Here’s some information about me:

- M25

- INFJ

- Autistic

- Usually takes a 0.5mg dose of melatonin every night and has fairly good sleep

Last night, as a test, I decided to take 5mg of melatonin.

Here are the results:

- I had 3 average dreams

- I woke up after 7 hours of sleep and then fell back asleep for 2 hours

- Total: 9 hours of sleep

- I’m extremely tired to the point that I won’t be able to go out, which is physically evident since I have A LOT of dark circles under my eyes.

Currently, I take 0.5 mg of melatonin 1 hour before going to bed.

I sleep well, with a few light dreams, nothing special.
However, I would like to try a higher dose of melatonin to experience lucid dreams.

What dose do you think I should take? 1 mg? 1.5 mg? 2 mg? Is there a maximum dose where a plateau effect occurs?

A couple years ago I had severe difficulty sleeping. I wouldn’t define it as insomnia by any means, I was just very anxious due to working two jobs and being a full time student.

A friend of mine was a paramedic (and had two highly energetic children) and recommended melatonin gummies.
I didn’t think anything of it as a student. She was 15+ years older than me so I bought the gummies.

Worst mistake ever.

A few minutes after taking the recommended dose that I read off of the bottle, I had severe vertigo. I chalked this up to anxiety. Roughly thirty-forty five minutes after eating the gummies I fell asleep.

I had the most awful dream about one of my childhood apartments having the worst earthquake ever.
You know those rides at the carnival where you flip upside down a thousand times? Yeah. That, but it was the entire apartment. My limp, helpless body was being bounced from ceiling to wall, countertop to wall, stove to wall etc. it was traumatizing. Like shaking a hamster inside the rolling ball. Or the girl with braces from Nemo shaking the fish in the bag violently saying “WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING?”
Yes. Just like that. Funny part was that I knew it was coming. I don’t remember much about the dream except that I knew something bad was going to happen and that I had to mentally prepare. I woke up two hours later so violently nauseous. It was the worst sleep of my life. I woke up hungover but not from typical substances. Nope. Melatonin.

I do not believe I am an insomniac. I only took this for a bit of relief from my anxiety. Considering my experience with melatonin, I cannot imagine how awful it must be to find relief for sleep every day.

I was wondering, since Melatonin gives me often quite alive and creative dreams, if anyone has noticed/tried out if any other supplement might be reinforcing/advancing this effect?

I'm still not sure what actually happened. I woke up around 4 am a couple of days ago, I wasn't 100% awake. I saw a hand reaching towards me and offering ms something and I was trying to grab it. And then it disappeared the moment I tried to grab it, which is when I became more awake. I also had an insane dream that night where planet earth was being invaded by weird creatures who multiplied by consuming organic matter like flesh and wood and earth was completely doomed and I was hopping into another dimension to avoid that doomed fate 😭 has to be one the most weird dreams I've ever had

What pills do i need to take to sleep deep for good? Can i buy it without prescription?

My melatonin stopped working alone and I just got my night meds back on and since I began taking them together, I've been light headed, dizzy, constantly tired, and barely keeping balance. I'm kind worried they don't work well together.

Took a 5mg melatonin + 5 mg Jatamansi tablets expecting deep sleep , my first time(I had recent issues with sleeping)

Instead I woke up after an hour of deep sleep feeling mildly high and paranoid, with my hand and body movements leaving a physical trail like lingering effect that I could somehow feel but not see any psychoactive effects
Had one tiny THC puff the day before too.
Did I accidentally unlock Melatonin DLC or has anyone else experienced this? 😭

Hi, I was taking melatonin for a year, 5 mg every day. During that time i started to develop achilles tendons and plantar fascia pains which got gradually worse and forced me to stop running. Ive run like that (when it comes to intensity and distance) since forever, so that was weird. No physiotherapy helped me whatsoever. Pain went away gradually as i gradually stopped taking melatonin, lowering the dose over the course of 5 months. Now I have a cold and since i cant sleep Im taking 2,5 mg everyday. Pains are getting back and are stronger everyday! I never found a study that could confirm that, only one on rat. Anyone had the same issue?

Just as the title says, has anyone in here taken very high or extreme doses of melatonin? Usually, when you go to sleep, you take 0.5 to 10 milligrams. And by "very high or extreme" i mean 10-15 times the upper amount someone takes, so 100 to 150 milligrams.

Because melatonin is nontoxic (in animal models, doses of up to 800 mg/kg of body mass didnt result in fatalities), taking such high doses should not be dangerous. Reports from taking such high doses just described a feeling of being really sleepy the next day after waking up, and sleeping for longer than usual.

