anyone ever use melatonin to help them sleep?

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Studies seem to say it doesn't do much more than a placebo.

Considering it's a neurohormone I think you're talking out of your ass.

read wikipedia.

Hahaha. . . like Wikipedia is the best source of information available.

 

[Zee]

i used it and was drowsy for like the next 2-3 days

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul
I've taken melatonin and I do feel like it's more of a placebo than anything. The effects are very mild, there is no feeling of drowsiness or anything that I would expect from a sleep aid. Seroquel on the other hand, that stuff is like rufees. Someone I know flipped me a couple of these and I couldn't fight off the sleep after taking only half a pill.

Isn't Seroquel for certain serious mental disorders? I took one once and it had me feeling very...off. I was watching a movie and got so antsy (dunno how else to describe it) that I had to go lay down. I lay there for hours, staring at the ceiling, wishing like hell that weird feeling would go away. I can't imagine that putting anyone to sleep...

Anyway OP. Melatonin does have a marked effect on me. I remember being surprised by how much I wanted to go to bed about 30 minutes after taking a 3mg pill. I took them pretty regularly for a while, but I started hearing about possible long-term effects and quit a few months ago. They certainly don't give you the same feeling as you get with prescription or even over the counter sleeping aids, but for me it was unmistakable that there WAS an effect.

 

[TallBill]

Just popped some along with some ZMA.

 

[AmdEmAll]

I would consider 5htp also.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Just took my MelatoninPlus pill. Thanks for reminding me!

 

[yhelothar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxylamine
This knocks me out hardcore..
I've slept for over 20hrs at a time with this.. just one single pill.
It's like 5 benadryls at once.
You can buy it OTC under the brandname unisom.

I've never noticed anything with melatonin before, even with half or a quarter of a pill.

 

[nonameo]

Results:

I woke up once in the middle of the night and it probably took me about 30 minutes to fall back to sleep. I was able to stay awake during the day( classes till 10AM and 8 hours of work) though I didn't feel particularly great. I also had a cup of regular tea in the morning.

No funny side effects.

 

[1sikbITCH]

For my entire life (41 now) I've been hyperactive and an insomniac. I stay up until 6am and then crash hard for 12 hours, and then stay up all night and the next morning again. I feel like the Shamwow dude, all bouncing around like I'm on crack.

If I eat a melatonin at 10pm, by 11pm I am so drowsy I fall asleep with the light on and stay asleep all night. I have a rough time lifting my head from my drool-soaked pillow in the morning.

I have tried not taking it, and boom wide awake for days just like I've always been. Placebo or not, it allows me to hold a job and function as a normal person on the accepted schedule of the rest of the world.

 

[JohnCU]

i've tried it, it works weird with paxil, doesn't help all that much

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Studies seem to say it doesn't do much more than a placebo.

THIS

I suggest getting knock-out pills if you really want this shit to work.

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Scouzer
Studies seem to say it doesn't do much more than a placebo.

THIS

I suggest getting knock-out pills if you really want this shit to work.

I disagree. I work third shift and even with good blinds my apartment is bright as hell when I get home. Seems to help me in that situation where i have trouble falling asleep. I haven't tried it while sleeping in the dark though.

 

[walrus]

melatonin helps but nothing beats ambian

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: nonameo

Originally posted by: jagec
Yes, my body secretes it in the necessary quantities nightly.

You don't have to be a smartass about it. There's no natural way to go from 4-12 to 10:30-6:30

My schedule is weird enough that I actually do that a lot. It may be unnatural, but I usually have the best results when I simply stay up all night when the schedule shifts, and go to bed dead tired after having worked >20 hours straight.:Q

You can't really "force" yourself to go to sleep when you're not tired. Even if you take something that knocks you out, it isn't real rest.

try ambien... it puts you in REM immediately for real rest, and if you're still up... you'll hallucinate...

i put ambien up there with pain killer as my favorite recreational drugs, i still have one left from my last visit to the sleep lab... saving it for rainy days.

 

[TridenT]

Ok... Here we go. Work out! Do insane amounts of exercise all the time. I am sure you will be sore and want to go to bed if you work hard enough.

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: nonameo
I have just recently switched from working nights to having a 7:30 class, and have read that taking melatonin can help you get back into the correct sleeping habits. Anyone here have any experience with this?

Yep, and it destroys me. I can't take it anymore. It hammers me worse than a dose of benadryl, complete with the hangover the next day.

For me, it definitely works.

 

[Muse]

I don't have problems going to sleep. My problems, when I have them, are waking and not going back to sleep. If I have a reason I don't want that to happen I'll maybe take a vicodin at bedtime, which isn't foolproof, but I think it definitely helps.