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Tyler MillsOP·#5203·
Standard melatonin backfires, causing me (and at least one other person I know) to wake up at around hour 5 after falling asleep (maybe when it has finished metabolizing). This is bad, especially if it means you cannot fall back asleep (as in my case, more than half the time).
Tyler MillsOP·#5204·
Time-release melatonin has solved the backfire problem for me. But I don't want to be dependent on it forever to get a good 8 hours.
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Dennis Hackethal·#5233·
What’s wrong with using melatonin indefinitely?
AFAIK it creates no physical dependence, you don’t build a tolerance, and it’s cheap. What’s not to love?
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Tyler MillsOP·#5205·
Time-release melatonin also does not noticeably affect the larger issue for me of falling asleep.