Melatonin

[yungahdubz]

I usually take 2 pills of melatonin on a Sunday and 1 on a Monday. These weren't prescribed for me, they are for my brother as he's an insomniac, but i use them on Sunday and Monday so i can wake up for school.

I've been using them for around 10 months and at first I'd take them and go to sleep in around 30 mins, and have a great 8 hours sleep, and wake up feeling refreshed.

But since around 2 months ago when i took a melatonin pill, i would wake up in the middle of the night, fall asleep, then wake up at 05:30, and even though i felt tired i couldn't fall back to sleep. This continued the days i didn't use melatonin too, apart from a few exceptions.

During the Christmas holidays i didn't take any pills for nearly two weeks and slept fine, but the last two days of the hols i took melatonin, and yet again, i was up at 05:30 feeling tired as **** but not being able to fall back asleep.

Any melatonin users experienced this, or any one know how to solve my problem?

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

How milligrams are you taking? Three typically does the trick but occasionally it can be too much. Also remember that melatonin is naturally occurring and can be stimulated by things like diet and exercise. Remember, it's not a narcotic and it's not guaranteed that you will sleep through the night and it will cause pronounced drowsiness if your body gets less than the amount of sleep it deems necessary.

 

[mrRuckus]

Time released melatonin is supposed to be better for keeping you asleep.

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Time released melatonin is supposed to be better for keeping you asleep.

I'm not sure about that. The last time release versions I've seen only last 3-4 hours (after it goes through your digestive system). However, you reminded me about something that may work. Consider combining by taking a time release version first to start its trek to be digested and take one of the sublingual variety which you place under your tongue so that it can be absorbed directly into your system for a more immediate effect. By the time that it finishes doing its job, the time release one should be fully digested and will begin working on its own.

 

[frivolousz21]

I took a 3mg melatonin tab last night.
and it made me awake for 2 hours with vivid dreams before I got good sleep

never taking it again

 

[DoctorLW]

I feel for you man. I am going through the exact same thing right now. I used to cycle Melatonin (over the counter, btw) every 2 weeks I'd switch up with my RX drug, Sonata. This month I stayed with my gf at her house a couple weeks and didn't bring my Sonata (during Sonata's turn) due to Sonata's propensity to make you do really stupid **** while on it. Instead I brought Melatonin. For those keeping track, that is one straight month on Melatonin.

Also, I should add that I have taken Melatonin for almost a year now with the cycling I just described. Despite all my efforts to cycle, my tolerance to both drugs continues to increase (although at not drastic levels). I was taking one Melatonin to start and now am up to 3... borderline 4.

I am now going through the exact same thing, except I abused melatonin way worse than you. When I got drunk and had been coked up, I would even take 6-8 at once. Tonight I am not even able to sleep at all. I have a meeting at 9AM tomorrow...

Both Sonata and Melatonin are now completely unresponsive, so I am cutting them off. I think the logic is similar to any other compound your body makes itself, keep supplying it externally... and your body ceases production internally.

I brought this on myself and I am prepared to ride it out. You'll probably have to do the same.

I usually take 2 pills of melatonin on a Sunday and 1 on a Monday. These weren't prescribed for me, they are for my brother as he's an insomniac, but i use them on Sunday and Monday so i can wake up for school.

I've been using them for around 10 months and at first I'd take them and go to sleep in around 30 mins, and have a great 8 hours sleep, and wake up feeling refreshed.

But since around 2 months ago when i took a melatonin pill, i would wake up in the middle of the night, fall asleep, then wake up at 05:30, and even though i felt tired i couldn't fall back to sleep. This continued the days i didn't use melatonin too, apart from a few exceptions.

During the Christmas holidays i didn't take any pills for nearly two weeks and slept fine, but the last two days of the hols i took melatonin, and yet again, i was up at 05:30 feeling tired as **** but not being able to fall back asleep.

Any melatonin users experienced this, or any one know how to solve my problem?

 

[DoctorLW]

System lagged badly and posted 3 times... Sorry.

 

[DoctorLW]

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[Francisco d'Anconia]

I took a 3mg melatonin tab last night.
and it made me awake for 2 hours with vivid dreams before I got good sleep

never taking it again

Are you guys going right to bed after taking it? Understand that light changes the effectiveness of melatonin.

 

[CGE333]

With melatonin do you wake up groggy like with some other sleep medications?

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

With melatonin do you wake up groggy like with some other sleep medications?

It depends on a couple of factors, the amount of sleep that you get and the amount of light that is available when you wake up. Too little of either and you'll be groggy in the morning.

 

[DoctorLW]

I'm sure it's different for anyone, but Melatonin has never made me groggy. Amount of sleep / light not a factor.

With melatonin do you wake up groggy like with some other sleep medications?