FYI, every melatonin supplement is way too high of a dose and is completely saturating your melatonin receptors, leading to tolerance and dependency.
Your body is not producing more than .5mg of melatonin naturally, so taking a 5mg supplement is far too much. And they sell 15-20mg too. If you can find 1mg that’s best; but what’s even better in the long run is not using it!
I know it’s said over and over and over, but regular exercise!! There are certain types and times of exercise that are more effective, but generally speaking, exercise promotes serotonin conversion to melatonin and makes sleepy time easier.
this is dangerous.
I feel like this is just a lower-stakes version of “RedBull & vodka.” If that’s true, @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world, then this is a recipe for a bad hangover.
I’d say higher stakes from the 700mg alone. RedBull has 80mg of caffeine.
700mg is nothing, not even twice the FDA recommendation
There are no winners here.
Source: Tried for years to overpower the insomnia from my ADHD meds with melatonin, weed, CBD:THC edibles, booze, kava, diphenhydramine, etc. before finally going cold turkey on my adderall. With enough stimulants, it doesn’t matter how much melatonin you take; you’re not gonna have a good night’s sleep.
Caffeine works. Melatonin has never done anything for me; maybe I’m immune, but I’ve put it in the same mental basket as homeopathy.
Melatonin stimulates your bodies vitamin D creation, which makes you tired when it gets dark. It’s not a magical bullet to solve insomnia, but it helps sleep regulation for people who don’t get enough sunlight. You still need some sunlight though, just less.
sunlight is created by the dark Lord to sell more Vitamin d
Melatonin actually has a scientific basis. It’s a naturally produced hormone that will have an effect on most people, but being a hormone, ymmv. Homeopathy is pure quackery from top to bottom
That’s if the supplement actually contains what it says it does. Supplements are unregulated in the us
Can melatonin even cross the blood brain barrier? Caffeine definitely can…
Could try and ask your doctor about cyproheptadine. Keeps me out cold
Let my parents both try it and they slept 8 solid hours.
It’s also classed as an antihistamine for what that’s worth.
If I need to sleep I take a half dose of Nyquil. That shit knocks me out. And nice side benefit of clearing my sinuses for a few days.
Don’t mix uppers and downers. That’s how John Belushi and Phillip Seymour Hoffman died.
/S
/s means sarcastic so I should mix upper and downers?
Sure, what could go wrong?
Peak science right here. Someone’s getting their doctorate off the back of this study.
700 mg of caffeine, is that like 29 coffees in a row?
If you get to 100 you unlock super speed
Somewhere between 7 and 12, depending on the kind of coffee.
It’s very presumptuous to rule out 350 decaf coffees.
What about a couple thousand decaffeinated espressos (there is certainly 0.x mg of caffeine in one, not 0)?
So… They want their heart to explode.
What? No, they also took melatonin, duh
They want their heart to explode in their sleep?
I mean, don’t we all? Sure beats being awake for it.
Melatonin does not make you sleepy. It just helps you to stay asleep.
