Question about melatonin [modified]
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How many people here have used or use melatonin to treat your sleep problems? If so how effective is it? I have heard it will help get you to sleep and give you a higher quality sleep. It also has been known to induce extremely vivid dreams. I was thinking about combining it with 5-HTP to get a good sleep when I need. -- modified at 21:04 Tuesday 28th November, 2006
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Captain See SharpIf so how effective is it?
Probably not nearly as effective as exercise. Be careful though, exercise has side effects; you may actually get into shape and feel better. At least the five zillion drugs on the market that address everything including not being able to pick your nose in public only have small side effects like liver issues, etc. :rolleyes:
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Captain See SharpIf so how effective is it?
Probably not nearly as effective as exercise. Be careful though, exercise has side effects; you may actually get into shape and feel better. At least the five zillion drugs on the market that address everything including not being able to pick your nose in public only have small side effects like liver issues, etc. :rolleyes:
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
exercise has side effects; you may actually get into shape and feel better
So true :-D
Some people have a memory and an attention span, you should try them out one day. - Jeremy Falcon
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How many people here have used or use melatonin to treat your sleep problems? If so how effective is it? I have heard it will help get you to sleep and give you a higher quality sleep. It also has been known to induce extremely vivid dreams. I was thinking about combining it with 5-HTP to get a good sleep when I need. -- modified at 21:04 Tuesday 28th November, 2006
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A friend of mine takes it with good results. Actually, he takes benadryl to help with falling asleep and melatonin to stay there. Some people do encounter side effects, the most common of which is nightmares. I tried it once, had a rather vivid experience of that sort, and decided that whiskey was better.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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A friend of mine takes it with good results. Actually, he takes benadryl to help with falling asleep and melatonin to stay there. Some people do encounter side effects, the most common of which is nightmares. I tried it once, had a rather vivid experience of that sort, and decided that whiskey was better.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
the most common of which is nightmares
ROTFL - that's brilliant. So, you can get to sleep faster, but you're less likely to stay there, or get rested ?
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
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How many people here have used or use melatonin to treat your sleep problems? If so how effective is it? I have heard it will help get you to sleep and give you a higher quality sleep. It also has been known to induce extremely vivid dreams. I was thinking about combining it with 5-HTP to get a good sleep when I need. -- modified at 21:04 Tuesday 28th November, 2006
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When winter came here I went out and bought the brightest compact flourescent lightbulbs I could afford and put them everywhere in the house, it's bright as day inside now and I find it makes a huge difference when you live in a bleak and dreary winter climate with no sunshine. I sleep better at night and feel awake in the morning. Last winter I felt pretty crappy pretty much until spring. I don't know about melatonin though, I know a guy who works on shifts and takes it and he says it helps with rotating shifts where he moves from one time period to another. Personally I avoid all medication unless it's absolutlely necessary. I don't even take an aspirin unless my headache is near migrane proportions. Alcohol though I consume quite regularly so I guess I don't avoid all medication. :)
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You'd be much better off finding the reason you cant sleep and addressing it. Excersize more, find new ways to cope with the source of stress etc etc etc
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I wanted to say that but I felt like it would probably be ignored or had already been tried. I personally think people take way too much medication without addressing problems that are the root of their need to take it, but it's like yelling "soylent green is people" no one's going to listen in this day and age.
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You'd be much better off finding the reason you cant sleep and addressing it. Excersize more, find new ways to cope with the source of stress etc etc etc
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Josh Gray wrote:
find new ways to cope with the source of stress
Think relaxing thoughts. every 51 seconds. ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Captain See SharpIf so how effective is it?
Probably not nearly as effective as exercise. Be careful though, exercise has side effects; you may actually get into shape and feel better. At least the five zillion drugs on the market that address everything including not being able to pick your nose in public only have small side effects like liver issues, etc. :rolleyes:
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
only have small side effects like liver issues, etc.
liver? ewwww.... doctors will just grow me a new one. ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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When winter came here I went out and bought the brightest compact flourescent lightbulbs I could afford and put them everywhere in the house, it's bright as day inside now and I find it makes a huge difference when you live in a bleak and dreary winter climate with no sunshine. I sleep better at night and feel awake in the morning. Last winter I felt pretty crappy pretty much until spring. I don't know about melatonin though, I know a guy who works on shifts and takes it and he says it helps with rotating shifts where he moves from one time period to another. Personally I avoid all medication unless it's absolutlely necessary. I don't even take an aspirin unless my headache is near migrane proportions. Alcohol though I consume quite regularly so I guess I don't avoid all medication. :)
They recommend lots of flouro light exposure as and aid to getting over jetlag.
John Cardinal wrote:
Personally I avoid all medication unless it's absolutlely necessary. I don't even take an aspirin unless my headache is near migrane proportions
Yeah, I agree 200%.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
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I wanted to say that but I felt like it would probably be ignored or had already been tried. I personally think people take way too much medication without addressing problems that are the root of their need to take it, but it's like yelling "soylent green is people" no one's going to listen in this day and age.
John Cardinal wrote:
I wanted to say that but I felt like it would probably be ignored or had already been tried. I personally think people take way too much medication without addressing problems that are the root of their need to take it, but it's like yelling "soylent green is people" no one's going to listen in this day and age.
