Posted by ExcellentCamper on October 17, 2006, at 6:58:50
In reply to Re: Melatonin, posted by BryanII on September 21, 2006, at 17:32:09
I read somewhere about a university researcher in Texas who's studied melatonin his whole career. (Sorry, don't have the reference at hand.) He takes 1 mg every night. Apparently low doses are a life extender in mice. Melatonin fights free radicals. I find that the 1 - 1.5 mg dose helps me fall asleep at night and doesn't make me groggy in the morning, as 3 mg now does (I'm ultra sensitive -- can't handle Ambien or much in the way of Benzos for sleep). However, I still often wake up in the middle of the night. As I did tonight. I'm finding that lifting weights in the evenings helps a lot (not cardio, which can rev you up). We even moved the weight bench to our living room to make it more inviting to work out. It can be very unmotivating to have to go down to a dark, cold basement. But what I didn't do yesterday was do some writing to sort out the issues in my life. I find that they have a way of raising their head in the night if I don't do so before falling asleep. Hope this helps.Will in Wisconsin
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