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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

FYI, every melatonin supplement is way too high of a dose and is completely saturating your melatonin receptors, leading to tolerance and dependency.

Your body is not producing more than .5mg of melatonin naturally, so taking a 5mg supplement is far too much. And they sell 15-20mg too. If you can find 1mg that’s best; but what’s even better in the long run is not using it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I know it's said over and over and over, but regular exercise!! There are certain types and times of exercise that are more effective, but generally speaking, exercise promotes serotonin conversion to melatonin and makes sleepy time easier.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

this is dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like this is just a lower-stakes version of "RedBull & vodka." If that's true, @[email protected], then this is a recipe for a bad hangover.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'd say higher stakes from the 700mg alone. RedBull has 80mg of caffeine.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 45 minutes ago

700mg is nothing, not even twice the FDA recommendation

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

There are no winners here.

Source: Tried for years to overpower the insomnia from my ADHD meds with melatonin, weed, CBD:THC edibles, booze, kava, diphenhydramine, etc. before finally going cold turkey on my adderall. With enough stimulants, it doesn't matter how much melatonin you take; you're not gonna have a good night's sleep.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

Caffeine works. Melatonin has never done anything for me; maybe I'm immune, but I've put it in the same mental basket as homeopathy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Melatonin stimulates your bodies vitamin D creation, which makes you tired when it gets dark. It's not a magical bullet to solve insomnia, but it helps sleep regulation for people who don't get enough sunlight. You still need some sunlight though, just less.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 45 minutes ago

sunlight is created by the dark Lord to sell more Vitamin d

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

Melatonin actually has a scientific basis. It's a naturally produced hormone that will have an effect on most people, but being a hormone, ymmv. Homeopathy is pure quackery from top to bottom

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Can melatonin even cross the blood brain barrier? Caffeine definitely can...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Could try and ask your doctor about cyproheptadine. Keeps me out cold

Let my parents both try it and they slept 8 solid hours.

It's also classed as an antihistamine for what that's worth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

If I need to sleep I take a half dose of Nyquil. That shit knocks me out. And nice side benefit of clearing my sinuses for a few days.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 hours ago

Melatonin does not make you sleepy. It just helps you to stay asleep.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Don't mix uppers and downers. That's how John Belushi and Phillip Seymour Hoffman died.

/S

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

/s means sarcastic so I should mix upper and downers?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, what could go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago

Peak science right here. Someone's getting their doctorate off the back of this study.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

700 mg of caffeine, is that like 29 coffees in a row?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 hours ago

If you get to 100 you unlock super speed

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Somewhere between 7 and 12, depending on the kind of coffee.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It’s very presumptuous to rule out 350 decaf coffees.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago

What about a couple thousand decaffeinated espressos (there is certainly 0.x mg of caffeine in one, not 0)?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

So... They want their heart to explode.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What? No, they also took melatonin, duh

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They want their heart to explode in their sleep?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

I mean, don't we all? Sure beats being awake for it.