Melatonin

Personally, I'm not a fan of Dr. Klinghardt. Also, I'm wary of anything referred to as a "miracle." How many times I've seen things hyped for a while and then fall out of favor, whether it's a supplement, drug, diet, or whatever. Things are great...until they aren't. People are quick to endorse things and slow to issue retractions.

Anyway, for the longest time, my experience with melatonin wasn't very good. When taking 1 mg of melatonin, I had poor sleep and woke up feeling hungover. Taking higher doses only made things worse. Eventually, I learned about Dr. Richard Wurtman and his work with melatonin. I learned that "less is more" and found some low-dose (0.3 mg), extended-release melatonin that really helped my sleep.

You can Google Dr. Wurtman for more information. Here are some articles that I found, when searching "richard wurtman melatonin":

http://news.mit.edu/2005/melatonin
http://news.mit.edu/2001/melatonin-1017
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-dark-side-of-melatoni_n_8855998
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/melatonin-mania

Now, obviously, taking melatonin for sleep is different than using it as an immune-regulator, antibacterial agent, anti-aging compound, etc. For the latter items, I cannot speak. But, as a sleep aid, low-dose melatonin was very helpful to me, during the time I needed it.

Best of luck.
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Post Edited (The Dude Abides) : 5/30/2019 3:10:16 AM (GMT-6)

Hi, Missy. To be fair, I wasn't intending to single out Dr. Klinghardt as hyping everything that comes along. My experience has been that many alternative doctors (Lyme doctors or otherwise) do so. Mostly, I believe people are good and want to help others. So, Dr. Klinghardt is likely sincere in his efforts to help people however he can. But, I still harbor some cynicism and skepticism about how chronically-ill patients are handled, due to their desperation, the many uncertainties and conflicting opinions for any given disease, and the large sums of money involved in treatments. I wish you the best.

Hey, JB!

Would you mind sharing which sublingual melatonin product you use?

This is the melatonin product that worked the best for me, when I was needing to take it:

Life Extension Melatonin 6-Hour Time-Release 300 mcg
https://www.amzn.com/b00cdabruw

Hope you're continuing to do well!

Dude

https://www.iherb.com/pr/source-naturals-melatonin-liquid-sublingual-natural-orange-flavor-4-fl-oz-118-28-ml/1339

Awesome. Thanks, JB. I'd considered breaking my 0.3 mg tablets in half, but Life Extension's customer service folks stated that wasn't advisable. It wouldn't be dangerous, of course, they just stated the product might not work exactly as designed, with regard to the gradual release of melatonin over approximately six hours.

Should I ever need melatonin again, though, I'm going to try the one you suggested, so I can get very granular with the dosing. Thanks, again.

By the way, one thing that surprisingly helps me stay asleep is Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN). There are two compounding pharmacies from which I've purchased the product. The tablets are 1.0 mg each and I usually take three of them (3.0 mg total) at bedtime. I might be able to skip one night of taking LDN, but if I skip two, my sleep starts to suffer. My sleep isn't great, anyway, but between the LDN and one caplet of Deep Sleep at bedtime, I usually manage fairly well.

I stopped taking supplemental melatonin, because I no longer seemed to benefit from it. Now that I'm thinking about your liquid supplement, I'm wondering if I just need a smaller dose. Like you previously mentioned: Less is more.

jb1994 said...
I was on LDN for the longest time and it didn't seem to do anything. I think I'm one of the only ones that had no reaction good or bad to it.

I tried it before I was diagnosed - I had stumbled upon the ldn website and thought it might help with my pain.

It didn’t help me at all

jb1994 said...
Girlie, were you the one who had a bad reaction to it? Or was that someone else?

Yes - when I took the ldn I started having pain during the night - waking me up

I didn’t know I had lyme - and while googling one day I stumbled across the ldn website and took the info to my dr and she wrote me a prescription to try it for my pain