Biden and Democrats have a plan for that. Under the Green New Deal, you will be allotted one new candle every month to meet all of your lighting needs. As an added bonus, the warm yellow color of the light will promote sleep.
Posted on 12/30/2020 9:04:52 AM PST by Red Badger
People who are asleep in their beds every hour of every day will avoid exposure to anyone who has the plague, so on that basis, melatonin is a good preventative.
We take a 5 mg pill from Walmart (Spring Valley) and she breaks it in half, while I take one and break it in half and then break the remaining half by half.
5 mg knocks me out all night long, while 3.75 mg seems about right. I feel very rested in the morning.
There are time release versions that would definitely helps some. Melatonin is eliminated within a couple hours, so a time release form would help those who normally get up in the night.
Melatonin is a natural hormone, it's key to our immune system, and it degrades with age. (This is why when we sleep less, and/or poorly in our bonus years.)
This 72 year old retired scientist began taking a melatonin supplement each evening, begining a month ago to help fend off the china Virus. (I also take extra Vitamin D in the mornings for the same reason.)
I would not be surprised if Mister Fauci does too, if he reads the sci lit at all.
When I was complaining to my doc about poor sleep about 15 years ago, he recommended it to me and I started using it then.
It's a lot like Vitamins C & D -- there's no money to be made with these almost free vitamins and supplements, so the research on them just doesn't get done. Dr. John Campbell bluntly declared this in his video "COVID-19 and Zinc" on October 15, 2020 (and he was rather visibly upset about it).
This is good news: "Eight clinical trials are underway around the world to see if the melatonin findings bear out."
I also take extra Vitamin D in the mornings, 5000 IU, per doctor’s orders.................
Why do this with lighting? Because melatonin release is destroyed by light hitting the eyes.
Exposure to light suppresses the secretion of melatonin, a hormone that influences circadian rhythms. Even dim light can interfere with a person's circadian rhythm and melatonin secretion. A mere eight lux—a level of brightness exceeded by most table lamps and about twice that of a night light—has an effect, notes Stephen Lockley, a Harvard sleep researcher. Light at night is part of the reason so many people don't get enough sleep, says Lockley, and researchers have linked short sleep to increased risk for depression, as well as diabetes and cardiovascular problems.
Effects of blue light and sleep
While light of any kind can suppress the secretion of melatonin, blue light at night does so more powerfully. Harvard researchers and their colleagues conducted an experiment comparing the effects of 6.5 hours of exposure to blue light to exposure to green light of comparable brightness. The blue light suppressed melatonin for about twice as long as the green light and shifted circadian rhythms by twice as much (3 hours vs. 1.5 hours).
In another study of blue light, researchers at the University of Toronto compared the melatonin levels of people exposed to bright indoor light who were wearing blue-light–blocking goggles to people exposed to regular dim light without wearing goggles. The fact that the levels of the hormone were about the same in the two groups strengthens the hypothesis that blue light is a potent suppressor of melatonin. It also suggests that shift workers and night owls could perhaps protect themselves if they wore eyewear that blocks blue light. Inexpensive sunglasses with orange-tinted lenses block blue light, but they also block other colors, so they're not suitable for use indoors at night. Glasses that block out only blue light can cost up to $80.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-has-a-dark-side
“Our bonus years” — do those start after the “Golden Years” end? When do I qualify for bonus years?
I’m 69. I think I’m past middle age, but not sure if I’m in senior years or old age yet. Thinking about these things keeps my mind active!
Consider a time release version at the 10 mg level.
Also, reduce your lighting before sleeping, as I reference in another post.
5mg every night, whether it helps the covid or not.
Biden and Democrats have a plan for that. Under the Green New Deal, you will be allotted one new candle every month to meet all of your lighting needs. As an added bonus, the warm yellow color of the light will promote sleep.
I usually take a melatonin and a Benadryl to sleep but after a few days I have to stop the melatonin. It causes me to wake up severely depressed. I sometimes wake up crying. I wait a few days and when I get tired of waking up at 3am I take it again for a few days.
They actually make it and market it for kids.
If she doesn’t fall asleep right away, she gets herself a bit worked up/anxiety. So she sometimes has the tiny dose pill (3 mg??), and it seems to work, maybe a placebo effect?
Benadryl is a poor way to go to sleep.
Please consider a time release form of melatonin, possibly a 5 - 10 mg version.
BENADRYL® was the sleep aid of choice for my wife’s kids when they were little ones. Of course only for occasional use.
My BIL was prescribed that for COVID.
No Shiite! L(
Do you want to take something that causes agitation and hyperactivity when wanting help going to sleep?
Benadryl:
“Diphenhydramine (DPH) acts on peripheral and central histamine H1 receptors, causing reduction of allergic symptoms and sedation, respectively.1 It is also a potent competitive antagonist of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and can cause sinus tachycardia, xerostomia, mydriasis, blurred vision, ileus, urinary retention, CNS depression, agitation, hyperactivity, or psychosis. Given multiple potential mechanisms of action and its use for a variety of conditions, cases of medication misuse and abuse have been reported,2,–5 primarily due to behavioral effects such as elevated mood, increased energy levels, and mild euphoria.6”
Chronic diphenhydramine abuse and withdrawal:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874453/
Science says one year later that covid treatment might be melatonin! How much was this genius paid for the last year?
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