• Pringles@lemm.ee
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      Melatonin stimulates your bodies vitamin D creation, which makes you tired when it gets dark. It’s not a magical bullet to solve insomnia, but it helps sleep regulation for people who don’t get enough sunlight. You still need some sunlight though, just less.

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      Melatonin actually has a scientific basis. It’s a naturally produced hormone that will have an effect on most people, but being a hormone, ymmv. Homeopathy is pure quackery from top to bottom

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      Can melatonin even cross the blood brain barrier? Caffeine definitely can…

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      Could try and ask your doctor about cyproheptadine. Keeps me out cold

      Let my parents both try it and they slept 8 solid hours.

      It’s also classed as an antihistamine for what that’s worth.