1. #1
    MuscleChemistry Guru Board Certified CPH

    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    1,060
    Rep Power
    2147484718

    Default Melatonin for sleep problems?

    I do shift work and sometimes have a hell of a time getting back from nights to days. Once I get switched over to being up all night, it takes forever to get a good night's sleep when I get back to days.

    I've been reading a little on melatonin supplements for this, as well as melatonin plus L-theanine. Anyone have any experience with these supplements?
     

  2. #2

    Join Date
    Dec 2015
    Location
    Arkansas
    Age
    53
    Posts
    1,401
    Rep Power
    0

    Default

    My man, I take 40 mgs of melatonin in a time released tablet, drink some sleepy time tea, and take 2 aleeve pm and if I'm very luck I might sleep 5 straight hours and that's as good as I have been able to get it. Have tried ambien made me sleep walk.

    Sent from my SM-S820L using Tapatalk
     

  3. #3
    MuscleChemistry Guru Board Certified CPH
    Dean Destructo's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2016
    Posts
    1,279
    Rep Power
    2147484934

    Default

    You should not only try the supplements but also a brainwave generator.
    Likes Presser liked this post
     
    PCT Supplies
    Nolva Peptides
    Caber SARMS
    Arimidex

  4. #4

    Join Date
    Dec 2015
    Location
    Arkansas
    Age
    53
    Posts
    1,401
    Rep Power
    0

    Default

    Brother I could definitely use anything to stimulate my brain, but have no idea what you are referring too.

    Sent from my SM-S820L using Tapatalk
     

  5. #5
    MuscleChemistry Guru Board Certified CPH
    Dean Destructo's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2016
    Posts
    1,279
    Rep Power
    2147484934

    Default

    Free download--
    https://www.bwgen.com/
    Thanks thudgens96 thanked for this post
    Likes thudgens96 liked this post
     
    PCT Supplies
    Nolva Peptides
    Caber SARMS
    Arimidex

  6. #6
    MuscleChemistry Guru Board Certified CPH

    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    1,060
    Rep Power
    2147484718

    Default

    Well, we'll see how the melatonin works. Picked some up today and took 3 mg before getting in bed. Will let y'all know...
     

  7. #7
    MuscleChemistry Guru Board Certified CPH
    Dean Destructo's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2016
    Posts
    1,279
    Rep Power
    2147484934

    Default

    Well it is not melatonin but it's precursor tryptophan more than likely. Chamomile tea helps me too and is supposedly beneficial against elevated estrogen.
    Likes thudgens96 liked this post
     
    PCT Supplies
    Nolva Peptides
    Caber SARMS
    Arimidex

  8. #8
    MuscleChemistry Guru Board Certified CPH

    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    1,060
    Rep Power
    2147484718

    Default

    Well, so far it seems that melatonin helped me sleep night before last. Either that, or I was so exhausted I couldn't help but sleep. Either way, I got a decent night's sleep. I decided not to take any last night, and slept pretty well also. So what I've decided to do is use the melatonin during my day-night and night-day transitions and see what it does for me. Hopefully it will make the transitions easier. I don't want to take it every single night, as I've read about increased tolerance and also dependence, neither of which interest me.
    Likes Presser, thudgens96 liked this post
     

  9. #9
    Presser's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Posts
    41,686
    Rep Power
    2147525355

    Default

    My wife takes Melatonin every single night, she buys it from drugstore.com i believe and it comes in liquid form in dropper bottles just like the SARMs and anti-e we sell in our store, and she absolutely loves and swears by it!

    I have taken it before and it knocked me out well, but i felt groggy next day , but i think i over did my dosages lol, my wife sleeps like a log on melatonin and wakes up vibrant, most mornings anyhow
    Likes thudgens96 liked this post
     
    Melatonin for sleep problems?

  10. #10
    MuscleChemistry Newbie Board Certified D.V.M.

    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Posts
    38
    Rep Power
    0

    Default

    I take Melatonin every night as well. I found it help alot. It's cheap too.
    Last edited by JoeyGym65; 06-16-2016 at 01:23 PM.
    Likes thudgens96 liked this post
     

  11. #11
    MuscleChemistry Guru Board Certified CPH

    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Posts
    1,060
    Rep Power
    2147484718

    Default

    So far I've had mixed results. Part of that may be an unfair test: I've played hockey twice this week, Monday and Thursday nights, both with 10:15 pm ice times. I'm so amped up after playing that sleep doesn't usually come until after 3 am. So I took melatonin, a 3 mg dose, on the way home from the rink, hoping it would kick in by the time I got in bed, but I didn't get to sleep until 3:30 both nights. On top of that, I brought a post workout drink with me both times, and found that it contains glutamine, which definitely has a stimulant effect on me.

    Today I started my night shift run, so I went down for a nap about noon, after getting a truckload of mulch from the landscape yard and cutting the grass this morning. I took a double dose (6mg) of melatonin shortly before going to bed and slept like the dead for 3 and a half hours. When my alarm went off, I was sleeping so deeply that I couldn't mentally process the clock showing 3:30 (my normal wakeup time for day shift) and sunlight around the edges of the curtains...... So today it helped me for sure. I'll take a double dose again in the morning before bed and see how I sleep. Usually the first day's sleep isn't so good, so if I sleep well, this should show the melatonin helping me.
     

  12. #12

    Join Date
    Dec 2015
    Location
    Arkansas
    Age
    53
    Posts
    1,401
    Rep Power
    0

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by EMW14 View Post
    So far I've had mixed results. Part of that may be an unfair test: I've played hockey twice this week, Monday and Thursday nights, both with 10:15 pm ice times. I'm so amped up after playing that sleep doesn't usually come until after 3 am. So I took melatonin, a 3 mg dose, on the way home from the rink, hoping it would kick in by the time I got in bed, but I didn't get to sleep until 3:30 both nights. On top of that, I brought a post workout drink with me both times, and found that it contains glutamine, which definitely has a stimulant effect on me.

    Today I started my night shift run, so I went down for a nap about noon, after getting a truckload of mulch from the landscape yard and cutting the grass this morning. I took a double dose (6mg) of melatonin shortly before going to bed and slept like the dead for 3 and a half hours. When my alarm went off, I was sleeping so deeply that I couldn't mentally process the clock showing 3:30 (my normal wakeup time for day shift) and sunlight around the edges of the curtains...... So today it helped me for sure. I'll take a double dose again in the morning before bed and see how I sleep. Usually the first day's sleep isn't so good, so if I sleep well, this should show the melatonin helping me.
    Wow I'm jealous 6 mgs works for you. I take 40 mgs every night with the sleepy time tea, and only get the 5 hrs I've mentioned, but last night. I was complaining about how wore out I was from my first week back at work, and how I basically just hurt all over from the heat and so on. So my sister-n-law gave me a yellow valum. Brothers and sisters the best night sleep I have had in years!!! I have never been a pill popper even after my surgery only took my pain pills when I absolutely had to. Was curious If their would be any adverse side affects between valum and bodybuilding Dr prescribed.

    Sent from my SM-S820L using Tapatalk
     

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Log in

Log in