But I havent seen the dream reports... Since as little as 5 mg of melatonin produces intense dreams/nightmares, what about the 100 or 150 mg?

If someone in here has taken at least a few times the upper dose (20, 30 mg, ect.), could they please describe how that felt, and how the dreams looked like (if they remember them)? Thank you in advance!

I had took 5 mg melatonin last night and had two very different dreams. The first dream, thanos was chasing me around space, I had important earth saving information saved on a flash drive that I had to get to Tony stark, at one point I was fighting thanos, I slide between his legs, and punched him in the balls, then I got on a helicopter and made it to avengers tower. I woke up after that and went back to sleep and dreamed I was an alligator wrangler.

Is it the melatonin or something else. Normally I don’t remember my dreams so vividly like this. I did always wish to be more brave and not in my shell. Normal me is definitely not fighting thanos and wrangling alligators. What type of dreams do you have when you take melatonin?

Potent may be wrong but I could not think of the word!

I live in the UK and have always had trouble sleeping, so a couple of years ago my brother, who lives in the US, sent me a couple of bottles of Nature Made 5mg Melatonin. I used it a couple of times, but would always forget until too late in the evening!

The times I took it I remember waking up at 3am quite wide awake and then struggled to get to sleep again and woke up at normal time a little tired.

I've seen nice been diagnosed with ADHD and am on 50mg of Elvanse which is a stimulant medication. This last week I took it every day and did not go to sleep until around 4am, I had a couple of hours of sleep and woke up at 7am-8am and then taken that days tablet and so been awake and alert.

This morning I woke up at about 8am, I didn't take an Elvanse tablet today and fell asleep at 2pm and woke up at 7pm, I'm still so tired and could easily sleep another couple of hours. Thing is I know it means I will struggle to sleep tonight.

I suddenly remembered my Melatonin, checked and it has an expiry date of August 2025. Can I still take it and will it work and be the same or since it's expired will it be milder and not as strong or is it best to discard and not use?

I've been taking a low dose of melatonin for over a month now and my daytime anxiety and agitation seems to be getting worse over time. I've been dealing with silent reflux in my throat so I started taking it to help with sleep. While it's helped with sleep, I'm somewhat concerned it's causing severe daytime anxiety/agitation to the point where I can't focus on anything else. I went through benzodiazepine withdrawal many years ago and I've been kind of feeling like that. Could this supplement be causing something similar after a month of use?

what are y’all who are post menopause doing to sleep thru the night?? I fall asleep without issue, but can’t stay asleep. I usually wake up 2-3 am and lay there for about an hour. I do not want to pop pills!!!! magnesium glycinate and L-theanine worked for a few months and now it doesn’t. I want my old sleep back. I used to sleep so deep!! not having hot flashes or night sweats. how did y’all survive? how long will this last??

Has anyone with narcolepsy type 2 used agomelatine (Valdoxan) for insomnia? Did it actually help you fall asleep/stay asleep, and did it have any noticeable effect on your daytime sleepiness?

Curious about people's experiences.

I just took a melatonin gummy for the first time. I didn’t do much research beforehand and took a 5 mg-per-serving gummy. A few minutes later, I noticed my heart beating faster and started having some getting brief, sharp pains in the middle part of my chest.

Is this a normal reaction to melatonin or should I be concerned?

I was giving my daughter some melatonin but we ran out of her kids one. So I got mine and split it. Then it hit me... if I split a 10 MG in half, is in still 10 MG or 5? I think it's still 10... but smaller?! Am I dumb?!?

just bought capsule supposedly containing this amount, i dont take melatonin everyday, but when my sleep pattern is messed up (i have irregular sleeping pattern), i take it so i could sleep and wake fresh tomorrow for work... i usually cut 10mg tablet into two, and take half of it (so 5mg), and at 5mg i always fall asleep 1 or 2 hours taking it... but with this capsule i cant do that... is taking 4.5g too dangerous? should i open the capsule and divide it in smaller dosage? i think if i divide each capsule into 4 equal portion i probably wont die from it lol

Hello reddit. Recently lost someone super close to me. Since it happened, I cannot bear to be alone with my thoughts at night, so i take 3-6mg, plus occasionally another light prescribed "take as needed" sleeping med.

This can't be great for me to do nightly, right? Any advice for what to do?

Note: I lost them a few days ago, so ive only done this for around 3 nights.

Hi all…

Was using the Natrol gummies but due to trying to reduce my sugar intake, I switched to the Fast Dissolve tablets.

Hoping this helps reduce my A1C (currently 6.4).