Posted by Larry Hoover on May 21, 2005, at 12:33:19
In reply to Re: Melatonin experiences, posted by lucy2005 on May 6, 2005, at 22:04:31
> This is a slow response, but I just found this board.
This is a slower response, because I've been busy. ;-)
> I have had trouble sleeping due to really bad panic attacks, I have a lot of anxiety at night - my mind won't shut off. Since I prefer an holistic approach, I tried Melatonin, but did not find it helpful. While I would eventually fall asleep, I would not stay asleep. When I was w/d'ing from alcohol, I was four days into sleep deprevation and took three 3mg Melantonin tabs and it did nothing.
You almost certainly took too much. If you overload the melatonin receptors, they simply turn off. It's as if you didn't take any melatonin at all.
You might find that half a 3 mg tablet works, for example. I take a quarter tablet or so.
Some people do need more that I take, but I've not heard of anybody requiring 9 mg as a standard dose. Like I said, that is enough to overwhelm your melatonin receptors, and will have no effect.
> Now I take Calm Forte. I take one or two in the day if I am feeling anxious, three at night to sleep - great washed down with a cup of extra strength Sleepy Time. I hear that prolonged use of Melatonin isn't good, but I haven't heard anything negative about the Calms Forte. I buy it at the health food store or GNC.I think it's great.
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> LI don't think there's anything wrong with taking melatonin for extended periods, so long as the dose is reasonable. Normally, the total amount released by the brain each night is somewhere around 0.60-0.75 mg. That's not very much.
Lar
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