Posted by LOOPS on October 13, 2005, at 15:35:17
In reply to Re: Anyone Have Luck With Melatonin For Sleep?, posted by Zillah on October 13, 2005, at 13:45:29
JLx -
how much mag do you take? Which kind? (Sorry, too lazy right now to look at back posts).
I'm juried out on the melatonin. I've been taking 1mg sublingual every night for the past couple of months. It helps me fall asleep, but then I wake up 3-4 hours later and then every hour after that. Hard to tell as I've had chronic insomnia all my life. Right now I'm taking 200mg mag glycinate, 1g taurine and 300mg calcium at bed which is helping.
Tried the mag glycinate on its own and bam, was severely depressed and sluggish all weekend. Also got a candida flare up. Overdosed I think - 600mg mag one night without calcium. Couldn't get out of bed. Seem to need the calcium. Am awaiting mag citrate through the post soon.
Well so far though I haven't needed my sleeping pills at all, which is good. Would like to sleep 7-8 hours straight though.
I'm slightly worried about melatonin worsening depression over the long term. Just thought I'd got that sorted with fish oil - but then anxiety as well for me is part of long-term depression and I still had that with fish oil.
Loops
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