Exercise never seemed to help me much. Melatonin is a natural hormone produced by the penil gland in the center of your brain and it secretes th hormone at night and puts you to sleep. It is nothing like Xanax or Ambien.
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
the most common of which is nightmares
ROTFL - that's brilliant. So, you can get to sleep faster, but you're less likely to stay there, or get rested ?
Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert
Christian Graus wrote:
So, you can get to sleep faster, but you're less likely to stay there, or get rested ?
Kinda funny how much stuff people will endure just to avoid exercise.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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A friend of mine takes it with good results. Actually, he takes benadryl to help with falling asleep and melatonin to stay there. Some people do encounter side effects, the most common of which is nightmares. I tried it once, had a rather vivid experience of that sort, and decided that whiskey was better.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
and decided that whiskey was better.
Probably cheaper too. :-D
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
only have small side effects like liver issues, etc.
liver? ewwww.... doctors will just grow me a new one. ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
doctors will just grow me a new one.
Crazy to think that may be true in the not so distant future.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
exercise has side effects; you may actually get into shape and feel better
So true :-D
Some people have a memory and an attention span, you should try them out one day. - Jeremy Falcon
PaulC1972 wrote:
So true
Yeah, I pity those suffering souls who feel good every day. One can only imagine the horror. :rolleyes:
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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When winter came here I went out and bought the brightest compact flourescent lightbulbs I could afford and put them everywhere in the house, it's bright as day inside now and I find it makes a huge difference when you live in a bleak and dreary winter climate with no sunshine. I sleep better at night and feel awake in the morning. Last winter I felt pretty crappy pretty much until spring. I don't know about melatonin though, I know a guy who works on shifts and takes it and he says it helps with rotating shifts where he moves from one time period to another. Personally I avoid all medication unless it's absolutlely necessary. I don't even take an aspirin unless my headache is near migrane proportions. Alcohol though I consume quite regularly so I guess I don't avoid all medication. :)
John Cardinal wrote:
I don't even take an aspirin unless my headache is near migrane proportions.
A man after my own heart!
John Cardinal wrote:
Alcohol though I consume quite regularly so I guess I don't avoid all medication.
A man after my own heart! ;P
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
melatonin
If that's a fancy word for whiskey, then yes. ;P
---- I just want you to be happy; That's my only little wish...
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John Cardinal wrote:
I wanted to say that but I felt like it would probably be ignored or had already been tried. I personally think people take way too much medication without addressing problems that are the root of their need to take it, but it's like yelling "soylent green is people" no one's going to listen in this day and age.
Exercise never seemed to help me much. Melatonin is a natural hormone produced by the penil gland in the center of your brain and it secretes th hormone at night and puts you to sleep. It is nothing like Xanax or Ambien.
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Captain See SharpExercise never seemed to help me much.
Were you actually exercising or pretending to so you could fool yourself? Not being mean, but let's get serious. If you don't get to sleep when you have a regular exercise schedule then you're not on a schedule and/or you don't have a normal sleep schedule. Barring that, I'd check your stress level too. If you can't relax at night it will always be harder to go to sleep.
Captain See SharpMelatonin is a natural hormone
This is marketing hoopla people fall for. Even natural substances in unnatural proportions is dangerous. Don't believe me? As a male, go start popping estrogen pills way too much even though you already have it in your own body. Let's not forget the little telltale signs like unnatural side effects too. This should clue you in.
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John Cardinal wrote:
I wanted to say that but I felt like it would probably be ignored or had already been tried. I personally think people take way too much medication without addressing problems that are the root of their need to take it, but it's like yelling "soylent green is people" no one's going to listen in this day and age.
Exercise never seemed to help me much. Melatonin is a natural hormone produced by the penil gland in the center of your brain and it secretes th hormone at night and puts you to sleep. It is nothing like Xanax or Ambien.
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Captain See SharpIt is nothing like Xanax or Ambien.
Complete rubbish, the fact that it appears in the body naturally does not change the fact it is a drug. Remember the people selling and promoting this stuff are out to make a profit, that is their only aim and that why they keep telling you its natural. It might be natural but its not natural to supliment what the body produces. Guess what? all drugs are made from or derived from naturally occuring substances. See a doctor
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How many people here have used or use melatonin to treat your sleep problems? If so how effective is it? I have heard it will help get you to sleep and give you a higher quality sleep. It also has been known to induce extremely vivid dreams. I was thinking about combining it with 5-HTP to get a good sleep when I need. -- modified at 21:04 Tuesday 28th November, 2006
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A friend of mine used to travel to Europe alot and said melatonin helped with jet lag. It has no effect on me.
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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Shog9 wrote:
whiskey
Unfortunately I am considered to be not old enough to buy or drink it which makes it difficult for me to get.
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
Unfortunately I am considered to be not old enough to buy or drink it which makes it difficult for me to get.
Then, i'll second Jeremy's suggestion of exercise. While side-effects like being healthy and spry can become unpleasant at times, you're probably young enough to tolerate it.
---- I just want you to be happy; That's my only little wish...