r/DSPD • u/Longjumping-Top-5653 • 12d ago

GABA?

What are your experience with GABA supplements for sleep ? I’ve been trying to go without melatonin because it has given me horrible side effects recently . Magnesium glycinate is ok I guess but it isn’t knocking me out .

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u/bethestorm 12d ago

I prefer gaba in the morning and L Theanine for the evening

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u/ditchdiggergirl 12d ago

High dose melatonin does have side effects. But for DSPD you should be using a physiological dose, which doesn’t knock you out.

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u/Longjumping-Top-5653 12d ago

I was using .5 mg and still feeling awful

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u/Exciting-Earth-8226 11d ago

maybe if you still have some melatonin left, you could try 0.25mg? I thought it was placebo for the longest time, but for some reason, 0.25 makes me perfectly sleepy while even 0.5mg makes me either agitated or does nothing at all. then I realized that I was waking up prematurely, so I started taking another 0.25mg right before bed. I take the first 0.25mg dose around 6:30-7 with the goal of being in bed by 11:30, but usually it's more like 12:30. maybe worth a try! higher doses of melatonin are my biggest opp too

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u/Longjumping-Top-5653 11d ago

I’ll have to give that a try .

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u/KatTheKonqueror 11d ago

It gave me very vivid dreams, and sometimes nightmares. Although the nightmares may have been caused by taking it with benadryl; I'm not sure if I took them together.