Melatonin

No melationin is just a sleeping aid. It will in no way affect your birth control pills.

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Melatonin is naturally produced in the pineal gland near the base of the brain, is in your blood from a few months after birth until death, and in no way affects birth control. For more information about melatonin see the related questions below.

I´ve had a 3 month nightmarish relationship with melatonin taking 2 mg 2 hours before bedtime. The first week was pure bliss. Fell fast asleep, normal sleep pattern, woke up gradually in the morning. Wide awake and alert all day.

Then side effects rapidly appeared. I didn´t see the link between symptoms and side effects due to the very comforting governmental published info from the Norwegian medical authorities. The gp even had the box on his desk... Here´s the list:

- Steadily increased episodes of short awakenings at night, with intervals every 20 minutes, ending in about 30 (I counted) per night. When I slept I had terrible nightmares, dreamt all the time (continuously REM-state). Every time I woke up I had fast heartbeats and anxiety.

- Woke up feeling drowsy, heavy, confused and just had to sleep. Woke up several hours later in the middle of the day, sometimes as late as 2 p.m. Then walking around in a sleep walking kind of state, totally lacking mental focus.

- Migraines

- Dry mouth

- Tight throat making swallowing food difficult

- Puffy face and bad and dry skin (my closest friends stared at me because I appeared different somehow)

- Light sensitivity

- Tremors, small rapid tightening and release of the muscles

- Psychological changes, impaired memory, cognitive abilities, and the ability to concentrate, crying spells without being depressed, strange thoughts, I became strangely aggressive (I´m in reality very calm natured), talking loud, saying strange things. I have difficulty remembering things from the last two months on the drug (it´s a drug)

- Stomach problems

- Gained several pounds over a short time

- A sensation in the chest area mimicking allergic reactions, coughing and wheezing until my lungs hurt

- Impaired motoric skills, clumsy and doing things slowly to counteract the trembling in my hands

- Heat flashes in my face followed by itching red skin

- I became very aggitated, constantly moving my legs and arms around, restless

- Episodes of decreased hearing in one ear

- Severe general fatigue

- Missing menstruation

- Neuasea and a couple of episodes vomiting

- Pain in the back

- Strange perseptions, questioning myself of my own sanity (voices, music, visual)

There you have it, and you probably have difficulties believing it, but it´s all real.

I still can´t believe that melatonin has become a prescription drug over here, recommended by doctors as a serious alternative to other sleeping aids. I became incresingly aware of maybe all of this was caused by melatonin and started searching the net. It horrifies me that the research done on melatonin is minimal and nobody knows nothing about the long term effects, and how the pineal gland will react over time. That is seriously surprising since it ended up as a prescription drug.

I was actually happy when first introduced to it, and was really positive. Considered it as less harmless than my regular sleeping medication (I´m low in melatonin levels due to constant low levels of B12).

And even more, my best friend has tried melatonin twice and both times she experiened severe bleeding rashes on her face and upper body. She also started hearing "music" og background conversations in every source of sound thinkable. Kinda light psychotic. She even went to the doc because she questioned her own sanity receiving an anti psychotic drug!

Both our problems went away almost immediately when quitting cold turkey and we went all well and sane again.

I don´t doubt that some use melatonin with great effect and have non, few or less serious side effects. However, be careful and monitor any changes, both physical and psychological. When two sane people have experiences like that.. Messing with hormones isn´t all that harmless as advocated by it´s hard core users and now more surprisingly by professional medics that we had trust in. The pineal gland is controlling a substancial number of processes in the body, including major neuro processes most including the spineal cord.

So now you understand that I´m terryfied by this drug.

But it could work well for you.

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Melatonin C13H16N2O2 is not a drug, and is produced in the brain 24/7, production increasing at night in the pineal gland.

You cannot be allergic to it!

That would be like saying, "I'm allergic to my arm," it's part of you, has always been there, and is constantly in your blood stream. Your symptoms indicate something else but I am not authorized to give a diagnosis, but it is not a melatonin problem. The pineal gland kicks in shortly after birth (if it doesn't colic starts because of less sleep signals [which is what melatonin does]), and your problems would have started a few months after birth when hormonal production of C13H16N2O2 began. As we age, the pineal gland calcifies and you sleep less. If you had no melatonin in your system you would not sleep at all except after being totally exhausted, as you say you slept until 2pm says you do not have enough melatonin in your system.... See a doctor.

