Melatonin

[Capttrae]

If I’m working nights and trying to sleep during the days I’ll eat as many as 10 10mg gummies. I’ve found the Sterling Health 10mg pills work much better. Take 5-6 of them and I can get at least a few hours sleep. Idk how they are on drug testing where you work, so take the next suggestion accordingly. My dad has the same sleeping problem so I got him the cbd gummies with THC, he takes half of one every night before bed and sleeps good now days.

 

[bgkyarcher]

I snore like a train. I’ll doing a home sleep test Monday night.

 

[Redlined]

I take a cap of Nyquil when I can't sleep. I'm out in 30 minutes

 

[Tankt]

I had crazy dreams last night too.

Strangely enough, so did I last night. Dreamed I was on my boat at night on Taylorsville Lake fishing for catfish. Had motor trouble in a cove. Up on the bank were 3 or 4 200+ lb snapping turtles...3 feet high bottom to top. Somehow I ended up in the water and they started easing into the water towards me. That's where the panick started. Made it to shore where I greeted by my dog. But couldn't get out. Weird ass dream.

Side note...I have had dreams about giant turtles since I was 4 or 5 years old. I remember one reoccurring dream was about the local pool that was drained and had a giant turtle in it. Talking an Olympic sizes pool filled by a turtle ....like 100 feet across lol. No idea where these dreams come from

 

[Tankt]

I take a cap of Nyquil when I can't sleep. I'm out in 30 minutes

Glass of red wine with Trazodone every night for me

 

[WildmanWilson]

I always thought it was a placebo. It does nothing at all for me.

 

[drakeshooter]

I take a cap of Nyquil when I can't sleep. I'm out in 30 minutes

This is what led me to melatonin except I was using the NyQuil Cough version which has the same antihistamine and cough suppressant drugs but not the liver damaging acetaminophen. One cap worked for awhile then it took 2 and eventually 3. One day I noticed I’d had the runs every day for over a week and went to researching it. One of those two drugs was the culprit and a little more research suggests a connection with dementia when taking a lot of cold medicine. So this brought on the melatonin to begin with.

 

[xbokilla]

I can fall asleep but if I wake up (which always happens because I have to take our dogs out) my mind starts wondering and I have trouble going back to sleep. I usually take 2 melatonin. I’m still up before 5:30 on work days. My brother is like you, he said they make him feel groggy and drag all day. I don’t really feel this with melatonin like I did when I took Tylenol PM back in the day. Now I’ll say this, I don’t think it makes me sleepy at all. Just allows for a deeper sleep once I fall asleep.

 

[barney]

Glass of red wine with Trazodone every night for me

When my son was sold to the children's home trazodone was in the mix that they gave the kids at bedtime. Then all of the staff went home and the 2 old ladies came in, played cards and smoked until licensed staff returned for morning shift.

My boy said that him and a couple of friends would cheek the knockout pills, and wait for the old ladies to go to the bathroom. Then they would sneak in and steal cigarettes from their packs left on the table.

 

[KYote-Krusher]

I've noticed here in the last few weeks that running a chainsaw and putting back power lines all day helps me sleep pretty tight. 😊

 

[grinder]

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I use Melatonin sometimes, 10 mg. Works well and I don’t have the issues you describe. Maybe try a lower dosage. They make 5 mg gummies as well.

Or, cut a gummy in half ?

 

[drakeshooter]

That would be great IF you knew for certain the melatonin was equally dispersed throughout the gummi?

 

[reivertom]

So I haven’t been sleeping worth a crap lately, lots of work stuff on my mind, so I was recommended melatonin. I bought some 10 mg gummies and took one each of the past two nights. Both nights I was yawning within 30 minutes and the first morning felt just a bit groggy still and hungry. This morning I felt like I’d drank a pint of whiskey before bed, hungover like crazy and starving. I’m talking ravenous. My azz was dragging all day but finally felt better after hitting the woods awhile looking for morels. I researched it some and it looks like 10 mg is pretty big dose. Anybody got any experience with it? One of my buddies suggested magnesium glycinate supplements.

I wish it'd affect me like that. It helps, but not aways and not that much. I tried 2 different types of Magnesium and broke out in hives on my arms with both. I might try this form and see what happens.

 

[EC]

I woke up a few times but went back to sleep. My 54 year old prostate won’t allow much over 4 hours of straight sleep.

54?? That seems a tad bit young for that. Had your blood sugar tested?

 

[Shellback]

If I’m working nights and trying to sleep during the days I’ll eat as many as 10 10mg gummies. I’ve found the Sterling Health 10mg pills work much better. Take 5-6 of them and I can get at least a few hours sleep. Idk how they are on drug testing where you work, so take the next suggestion accordingly. My dad has the same sleeping problem so I got him the cbd gummies with THC, he takes half of one every night before bed and sleeps good now days.

If you have an MMC, and you want to keep it, I wouldn't be talking about sleep issues in public. Just a suggestion, but I know from personal experience the Coast Guard get positively medieval about that stuff. Trust me, been there done that.

Wait until they tell you to do a maintenance of wakefullness test. It's so stupid it will make you laugh, until you realize they will seriously pull your license over that crap.

Just sayin'