Thread: Melatonin has no effect on me?

It just make me feel a bit sad, crying is a side effect that is sometimes seen.

some of its depressive effect may be from disrupting circadian rhythm

I started taking it at like 5 or 10 mg and just kept increasing the dose
then I tried spreading the dose through the night since I wake up after every cycle
eventually I reached doses that caused waking hallucinations (visual)
the best one was of a flip book, I was lying in bed eyes closed and suddenly among the hallucinations came a flip book with the face of a girl hand drawn on each page, the book was flipping and I realized my right (?dream?) hand was flipping it, I could only see part of the image immediately upon realizing this, my left (?dream?) hand came up and stopped the book flipping it back and opening it wider. Then I could see the full flip book image of the ink drawn girl as the book flipped, I tried to exert control as if it were a dream trying to directly control the dream hands, but guess they were just hallucination hands and I immediately lost the image.

I have had other cool hallucinations, once I was standing next to a conveyor belt and boxes and things were going by on it, they were ultra detailed, they looked completely real.

I don't try to take a huge dose at bed time, usually I start with 5HTP then after 3 hrs sleep awake and begin taking like 10Mg (5fast 5slow w/10mg of B6), then after one more round of 10mg, in the latter cycles I switch to 20mg (2 pills). The 5HTP turns into Serotonin which gives clarity and focus to dreams, the B6 helps with recall, and the Melatonin causes vividness. Sometimes I toss in DHEA which causes bizzareness in hopes of increase likeliness of triggering


Melatonin - Prevention.com

This article is talking about normal does .3 - 5 mg

if you look for high dose you will see people reporting crying

Precautions: Side effects include drowsiness, decreased attention, and balance problems 6 hours after taking it, so make sure you can get full night's rest; melatonin can also cause stomach pain and headaches. When used with certain antidepressants, melatonin can cause depression and other mental health concerns.


I have seen other references to depressive effects it is a sedative after all


http://www.livescience.com/42066-mel...ent-facts.html

...melatonin may cause side effects including headache, daytime sleepiness, short-lived depression symptoms, stomach cramps, dizziness and irritability.

elsewhere in the article:

...Melatonin also regulates the start of menstruation, the length of ovulation cycles and menopause, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.


this is the reason I brought up the side effects related to high dose for the OP

I'm not too worried for myself obviously (I probably should watch my blood sugar more closely tho)