I think you're taking too much. 2 mg is a LOT - I only take 0.2 mg, and various studies have shown that to be the optimum level. When I take more than that (say, 0.5 mg) I feel nauseous, hungover, have nightmares and wake up frequently. So with 2 mg I'm not surprised you're having side effects!

OTC melatonin is generally used as a sleep aid. In the body, melatonin is used to protect the skin. It's what makes you get tan.

You didn't say what the dosage was, but probably all that would happen is that the fifteen year old would sleep better at night. Melatonin is a fairly harmless supplement used as a sleep aid.

(and don't take things that you don't know what they are!)

Pineal gland at the dorsal aspect of brain secreates the hormone melatonin, that may regulate wake up and sleep patterns.

There have been some reported cases negative interactions, with St john's Wort & Zoloft, which included mental confusion, twitching, sweating, and fatigue. These are not common reaction, however it is advisable to speak with your doctor before adding herbals to your treatment.

The pineal gland synthesizes and secretes melatonin.

yes

no

echnacea and zinc together

Yeh...Probably not. Unless you want to get really smashed

(I am not a doctor) I have been taking 300mgs of Lamictal once a day for 10 years due to a seizure disorder and in that time I have taken Benadryl for seasonal allergies. I noticed no adverse effects. It may be only subjective, but it is possible that Lamictal could reduce the effectiveness of Benadryl, but I never noticed any other kind of contraindication.  But as with any drug you are unsure about, always consider what other medications you are currently prescribed.  

Yes, the pineal gland secreted increased melatonin at night and it is thought this helps regulate the sleep-wake cycle.

It is commonly used to help with insomnia and jet lag but the results of research studies into this have been disappointing. In one recent study it was helpful in shift workers trying to nap during the day but not in people who had trouble sleeping at night. This may make sense since the level are already high at night so adding more may not matter but taking it during the day is a true change.

The is NO medical contraindications to the taking of them both. It SHOULD be safe.

yes. it is naturally in your body already. all it does is calm your mind to help you sleep. it is perfectly safe. *In animals, melatonin has been demonstrated to prevent the damage to DNA by some carcinogens, stopping the mechanism by which they cause cancer. *The antioxidant activity of melatonin may reduce damage caused by some types of Parkinson's disease, may play a role in preventing cardiac arrhythmia and may increase longevity; it has been shown to increase the average life span of mice by 20%. * In the immune system The body of research is overwhelmingly supportive of the claim that melatonin interacts with the immune system. Melatonin may help fight disease, but its true role in disease treatment is unknown. There have been very few trials designed to judge the effectiveness of melatonin in disease treatment. Most existing data are based on very small, incomplete, clinical trials. *Melatonin is an immunoregulator that enhances T cell production somewhat. When taken in conjunction with calcium, it is a very potent immunostimulator of the T cell response. Due to these immunoregulatory effects, it is used as an adjuvant in many clinical protocols. *In dreaming Many melatonin users have reported an increase in the vividness or frequency of dreams. The usual dosage range is 1-5mg, taken about 9pm to duplicate normal circadian rhythm. Its main adverse effect is that the nature of dreaming being more vivid than expected (remember, these come from the subconscious) is often felt to be unpleasant or alarming causing many to discontinue its use.

Light therapy usually results in earlier bedtimes.

There is 1000mcg in 1mg

Therefore 300mcg is definitely less than 5mg(5000mcg)

A 5mg pill has 15 & 2/3rds times more melatonin than 0.3mcg, almost 16 times the strength. I weigh 260 and take 20mg's every night, no grogginess in the morning - but a few wild dreams in five years of taking it. And 20mg's is 66 times 0.3mcg. I feel that 0.3mcg is a waste of time/money unless for an infant with a colicky problem

dogs make melatonin nin like us to get to sleep and relax the body. if they don't consider menatonin tablets dogs make melatonin nin like us to get to sleep and relax the body. if they don't consider menatonin tablets

No, because Melatonin is not a drug therefore no prescription is needed for it.

This will be OK to do. Melatonin does not make you sedated like Xanax does. It helps your body to restore a natural sleep rhythm. Please remember that Xanax does not cure your anxiety - the only way to cure anxiety is with therapy. I encourage all my customers to get off the tranquilizers by finding a good therapist and learning healthy ways to cope with stress.

Benadryl is a histamine-blocker to help relieve allergy symptoms. Medrol dosepak is a steroid to help relieve inflammation. There are no reports of interactions between these two medications.