started Melatonin 10mg few  days ago was having k7's everynight at 10:30pm that lasted 45min's on the nose.Last two nights k2/3's 10 min at the max.Iam hoping it's the meds. Kicked that devils A$$ last night,woke up talked to Jesus went for a walk and cancelled that SOB's concert before he got started.Slept like a baby,sorry satan you have meet your match.

Steph awsome for you,I miss the afternoon naps and early evening naps. No naps means more time to work around the house.LOL

mikstudie wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2010 at 9:09am:

Some people stop taking it because they get some wicked pisser nightmares.

Yes, it does enhance the dreaming experience for some.

I slept like a baby last night,this stuff seems to work well for me.anyone with night time hits owes it to themself to try this stuff.I do 10mg 1 hour before bed.

The dreams I have are a good thing.

How do you decide the adequate dosage to take?  My Melatonin comes in 3mg capsules.  The dosage recommendation on the bottle is 1.  How does one gauge how much to take, and what may be unsafe?  Just curious.  Thanks.

Bassplayer Jim wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2010 at 11:47pm:

An average person can take up to about 24mg before anything too crazy will happen.  After that you might sleep for 10-15 hours and have really crazy dreams, freaky stuff.

Bassplayer Jim wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 10:53am:

When I'm really getting hammered I usually take up to 15, on a few occaisions I've taken 18mg.

Brew wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 11:48am:

Exactly, that is why we need the larger doses.  And why non-CH people shouldn't take anywhere near the amounts that we do.  How much is too much and how much is not enough, that is the trick question because it is different for all of us.  Use, sleep, adjust dosagae as needed, your mileage may vary.  But the thing that has helped me the MOST, was mixing in some time release with the regular stuff, that way I keep my melatonin level steady throughout the night.

Brew wrote on Sep 4^th, 2010 at 11:48am:


What's the interaction or connection between melatonin and seratonin? Is melatonin a derivative or byproduct of seratonin?

1 week 10mg 1 hour before bed only one hit in the pm,friday lasted 10min with the help of a red bull.Did have a hit Sunday MORNING (first am hit) 15min 1 red bull.Iam hopeing this is a sign of the end of cycle.

I know this is an old post, but just had a really interesting discussion with my husband about this. He's getting almost exclusive night hits now, so we've been considering introducing melatonin. We were surprised how spot on the symptoms of meletonin defficiency are to what he's been dealing with:

difficulty getting to sleep
difficulty falling back to sleep when awaken during the night
light sleeper/easy waking during the night
early morning awakening
un-refreshing sleep
as well as fatigue and feeling down


This sums up his past few months exactly. In fact the symptoms started before his cycle started. We're going to be on the lookout now to see if these symptoms return before his next cycle and try to dose with Melatonin preemtively and see what the results from that are. Also starting at 10-12 mg TODAY for the tail end of his current episode.

Just wondering if anyone had experience with melatonin levels dropping pre episodic cycle onset.