I have found that a trace of melatonin helps tremendously.
I have the 3 mg capsules and I pull them apart and put maybe a 1/4 mg (if that much) into some food at night, and it’s just enough to give me that mellow, drowsy feeling. It does help me sleep better.
I’m a night person and left to my own devices, stay up until about 2 AM but sleep until about 10 AM. So I do get the 8 hours but it’s skewed.
I’m going to bed earlier these days, but still, do not sleep well until about 2-3 AM and then am dead to the world. I hear NOTHING until I wake up.
I've tried melatonin but it does me more harm than good. It causes me muscle and joint pain, and doesn't help me sleep at all. The only way I can fall asleep regularly is by using the sleep meds I've been prescribed, I just hate taking meds to fall asleep. But the Long Covid and insomnia make it necessary. If I don't take them, I'll toss and turn until at least 3:00 - 4:00 AM in the morning, and that stinks.
I have follow up appts scheduled in Dec and Jan so I'll see how things go then. I have meds enough to last me until then. I got a freepmail from someone suggesting I try mirtazapine so I'll see what the doc says about that then.
Thank you for the post milady, God bless you!
Hello, fellow night owl - my sleep regimen is almost exactly the same as yours...i.e., slightly less than 1/4 mg melatonin (any more than that gives me a hangover) and my natural sleep cycle - which I can indulge in because I’m retired - is 1 AM - 9 AM.