From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Sat Jan 06 2001 - 01:44:58 MST
On Friday, January 05, 2001 11:06 PM < f27846532@mindspring.com wrote:
> >Presuming that you do remember to take it, does Melatonin work? I seem to
> >have buckled the wheel on my sleep cycle; I'm all over the place.
>
> Yes, it does work for most people. My mom takes 3mg a night and it works
> pretty well for her. And it's a great, cheap anti-aging supplement.
>
> LEF has a lot of info on it. There are some articles on it here:
> http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag95/mag95_12.html
It's good to see someone aside from me using LEF as a resource.:)
I have used melatonin too. (I don't use it on a regular basis; only when
I'm having insomnia or need to be asleep at a certain time because of, say,
a business trip.) Comparing my experience with those of friends, I've found
that you have to experiment a bit with dosage. The variation can be high.
Some people (me) can squeeze a full night's sleep from 500mcg while others
3mg or more. I think it's best to start with a small dose -- 1mg -- and
moving up or down.
Also, friends and I have noticed that if you fight the melatonin -- i.e.,
try to stay awake when you start to get sleepy from it -- you wind up with
worse insomnia.
Happy New Weekend!
Daniel Ust
Read more of my nonsense at:
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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