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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).

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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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Tyler MillsOP​·​#5205​·​

Time-release melatonin also does not noticeably affect the larger issue for me of falling asleep.

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Tyler MillsOP​·​#5291​·​

I've wondered about taking some regular to fall asleep, and the time-released to stay asleep. But in any case testing so far has shown melatonin (of either kind) on its own does not significantly help the falling asleep issue (the greater of the two, falling asleep and staying).