Posted by iforgotmypassword on October 30, 2006, at 12:52:55
MAIN QUESTION: does anyone know if melatonin reduces seratonin activity anywhere, at specific receptors, or just in general? or does it increase seratonin?
(END MAIN QUESTION; for people who have trouble focusing and reading long messages.)
i am replacing all lights in my house with yellow "bug" lights (to hopefully block the blue) so i can actually sleep given all the time i spend in bed. i always have to sleep with the light on due to fear and general anxiety. yellow aparently does not cancel out melatonin production. blue does.
another huge factor is if it reduces seratonin, it may help my bruxism and akithisic feelings, and hopefully reduce apathy and give energy. (and less catecholamine and acetylcholine suppesion?)
i will have to either wear special sunglasses or put a shield on my monitor as apparently monitor light may be a big sleep disrupter. i use my laptop all the time.
i figure i may have huge problems with melatonin secretions as i have a pineal gland cyst and hit puberty notably early (thus did not grow very tall, especially compared to other family members.)
aparently problems with melatonin secretion are common, in SAD or with people like me who are learning to really dread winter moods. pineal cysts are also apparently quite common. 2-4% apparently in random samples, 40% apparently in cadavers.
On light, Dr. Phelps' PsychEducation page has interesting info (skip to yellow for what i am talking about, but the whole page is very interesting):
http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/LightDark.htmif this works (or doesn't) and i may start to use a blue light slectively (and continue with the yellow) for when i need to be up and not giving up.
if anyone is interested i will keep people updated on if this helps or has any effect.
poster:iforgotmypassword
thread:699037
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20061028/msgs/699037.html