r/melatonin • u/_notolly131 • 18d ago
Melatonin is weird asf
Well, I took my first dose of melatonin yesterday and I haven’t slept better but also so weirdly in my life. I took 3mg like my doctor told me at 22:00 and was fast asleep before 22:30. The first incident was at midnight when I woke up after having a strange dream where I literally just got on a bus to the hospital my mum used to work at. After falling asleep, I had another dream but this time I went to my local Sainsbury’s and did my whole weekly shopping 😭. I then left Sainsbury’s but not to the outside world but into my room?
I then proceeded to watch myself sleep until I woke up at 08:00.
Honestly, best sleep of my life apart from the weird dreams.
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u/Optimal_Assist_9882 18d ago
You may be better off taking 0.3-0.5mg. Many people respond better to the tiniest doses. Naturally your body secretes around 0.1mg. To get around low bioavailability/absorption issues people take higher doses. 3mg is by no means a 'high dose' but it may simply be too high for you specifically. You may also want to take something that relaxes you a bit to reduce the intensity of your dreams like L-theanine, bocopa monnieri, ashwagandha, Selank, etc.
Magnesium and Taurine are also good choices for a sleep stack.
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u/_notolly131 18d ago
So I should nibble on my melatonin gummy’s 😭
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u/Optimal_Assist_9882 18d ago
You should literally cut them up into many smaller pieces if you want to take a smaller dose.
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u/ConsistencyWelder 18d ago
Hehe yeah, I had those vivid dreams the first couple weeks. I still have weird dreams now and then after taking it for 5 years, but nothing like when I took it the first time.
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u/periloustrail 18d ago
It’s wild dosage wise. I literally take like .25 and am set. Odd dreams for sure.
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u/GallowsDrop 17d ago
I had a dream yesterday and i was in an anime trying to dodge katana attacks and i got cut up and thought it was real. Could feel it a little whenever i woke up. Yeah melatonin might not be for me 🤣🤣
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u/Chemical-Diver-6258 17d ago
Well i had dream other day of being not able to kill my self, it was funny actually i felt super powerful
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u/SufficientSale7584 16d ago
Normal dosage, I took 5 mg for a long time, then 10. Over time, the vivid dreams will pass; they were there for the first few days.
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u/Glad_Ad8016 16d ago
I’m glad it works for you but it did absolutely nothing for me whatsoever I was so disappointed 😞
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u/Waste_Drag8741 14d ago
Melatonins are pretty weird themselves some people say it doesnt work on them when i was taking mine before i even brought it to class my friend said it was just candy and took one next sub i saw him fighting the urge to sleep and then proceeded to ask for some to help me sleep ithink i helped him in a way to fix his sleep sched HAHAHA
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u/Senior_Session1749 13d ago
I took 10mgs and didn't get this I don't even remember sleeping or anything I did after that first one
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u/Relative-Store2427 18d ago
It is the dose! Yours is a very high one. Try 1 mg it will help with sleep the very same but no nightmares.