Melatonin
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Topic: Melatonin
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Subject: Melatonin
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 9:59am
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Melatonin have any of y’all tried it. Jenn got me some and I sleep so sound. It seems to tear up my stomachs. I only take one once in a while. I like the way it makes me sleep but I’m afraid I’ll become reliant on it. Some say it doesn’t work for them. Seems harder to sleep these days than it used to. |
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Posted By: Lee (MN)
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:46am
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We have a jar, it works for me, but I find if I use it to late on a work night it makes me drowsy in the morning. If I take it like an hour before I go to bed t works the best. Lee  ------------- B212 912 Willy's Jeeps Gleaner K |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 3:04pm
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Seems a hour or two before bedtime works for many - thing is to get in a habbit of same time of going to bed and getting up - regular hour thing is one key . Sons G/F was told to try it by doc - but also to try regular times of taking it and time to relax before sleep . ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 6:42pm
I gots stuff I buy at the dollar store, melatonin, camomile, valarian. Called relax and sleep. That there valarian stuff gives you wacky dreams and nightmares, I consider them free entertainment!
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 8:19pm
| I always get up between 4:00 and 4:30 am. I’ve always went to bed between 8:00 and 9:00 pm. Never had sleep problems in my life until the past couple years. I go to sleep but get up a couple hrs later and can’t get back to sleep. |
Posted By: weiner
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 8:40pm
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I take it, but I always wonder is it helping or is it just me thinking it does, and if it does it is only good for 3-4 hours tops. Even doubling the dose don`t help which is why I wonder if it helps at all. If I want to really go to sleep I take an allergy pill, they put me out for about 4 hours. Beyond 4 hours, I toss and turn till I finally get up and that is usually around 5:00. ------------- Real heros wear dogtags, not capes. |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2018 at 11:49pm
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I take it occasionally because some days I have to get up earlier for work, so need a little persuasion at night to sleep earlier. Works good but yes need to take about an hour before bed. ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 1:13am
| I used to take it, but then I had a couple of scary episodes and now don't take it anymore. the melatonin wasn't the cause of my episodes |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 5:47am
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UMMmmm,,,,UMmmmm,,Thad,,I was gonna offer up some suggestions, you being a newlywed,,, but,,better keep em to my self,,,,  My wife has taken Ambien for years and just recently the Dr added some Melatonin that seems to do better for her than the Ambien,,,but she now takes em both,,,,Dang,, I've never had trouble "Falling" asleep,,Chit I can drink a cup of coffee at 10PM and be asleep in a pair of minutes,,just flat pisses the wife some terrible,,,,, BUT,,,I started to wake up bout 2AM,, drink 2-3 cups of coffee watch the news and fall back asleep bout 5AM,,,then get up again boout 7 or so,,,,HMMmmmm???UMmmm,,,Shameless,,it wasn't them little blue pills you got from ole John that caused them wild dreams was it,,,???
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 7:08am
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desertjoe wrote:Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 8:56am
I hear ya Thad,,,but,,,but,,,they's 7 nights in a week,,,,,
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 9:45am
| I didn’t say I sleep bad every niigjt.lol |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 7:03pm
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Don't worry about it Thad. I go to bed usually around 9 and get up about 4. Some nights I'm the same way, wake up at 1 or 2 and be up forever that day. I've found it's because I'm NOT TIRED ENOUGH! That's the key to a good nights sleep, being tired. I find during the winter is the worst time for me cause all I do is sit around waiting for spring so I'm up a lot of nights. During the spring/summer/fall, I can be sitting at the table drinking my 3rd POT of coffee and just drop off. It's cause as we get older, we tend to get lazier.... ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Richardmo
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 8:56pm
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I take it sometimes, but not all the time. 1 hour before going to sleep works some time, but Wednesday I never did fall sleep and I did take it. Started having issue with falling asleep about 3 to 4 years ago. The jobs I run, seem to be getting harder to manage. Poor sub contractors and schedules are very getting shorter. Thinking about what needs to be done the next day and eating to late makes it harder to sleep. |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2018 at 10:18pm
OK Ted how many females you ever convince  that they are not tired when they complain they are not sleeping well??????????????
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2018 at 3:05pm
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When I have that problem I use Nyquill about half a does, when I have to get up to go pee and can't get back to sleep I just that a little and in about 15 minutes I am back to sleep. Tom
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 7:30am
| Nyquil winds me up! No kidding, it sucks! The only medication I can take for a cold is high blood pressure formulations even though I don't have high blood pressure. Those versions don't seem to wind me up, all the other ones do. |
Posted By: allischalmerguy
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2018 at 9:03pm
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The docs got me started on it when I had leukemia in the hospital. I still take it sometimes. 5 mg is too much for me. I break a 5 mg in half or take a 3 mg pill. It helps me to sleep better. It is a natural substance your body produces I am told. ------------- It is great being a disciple of Jesus! 1950 WD, 1957 D17...retired in Iowa, |