The Melatonin thread

[anthrax]

Let's all tell about our own experience with Melatonin !

I have used melatonin for jet lag and it really helped

On the other hand, for insomnia, I have had mixed results

At more than 1 mg (from 1 to 6mg) it doesn't seem to help me fall to sleep and sleep well

At very low dosage (less than 0.5mg) it is quite effective: though it doesn't make fall asleep sooner I don't feel tired the next morning

 

[ohashi]

3mg to 9mg knocks me out and gives me strange-ass dreams. More than 12mg, and I can't fall asleep, yet seem to hallucinate.
Never tried less than 3mg.

 

[chewyxrage]

I take 3 mg every now and then if I feel i won't be able to fall asleep.

I tried taking 6 mg one time - slept for about 8 hours but when I woke up I was pretty groggy for a while, didn't like it so I'll stick to 3mg from now on.


I also take valerian root.

 

[Boulder257]

I take 2mg every night except Friday and Saturday. I find it really relaxes me.

 

[chewyxrage]

I take 2mg every night except Friday and Saturday. I find it really relaxes me.

I thought if you used it every night it would lose its effectiveness?

 

[Boulder257]

I use it five days a week, don't use it on Friday and Saturday. I take a week off here and then. It is true that if you use it everyday for a long period of time your body will stop producing it. That is why I only use it five days, and take a week off every two months or so.

 

[chewyxrage]

I see.

So when you say your body will stop producing it, you mean temporarily right?

 

[Boulder257]

yes temporarily. Eventually your body reaches the required amount, but if you supplement it long enough, it will take awhile for your body to get back to it's natural level.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

3mg works great for me...but I also get crazy dreams.

 

[chewyxrage]

awesome... i won't worry about using sparingly as much now.

 

[anthrax]

I have noticed than whenever I take melatonin I wake up a couple of times during the night and I am completely awake after 6 hours of sleep !?

No crazy dreams though (too bad )

 

[chewyxrage]

Anthrax-


that's weird. If i take it and get less than 7 1/2 - 8 hours then I am noticeably drowsy for a few hours after I wake up.

I do wake up once during the night though to use the bathroom, but i'm pretty sure this is because of all the water i'm drinking. Before I started drinking a gallon and a half a day i never woke up to use the bathroom.

 

[matto18]

damn. i didn't realize it would shutdown natural production. i've been using it for like 4 months every night now. uh oh!

 

[tempest2003]

apparently it slows down the thyroid too, i cant remember who pot up a big long post about that, but it was a guy on the EF board who preached bout "zip" with t-rex for max thyroid productivity . it slows down metabolisim a little i believe if i recal correctly this is why i do not uuse it, even though i have never really been able to sleep well.

 

[SoreArms]

I used 9g once and slept for about 11 hours and woke up groggy as hell. It was good 'cause I really needed the rest. I only take 3 - 6 g now and sleep like a baby. I usually only use it on the weekends 'casue I'm afraid to oversleep or be groggy at work.

Knocks me out within 1 hour of taking it.

 

[chewyxrage]

apparently it slows down the thyroid too, i cant remember who pot up a big long post about that, but it was a guy on the EF board who preached bout "zip" with t-rex for max thyroid productivity . it slows down metabolisim a little i believe if i recal correctly this is why i do not uuse it, even though i have never really been able to sleep well.

im sure this was nelson montana. when he talks take it with a grain of salt because he is in for the money, nothing more. he is gone off this board now, he realized people saw through him.









long live melatonin

sorearms-

9 g dude?!? hehe i might do this if was getting a cold or something(sleep cures all)....

 

[SoreArms]

sorearms-

9 g dude?!? hehe i might do this if was getting a cold or something(sleep cures all)....

It was one of those weeks were I was just stressed out, had not been getting good sleep and was partied out from the weekend before. So, on Friday night I popped 3, 3g pills a little before midnight and did not wake up until about 11:30 Am the next day. It was well worth the grogginess on the next day. Although, I wouldn't make it a habit.

 

[anthrax]

SoreArms,

have you tried very low dosage ?

Somrtimes the more is not the better

 

[SoreArms]

That's what I do now. Generally 3g, I use it very sparingly, so it is very effective when I do use it. Like I said above, it usually knocks me out within one hour of taking it.

 

[wmd]

are you meaning to say milligrams? 9 GRAMS of melatonin is an impossible amount

 

[anthrax]

are you meaning to say milligrams? 9 GRAMS of melatonin is an impossible amount

sure, he meant milligrams

BTW 9 mg is already quite a lot