Re: melatonin is great? No

Posted by Riv on April 28, 2001 at 16:00:40:

In Reply to: Re: melatonin is great! posted by Tiggy on April 27, 2001 at 17:38:16:

: I just take half a tablet at night. The first few days I woke up a bit too early for me but it went off after that. I may have had a few weird dreams to start with, I can't remember; I certainly don't have them now.

: I have had insomnia since I was born, chronic insomnia, not getting to sleep till 4.00am most nights, and that was before the internet! It made life really hard for me. But since taking melatonin a couple of years ago, I've not had hardly any sleepless nights. It also does not have a hangover effect the next day. And it's cheap. It can also be used to reset your bodyclock if you do have a lie in, or when travelling. That's what it was innitially invented for, jet lag, but insomniacs have found it works for them. I've had no side effects.

For myself it did tend to weaken me and I also found myself building an immunity to it and needing more. Good maybe at first. In the long run, thumbs down.

_Riv

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• It weakened you? Are you sure you weren't just going through a bad patch? nt Tiggy 17:03:06 04/28/01 (1)
  • I used a lot of bottles of it and used it on and off for a year or so. nt Riv 17:07:34 04/28/01 (0)

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