Posted by Zillah on October 13, 2005, at 13:45:29
In reply to Anyone Have Luck With Melatonin For Sleep?, posted by blueberry on October 12, 2005, at 20:05:28
I have found melatonin to be very helpful as long as it's a sustained release formulation. I have trouble *staying* asleep, and the immediate release varieties do nothing to help with that.
I take between two and four 3mg tablets and start "layering" them about 1-2 hours before bed. For example, if I want to get to bed by 1am, I'll take one at 11pm, one at 12am, and two at 1am. This amount will help me snooze for 6-7 hours, and the sleep is much more deep/restful than I would get otherwise.
Zillah
> My sleep has been kind of lousy. Mostly med related I think. My doc wants me to try melatonin. My gut instinct tells me that won't do the trick. But I was curious to see if anyone else has found melatonin helpful for improving sleep.
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