real cost for it.
The most common melatonin side effects include headache, dizziness, nausea and drowsiness. Other, less common, side effects might include short-lasting feelings of depression, mild tremor, mild anxiety, abdominal cramps, irritability, reduced alertness, confusion or disorientation, and abnormally low blood pressure (hypotension). Because melatonin can cause daytime drowsiness, don’t drive or use machinery within five hours of taking it. A few of these effects can add to the element of death. Don’t buy into this without checking with the family doc and being monitored.
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The max dose of melatonin I can take is 3mg. Anything higher than that and I have a sleep hangover for 1/2 the next day.
Took a 10mg once and was ruined for the entire next day.
So melatonin is not the cure for everyone.
I’ve tried it a few times, and it may have helped some but not every time. I have more success with a couple of Tums or Gaviscon. (Which makes me wonder how much sleep issues are due to stomach and digestion problems. Some, I know, but wonder if it’s significant.)
I hit a period where I could not get to sleep because of everything on my plate. My mind would just spin. I tried Melatonin and it helped a lot. It didn’t just make me sleepy, it took my anxiety away. I took 3 mg whenever I was just staring at the ceiling. Life changer and got me through that time. I still take it occasionally if I am not at all sleepy around 11 pm.
Take a walk....a little exercise and sunshine does wonders.
Melatonin definitely makes you sleep, hard. But I think the higher doses affect other systems negatively. You only need a little to sleep like a rock.
I was taking it QD for more than a year.
I SWEAR I started feeling much MORE anxiety. On a indications/effects I read somewhere, it stated that one of the side effects is "anxiety". I stopped it immediately.
Anxiety GONE almost over night. Hmmm.
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forget information...
Watch “Melatonin - Better than expected” on YouTube
https://youtu.be/I7YIRqTNmuY
>>If taking melatonin, consider a time-release form, and check with your doctor.<<
Melatonin can have interactions with your other meds.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-melatonin/art-20363071
I’ve taken it at bedtime, and it helps me get a full night’s sleep.
Less is often more with Melatonin supplementation.
More fundamentally, human beings - especially in “civilized” nations - spend most of their time indoors, under artificial lighting, and fully clothed.
The integument (skin) is the largest organ of the body. It produces active Vitamin [actually hormone) D in response to full spectrum sunlight.
The Pineal Gland produces Melatonin in response to full-spectrum light passing through the retina of the eye.
Both hormones tend to be deficient because we deny our bodies the natural nutrient (insolation: incoming solar radiation) that the body needs.
Sunbathing is very beneficial. Closing the beaches was just another way to harm human health in the Age of Plandemic.
The team found that the low dose of melatonin did not lead to a statistically significant change in overall sleep time and that the changes that were seen were when sleep was scheduled during the biological day. Participants taking the 5 mg dose had a significant increase in total sleep time and sleep efficiency regardless of whether sleep was scheduled during the day or night.
but one is “statistically significant”. the other just significant.
Worthless study. Who writes this stuff?
Eh, I’ve tried it.
I don’t sleep any better and just feel groggier in the morning.
No friggen way I could participate in that study !
I take 15 mg melatonin every nite.