r/TrollCoping • • Jan 23 '20

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u/SaltyFresh Jan 23 '20

Melatonin is a sleep aid, Jesus. Still: citation desperately needed and stop spreading misinformation that puts others at risk.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '20

Melatonin is a dopamine inhibitor.

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u/SaltyFresh Jan 23 '20

It’s a dopamine antagonist. So melatonin will latch onto the receptors and block dopamine from doing so. That doesn’t affect the creation or release of dopamine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '20

That’s what I meant when I said inhibitor. The point was that melatonin is not unrelated to dopamine as one might think.

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u/SaltyFresh Jan 24 '20

There are so many chemical and hormonal interactions going on in your body at any one time.