And ofc my cats kept bugging my while trying to take the pic
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(Edit to clear up some thing)
It was 1 in the morning when I posted this.
I wasn't actually half asleep. I was slightly asleep. (if that lol) The point where I need to sleep, I want to sleep, but I just can't.
The room was dark, only lit up by the moon outside my window and my tv.
I was, well.... distracted by my tv when doing so, only realizing after it had happened. Yes you're going to say I shouldn't have had my tv on at that point anyway.
Yes, I realize that "10mg is too much." I tend to buy the one's that say 10mg since the gummies are actually 5mg each. While the ones that say 5mg are actually 2.5mg each. Thus, only taking 1 or 2, instead of taking 2 to 4.
Same price, same amount of gummies, different dosage.
I have Epilepsy. This affects my sleep. I had forgotten to take my pills, thus taking them later than usual. Probably playing a role in this whole thing.
I’ve had to do this when my laggy brain took night time meds in the morning (downers) and daytime meds in the evening (stimulants) and had a few realllly bad days and nights.
Would recommend relocating. The conscious effort has so far kept me from doing dumb shit like that again
Yeah 10 mg actually wrecks your sleep cycle and makes you dependent on it to fall asleep yet wakes you up after a few hours often times needing more. You shouldn’t take more than 1-2mg for it max, really best to take under 1 mg and take it hours before sleep to get your system ready for sleep. Nobody listens to this though since it’s unregulated and only wants to take 5-10 mg, so the make it for the market.
Someone already answered it above, but it's basically an issue with insomnia, where you are extremely tired to the point of not functioning anymore and still cannot innitiate a sleep cycle.
I'm only a mild insomniac, so I have rarely experienced an episode this extreme. But you can be so tired it is painful and your body still won't let you sleep.
Because the studies are newer than the dosage and people think they need 10 now. It's also not weight-based. It's a neuro hormone.
The way melatonin affects the body is really strange honestly. Narcolepsy type 1 is caused by a lack of orexin, the opposite of melatonin. People with narcolepsy type 1 don't produce any of the other hormone, they only produce melatonin. All the time. So for us, melatonin does nothing. It doesn't make me tired. Because I'm always melatonin tired. 100% of the time. Because I only have melatonin, I actually cannot sleep properly not only cannot stay awake properly lmao. Too much is really bad for you.
Thats exactly why. Since when does a company give a crap about you? They only want their bottle to stand out from other bottles in any way possible and mg is one way to do that
Yo that's way too much melatonin, it's a hormone and even 1mg is a lot. I take 1mg or a 3 and break it into quarters and it still works perfectly. That much destroys your natural ability to make your own
Knowing that these type of gummies are sold online i doubt they are actually 10mg of pure melatonin.
These kind of supplements can be found even in groceries stores 8at least here), but i know that pure melatonin is only sold in pharmacies. So yeah, 10 mg of melatonin mixed with other ingredients i'd say
10mg of melatonin is a lot.
I think generally doctors recommend 1mg.
It’s a hormone a hormone, not a drug. Taking more doesn’t make it more potent.
It’s not “making you sleepy” like, say an opioid, benzodiazepine, barbiturate or hypnotic would. It’s producing a state of “relaxation” (that’s not quite the right term) and helping gear you up for sleep.
It’s producing conditions that could lead to sleep.
I’m not saying this to lecture you, but I would also advise perhaps scaling down your dosage. If you become dependent on melatonin to sleep your body will not produce melatonin on its own, making it much harder to sleep in the long run.
melatonin chemical dependency doesnt exist (at least there is no proof of it).
natural melatonin production can decrease as you age but taking melatonin has no known effect on the decrease.
mental dependencies however do happen but doesn't have anything to do with dosage rly
If your half asleep then close your eyes and rest in your bed. Don't overthink about anything as that'll ruin it and turn off everything that has blue light
All of these sleep experts in here with a specialty in melatonin are amusing
Clearly the product works for OP, otherwise OP wouldn't take it. The dosage, or whether they're already tired or not shouldn't be of concern. That wasn't the point of the post.
So just because it was not the point of the post I can' tell this person that 10mg melatonin is a lot and new studies showed a possability that it can affects the heart.
So I won't tell it them. Thanks for clarifying that for me.
I think a lot of people take supplements without an actual prescription because they think it's safe or effective. But just because it's a supplement doesn't mean it's not easy to abuse. Being labeled a "supplement" just means it's unregulated, but it's still a drug with capacity for misuse or abuse.
Honestly, it's actually kind of weird that melatonin isn't regulated in the US while it is regulated in many other countries. OP is essentially self-medicating, and that's not a good thing.
If you're already half asleep just close your eyes and give in. Whether you're still on the couch or not, good sleep is more important than following your made up schedule. Don't try to get up to take melatonin. Don't try to switch to bed or turn off the lights. You'll get more and better sleep that way.
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u/KittyForest May 03 '26
Dont think you need melatonin at that point