From: GBurch1@aol.com
Date: Sat Aug 22 1998 - 05:39:41 MDT
I've been taking melatonin for almost three years now. At first, I was taking
6 mg 1 hour before bedtime every night. For the last 18 months, I've cut the
dosage back to 3 mg every evening. I also use it very effectively it to
address jet lag when I cross lots of time zones.
There's no question in my mind that melatonin works well to reset your clock
and induce sleep with no after-effects of next-day grogginess. For this
effect alone, I find it extremely valuable, since I otherwise occasionally
suffer from work-induced stress-sleeplessness: Just being able to get a good
night's sleep during high-pressure projects is a high value.
I believe I have experienced some mild amplification of dream intensity with
melatonin, both in comparison to the time before I took it and those periods
of up to a week when I haven't taken it in the last couple of years.
I can't speak to the potential for broader systemic benefits, since I haven't
done a control with a clone :-) I'm unaware of any long-term rigorous
experiments that are being done, but I'm someone is carrying out such
research. I would be very curious to see the results of any such studies.
Greg Burch <GBurch1@aol.com>----<burchg@liddellsapp.com>
Attorney ::: Director, Extropy Institute ::: Wilderness Guide
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"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must
be driven into practice with courageous impatience."
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