On melatonin💤…

[meri183086 (Meri)]

It initially puts you to sleep, but doesn’t keep you asleep. It also gives you strange dreams at times. So you find yourself up at 3:45am processing a bizarre quasi apocalyptic dream. It feels counterproductive…speaking from personal experience only.

[matt138539 (Matt)]

yep

[taylor134616 (Taylor)]

I've had this same reaction to melatonin

[rebecca58526 (Rebecca)]

It doesn’t work very well for me either. It takes over an hour to finally work & then doesn’t keep me asleep

[mandy164984 (Mandy)]

Just doesn’t work on me at all.

[meri183086 (Meri)]

I fall asleep fast, which is nice. The dreams - not so nice. I’m going to try a different avenue.

[bradley183264 (Bradley Galster)]

The nightmares are unbearable lol. I stick with magnesium and tryptophan (it’s found in and can be bought on Amazon)

[meri183086 (Meri)]

Interesting. I might look into that - thanks for sharing!

[billy178414 (Billy D)]

Yup I had some wicked dreams in rehab from that scared the heck out of my roommate screaming out in my sleep…lol

[jeremy183401 (Jeremy Vandiver)]

CBN is great! Helps you stay asleep and doesn’t disturb REM sleep.

[teresa182654 (Teresa)]

What's the alternative? I take 20 mg a nite. Better than trazadone. They make extended release melatonin too

[edward149973 (Edward C)]

Agreed

[ginjointbubbles182501 (ginjointbubbles)]

I get nightmares lol I still take it tho I can't sleep

[meri183086 (Meri)]

Same, same…and same.

[brian176183 (Brian)]

Same for me on melatonin. Trazidone is awful

[nancy135206 (Nancy a/k/a Meadow)]

Yes melatonin only last maybe 1 to 1 1/2 hours for me. My medication doctor put me on Zaleplon and it works so much better. Nothing worse than no sleep. I went months with very little or no sleep. If you can get yourself a good addiction medication doctor they usually can figure out what works.

[melissa181654 (Melissa)]

Me too! I don’t like it. I use GABA if I need some help getting some or magnesium

[david180621 (David)]

I would love to know what others have done to help with sleeping, for me it has been one of the hardest parts of my recovery. I am coming up on 900 days and still can't sleep right. I tried melatonin but that didn't help, I take a prescription medication but it doesn't always work. Would love to hear some thoughts.

[nancy135206 (Nancy a/k/a Meadow)]

Hi David. Do you have a recovery medication doctor? Or even a psychiatrist that can prescribe meds? I know that for me I tried many but finally my med doctor gave me Zaleplon 10mg for sleep. It works incredibly well. Just a suggestion because all doctors are different. I went a long time with no sleep but now I get a good 6 hours or more. Good luck