• @[email protected]
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    FYI, every melatonin supplement is way too high of a dose and is completely saturating your melatonin receptors, leading to tolerance and dependency.

    Your body is not producing more than .5mg of melatonin naturally, so taking a 5mg supplement is far too much. And they sell 15-20mg too. If you can find 1mg that’s best; but what’s even better in the long run is not using it!

    • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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      I know it’s said over and over and over, but regular exercise!! There are certain types and times of exercise that are more effective, but generally speaking, exercise promotes serotonin conversion to melatonin and makes sleepy time easier.

  • NielsBohron
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    There are no winners here.

    Source: Tried for years to overpower the insomnia from my ADHD meds with melatonin, weed, CBD:THC edibles, booze, kava, diphenhydramine, etc. before finally going cold turkey on my adderall. With enough stimulants, it doesn’t matter how much melatonin you take; you’re not gonna have a good night’s sleep edit: but you’ll also be too tired to be productive or to do anything fun

    • @[email protected]
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      Melatonin stimulates your bodies vitamin D creation, which makes you tired when it gets dark. It’s not a magical bullet to solve insomnia, but it helps sleep regulation for people who don’t get enough sunlight. You still need some sunlight though, just less.

    • @[email protected]
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      Melatonin actually has a scientific basis. It’s a naturally produced hormone that will have an effect on most people, but being a hormone, ymmv. Homeopathy is pure quackery from top to bottom

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        That’s if the supplement actually contains what it says it does. Supplements are unregulated in the us

    • Scott
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      Could try and ask your doctor about cyproheptadine. Keeps me out cold

      Let my parents both try it and they slept 8 solid hours.

      It’s also classed as an antihistamine for what that’s worth.

  • @[email protected]
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    If I need to sleep I take a half dose of Nyquil. That shit knocks me out. And nice side benefit of clearing my sinuses for a few days.

  • teft
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    Don’t mix uppers and downers. That’s how John Belushi and Phillip Seymour Hoffman died.

    /S