Hey, I commented elsewhere on this post and I wanted to let you know that the reason it doesn’t help you is likely because all melatonin supplements are way too strong!! Our body is releasing .3-.5mg of melatonin during the evening, and over the counter melatonin ranges from 5mg-20(!!)mg per pill.
As you can see, this is WAY too much for our body, and it saturates every melatonin receptor in the brain resulting in over signaling of these pathways and a tolerance to melatonin. People who consistently take it each night can really mess up the sleep related pathways in the brain, and the desensitization means that the naturally released melatonin is not even close to creating the proper response in the brain.
It can be difficult to find in some places, but if you’d like to use it there are 1mg supplements out there that I would recommend! :)
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
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.
Caffeine works. Melatonin has never done anything for me; maybe I’m immune, but I’ve put it in the same mental basket as homeopathy.
Hey, I commented elsewhere on this post and I wanted to let you know that the reason it doesn’t help you is likely because all melatonin supplements are way too strong!! Our body is releasing .3-.5mg of melatonin during the evening, and over the counter melatonin ranges from 5mg-20(!!)mg per pill.
As you can see, this is WAY too much for our body, and it saturates every melatonin receptor in the brain resulting in over signaling of these pathways and a tolerance to melatonin. People who consistently take it each night can really mess up the sleep related pathways in the brain, and the desensitization means that the naturally released melatonin is not even close to creating the proper response in the brain.
It can be difficult to find in some places, but if you’d like to use it there are 1mg supplements out there that I would recommend! :)
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
That’s if the supplement actually contains what it says it does. Supplements are unregulated in the us
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.
sunlight is created by the dark Lord to sell more Vitamin d
Taking vitamin D supplement (which anyone over 45° latitude should) doesn’t make me more tired tho.
So if you take vitamin D (e.g. D3) would that be better than taking melatonin?
Can melatonin even cross the blood brain barrier? Caffeine definitely can…
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.