melatonin

or however you spell it...


What's the verdict on this stuff? Maybe I should have made this thread before I bought it, but I'm trying to solve two problems.

1. Getting to sleep after energy drink + workout. I generally workout sometime between 3 and 5 and I like to take an energy booster(caffeine) about 2 or 3 times a week. Can't fall asleep come bedtime though(midnight).

2. Staying asleep. My girlfriend wakes up every morning at 6 or 7 but I don't get up until 9. I have trouble falling back asleep if she accidentally wakes me up.

valerian root (capsule) is a good herb for sleep

it is great. 3mg-6mg will suffice.

however, avoid taking it every day... you'll become dependent.

i take 5-6mg three to four days a week.

what should I expect? knock me out like allergy medicine? hard to wake up in the morning?

It will just make you sleepy and you'll go to bed. Don't expect it to knock you out instantly.

Occasionally, it is difficult to wake up in the morning but I seldom feel that way.

If you want really good sleep with vivid dreams... get some ZMA or GABA too. ;)

so you're done working out by 5, but can't fall asleep 7 hours later at midnight? wat

so you're done working out by 5, but can't fall asleep 7 hours later at midnight? wat

Yeah, I religiously avoid caffeine except when working out, and I try not to use it 2 days in a row.

Most people forget how much of an affect caffeine has on you due to a pretty good resistance. 2 months ago I could(and did) slam 6 monster energy drinks after a good nights sleep and took an afternoon nap.

It will just make you sleepy and you'll go to bed. Don't expect it to knock you out instantly.

Occasionally, it is difficult to wake up in the morning but I seldom feel that way.

If you want really good sleep with vivid dreams... get some ZMA or GABA too. ;)

I take ZMA. I literally wake up (sexually) attacking my gf. Pretty fucked up.

I love ZMA... I feel so rested in the morning!

melatonin isn't strong enough to deal with caffeine.

plus you'll gain a tolerance so quickly i'm not sure just how useful you will find it but
give it a shot

I take an absurd amount on a nightly basis. i can't feel it anymore.

jeez

i'm glad i've never had any issues with sleeping, besides sleeping too much

I can't touch coffee after 11am or I'll pay that night. Even if you don't feel wired, your body is more awake.

I took melatonin for around a month or so and it really helped me

Tylenol PM did the trick for me for a week or so.

Then I got used to it and started taking two-three a night. Wouldn't put me to bed and I'd wake up in a complete zombie-state.

Now, if I ever really want to get a good sleep, I pop a few 5-6 hours before I want to sleep.

Having a shitty sleeping cycle blows :(

try waking up 30 minutes earlier, it'll reset your sleep cycle

last night was weird... I tried a new energy drink around 4:30, had no effect so I had my normal at 5. Took the melatonin at 10:30 and hit the sack at 11:30.

You know that weird feeling you get when you are at a loud party, and you go to the bathroom and all of a sudden it's quiet and you realize you're drunk, and you daze out staring at something on the wall...

I had that all night, felt like a didn't sleep at all, but I felt well rested all day.

Weird.

I've tried that and any OTC sleep I can find but none seem to really work. I have terrible sleeping habits but I refuse to get a prescription for anything stronger.

I did find that my daily life has more of an effect on my sleep than anything else. I try to avoid any exercise past 6pm. I used to work out in the afternoons but when i switched to the mornings I had better workouts and I fell asleep faster.

Sup Thumper. Long time no chat.

Greetings xO! Long time indeed!

Melatonin gives me obsurdly vivid dreams most of the times I take it, and I don't get the groggy effect like I do if I take tylenol PM. It's a worthy investment for how little it costs.

Whoever said it makes you dependant is a retard as it's a naturally occuring hormone in your body produced by the brain.