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Re:Nootropics by blhack on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:00AM (#12545280)
You should switch to valerian root if you can. It isn't habit forming in the way that melatonin is.

edit: since everybody is asking the same question about habit forming. I am just passing on the information that I got from my doctor. She made this suggestion to me, and it was beneficial to me. Once I had started using melatonin, I would have trouble falling asleep without it. Valarian root didn't cause that issue for me.

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Re:Nootropics by daveguy on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:38AM (#12545440)
Melatonin is not addictive. You can form a psychological habit with anything, but physical dependence is not an issue.
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Re:Nootropics by langseth on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:29AM (#12545388)
Yea, pretty sure you are wrong on melatonin being habit forming. Google says it is not: https://www.google.com/search?q=is+melatonin+habit+forming
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Re:Nootropics by joshschreuder on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:22AM (#12545368)
Can you elaborate on habit forming? From what I've read it's non-addictive.
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Re:Nootropics by avianbc on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:22AM (#12545367)
I thought that one of the main benefits of melatonin was that it is not habit forming?
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