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Try to get your circadian rhythm working again by going outside every morning and getting sunlight in your eyes. That signals to your brain and hormones that the day has started. Then in the evening try not to be in bright light so your body relearns that it's time to sleep.
Try to get your circadian rhythm working again by going outside every morning and getting sunlight in your eyes. That signals to your brain and hormones that the day has started. Then in the evening try not to be in bright light so your body relearns that it's time to sleep.
Wise tip! Thank you for pointing that out!
Another thing I learned is that melatonin diminishes as we age...almost to the point where it can can just about absent in our senior years. This leads to so many sleep issue for we elders. Hence, my adding melatonin to my pre-bed time regimen has really helped my increasing insomnia.
I can't take it. Too many very vivid dreams that are close to being nightmares from it, and it had very little effect on helping me sleep anyway. Of course everyone will be different, but this comes up a lot for some people.
I can't take it. Too many very vivid dreams that are close to being nightmares from it, and it had very little effect on helping me sleep anyway. Of course everyone will be different, but this comes up a lot for some people.
Yes, melatonin is not for everyone.
It seems most effective for those who have disrupted Circadian Rhythm issues from shift work, jet lag or age-related or medicine-caused deficits..
It's more a hormone replacement remedy for missing/disrupted melatonin...NOT a sleeping pill...
And best to take it 1-2 hours before bed-time...it's not instant...
That makes sense for a normal scenario since it slows a person down. However, for someone taking BP meds it apparently can raise blood pressure? Go figure.
If there is a statement about melatonin raising blood pressure in the linked article I missed it. Though I did see where it said melatonin might lower blood pressure in those taking beta blockers, presumably by replacing melatonin lost by taking those beta blockers.
I have found melatonin somewhat helpful for sleep. I don't take it often, though, as it seems to leave me groggy in the morning, and that feeling lasts at least half the day for me. It doesn't seem to matter how low a dose I take, or how early in the evening I take it, it still does the same thinb.
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