We did a survey a few years back on Melatonin. We found that for the people who were succesfully using it to get through the night, the average dose was about 10 mg. Some went as high as 18 mg, some found success by splitting their dose in half between standard release and sustained release. So in your case 5 mg. of each. The standard release got them to sleep, the sustained release got them through the night.

There was a thread awhile back that went into the differences between types of melatonin.

It was generally agreed that the "good stuff" is

n-Acetyl-5-Methoxytryptamine


Joe

Thank you Bob and Joe.  I appreciate the information!
slim

Headaches seemed worse during the day after taking melatonin at night. Some days after there were no headaches but the ones that got bad,  got real bad.. and untouchable. But it could also be coincidence since I've only taken melatonin (10mg time release) about 9/14 days.. When they get crazy like they have been I try to look for what I've been doing different. Not too sure I want to try it again.

15mg virtually stopped mine at night. I'm currently on Nortryptaline to try and break the episode (which isn't working btw). I take the Nor and 15mg Melatonin at night and that stops them.

Side effect: I get them early the next day, or with my first cup of coffee. Prevented this by not drinking coffee until after 10am. But...something triggered one at work just now. Not sure if it was the coffee, my burger for lunch or the artificial sweetener I used in my coffee.

But at least I can sleep at night!