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0 pointseuroderf1y ago0 comments

I tried melatonin. It gave me nightmares. Weird, but it was repeatable. So, my 0,02€.

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This happens if I take too much melatonin. The dosage in US-sold melatonin is unnecessarily high. Finnish tablets are typically 1.9mg, while US ones can have 10mg in just one.

opan1y ago

Luckily some people warned about this a lot online (not to take too much, most pills are too much) and I was able to find 1mg tablets on Amazon when I wanted some.

mafuy1y ago

1mg or less seems to work best. Source: https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/07/10/melatonin-much-more-th...

I take melatonin (0.2mg via a spray). It is very effective. Nightmares are a recurring problem for me and other users I know, but can be solved with low doses and a lot of discipline.

hunter-gatherer1y ago

There's this stuff at GNC called "Tri-Sleep". Imagine meletonin tablet effects x5. I don't get nightmares, but my dreams definitely get incredibly weird and more lucid. To be honest though, I definitely think I sleep deeper and longer when I take it amd feel more recovered. Again, anecedotal.

sensanaty1y ago

Anecdotally, me too. If not nightmares, very bizzare dreams that leave me feeling a bit weird for the day and I don't really feel nearly as rested as regular sleep, even if I sleep for longer.

zemvpferreira1y ago

I get those on valerian root myself.

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