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      melatonin

      i've been taking melatonin about an hour before bed for about the last week. it's kicked my dream recall into super ultra awesome gear. also more vivid. i've been wondering if there are any adverse health affects or anything like that.

      it doesn't really make me sleepy it's just that when you lay down and try to go to sleep it is much easier. when i close my eyes it also seems to give me a slight case of the bed spins... placebo effect or real?

      any opinions/facts about melatonin are most definetly welcome if not encouraged.
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      Melatonin is naturally produced in your brain to regulate your awake/tired cycle. Its not toxic whatsoever. As far as i know no one has had adverse health affect from taking it, aside from maybe if u take very high does you will feel tired in the morning and maybe have a headache
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      Also, I would advise against taking it everyday for long periods of time. Your body might get used to it and the effects might be lessened. Also, if you take it for long periods of time, you might have a harder time falling asleep when you stop taking it.

      I usually never take it for more than 4 or 5 days in a row, and then I take a break to make sure that my body never gets used to the external intake of melatonin. Just my two cents.

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      I've been taking it for a while. I feel like it makes it easier to fall asleep, but doesn’t effect my recall.

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      I've used it before and I don't like it.
      I now only use it if I'm super desperate for some deep sleep.

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      Yeah, I was taking it often for a while and when I stopped it was hard to go to sleep for a couple days, but then I went back to normal.

      It doesn't build super-dependency, but it can make you dependent, so just take it occasionally.
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      I have melatonin in my possession, and I'm wondering how much to take. The bottle says 3 mg, (I've taken 6mg the last few night, with little difference) the internet says 5mg, and some guy said he took 15mg! BUT, it can cause lethargy, speech problems, seizures etc is overdosed on, so I was wondering what other were taking?
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      I'd just take one capsule of whatever is in your bottle. It can make you really drowsy if you take a lot, and the more you take, and the more often you take it, the more dependent on it you become.
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      Old thread, I know. I was making a topic on this subject, and it brought this up as a similar topic. I've been taking melatonin almost every day for 2 years, before I took it I had huge amounts of trouble sleeping. Now, I can't even sleep without it, but I don't really see a problem with that. I had so much trouble sleeping before, and this has pretty much saved my sleeping life, not to mention melatonin is also naturally produced. I was mainly wondering if this could reduce the vividness of a dream, I rarely can recall a dream. Of course, I wasn't able to before, but I'm just wondering. I am a bit of an insomniac too, when I don't take melatonin I can find myself awake for 2-3 days straight with no tiredness. I just feel slightly fatigued. This actually can come in handy at certain points, like when handling a huge amount of workload at school.

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      Melatonin is a hormone related to your body's circadian rhythm, mainly sleeping. It is a light-suppressed hormone produced by the pituitary gland, meaning it only is made at night. It's what makes you become tired and, in addition to light levels, is also affected by your sleep schedule. That's why melatonin supplements help you adapt to an early bedtime better than sleeping pills would-they help retrain your circadian rhythm. If you're taking it as a supplement, remember that your body produces a certain amount for a reason-it isn't like a vitamin or mineral, which you NEED to take in. Your body produces all the melatonin it needs. However, melatonin has been shown to help dream vividness and recall, as you have experienced. There are possibilities of side effects, as is with any hormonal supplement, or any sort of medicine for that matter. However, it's sold over the counter for a reason-it's probably not going to kill you. I am fairly certain that there isn't a possibility of dependency because if there was, you would slowly lose the ability to fall asleep at night, or your pituitary gland would have to produce incrementally more as you aged. Neither of these things happen, so I don't think there's a dependency risk. Might want to look it up somewhere or ask a doctor if you have concerns, though.
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