From: Alex Future Bokov (alexboko@umich.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 21 1999 - 06:46:42 MDT
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Well, that article merely says that Melatonin metabolizes into two
"neurotransmitter-like" molecules whose function is unknown, but that do
elicit a neurological response. Presumably, this isn't something
completely alien to your body, just maybe a higher dose of it than you're
used to. Futhermore, if you're in your forties or older, your nascent
melatonin levels have started declining, and moderate supplementation
merely brings them up to youthful (and IMO healthier) levels.
I sometimes take melatonin, and apart from vivid dreems, deep sleep, and
waking up more energetic than I normally do, I've experienced no side
effects so far. YMMV
I might look into this further and put up a review of melatonin research
on GerOL (in colloquial english, with cross references to an online
dictionary as usual). Just as soon as I'm done with my review of Tyler
Parr's work on a unified aging theory. If anyone knows of any melatonin
material, feel free to post.
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, O'Regan, Emlyn wrote:
> Technotrancendance wrote:
> > Anyone else heard of this?
> >
> > http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/19990427024417data_trunc_sys.shtml
> (talks about possible mood altering / psychological effects of
> melatonin)
>
> Ahh, mood altering effects, hmm. Anyone notice any mood alterations?
> Depressed? Angry? Or maybe a feeling of newly found clarity, paired with a
> desire to sharpen all the really big knives in the house?
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