High Dose Melatonin Therapy

[meadow_wind]

Thank you again for the information you sent

Well, it's not much, but you are welcome.
In my case, I do not have insomnia, but it's been many years that I always wake up around 2-3 ish am, and then around 4-5 is am. So I will eventually get to this thread and investigate if it's possible to resolve this or not. I don't lack sleep since I'm almost always able to fall back asleep. But if there is a way to improve this situation, I'm interested.

 

[katarinak]

I do not have insomnia, but it's been many years that I always wake up around 2-3 ish am, and then around 4-5 is am. So I will eventually get to this thread and investigate if it's possible to resolve this or not. I don't lack sleep since I'm almost always able to fall back asleep. But if there is a way to improve this situation, I'm interested.

yes, that's exactly how I am now I wake up at night at similar hours.

I mentally test my full concentration on breathing and as soon as the thoughts come back and I realize it, I immediately concentrate fully on breathing again to continue sleeping.

I plan to test several types of melatonin in a series of 1 week with 1 type of melatonin and then 1 week without melatonin.

I will let you know then what happened. Have a nice weekend

 

[Nević Nenad]

Firstly thank you very much Nević Nenad for you information

Yes, I would also prefer to try natural. I checked Now Foods melatonin on their website and there is no information about where this melatonin is sourced from, neither on the packaging nor on the page. The fact is that it is a version of melatonin suitable for vegans, from which it can be deduced that it is not derived from animals. Therefore, it looks to me more likely to be synthetically produced melatonin.

I looked at Life Extension melatonin (although there are pictures of cherries) and Melatonin Vitabalans as well, it doesn't say anything what kind of melatonin it is.

I think it might be interesting to know more

I don't know where I picked that. Maybe on their old website or packaging. Anyway, I apologize for lying. I did see the difference in effect between Now Foods and Natrol melatonin. I guess that everyone must try and choose their own.

 

[Il Matto]

For those in the UK I found the tribe company by Elle grey started selling melatonin

I'm so pleased I found this! Thank you lilyalic.
I thought I'd hit a tricky hurdle when a Google search told me that Melatonin in the UK can only be obtained with a prescription (WHY?? being my first question..)

 

[katarinak]

I promised to write an experience with melatonin. I have tried it with my friend, we both have a problem with night waking up. We tried this protocol:

• Vitabalans melatonin 3mg (synthetic) - 1st week - no change observed when falling asleep or waking up at night
• Now Foods melatonin 5mg (synthetic) - 2nd week - no change observed when falling asleep or waking up at night
• Life Extension melatonin 10mg (synthetic) - 3rd week - shorter time when falling asleep and no change when waking up at night
• Life Extension melatonin 20mg (synthetic) - 4th week - significantly shorter time when falling asleep and little change when waking up at night; feeling sleepy and tired in the morning
• BrainMax melatonin (natural Prunus Cerasus) - 2400mg - 4 days - no change observed when falling asleep or waking up at night

Result - We have noticed that we dream strange dreams. I noticed that during the night waking up it was necessary to concentrate on the present moment and belly breathing, then the time was shortened for falling asleep again. We noticed that if there were days with stress or a lot of meetings with suggestions from other people, immediately falling asleep and even waking up at night was worse. I realized that something had changed in my life (app. 1 year ago), that I had no choice other than to stay "fine", which is quite challenging at these times.

Conclusion - No withdrawal symptoms after a week without melatonin (I was worried a little). We both continue with the 10 mg dose and trying if it's somehow possible to improve the sleep.

Have a nice and peaceful days