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anyone ever use melatonin to help them sleep?

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nonameo

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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?
 
Yes, I have hereditary insomnia and have tried EVERY sleep aid known to man. Melatonin works, but you have to be careful with the dosage. Too much is counter-productive and actually makes it harder to fall and stay asleep. A lot of commercially available pills are 3mg and that's too much for a lot of people. Either buy smaller 1.5mg pills or cut the 3mg in half to start.
 
Originally posted by: jagec
Yes, my body secretes it in the necessary quantities nightly.
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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
 
Originally posted by: nonameo
Originally posted by: jagec
Yes, my body secretes it in the necessary quantities nightly.
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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
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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.
 
a friend of mine takes it, but shes on a host of things and i dont think the melatonin helped her when she finally started sleeping well, she had been on it for a while.
 
Well, I took a quarter of a 3mg pill. We'll see how it works. It did not say it was the time release version so I'll have to assume it's not. It didn't have any kind of coating on it.
 
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?
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i just noticed.....a 730 class? what the fuck 🙁
 
I use it quite a bit- works very well for me.
For my friend, doesnt do anything- YMMV
 
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.
 
melatonin didn't really do much for me. i just ask my friend for some ambien and take it at like 9pm to reset my sleep schedule
 
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