Did you need to use melatonin only for those few weeks that it took to adjust your schedule, or have you had to continue using it indefinitely to maintain this schedule?
Re:Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
by luminiferous on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:58PM
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Not OP but I read the Slate Star Codex article, and buried about halfway down was:
"These don’t “cure” the condition permanently; you have to keep doing them every day, or your circadian rhythm will snap back to its natural pattern."
So it looks like you have to take the melatonin on a continuous basis.
Re:Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
by acconrad on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:44PM
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I only started a few weeks ago so I'll let you know, but I can say so far I haven't been militant about using melatonin every day and already I'm still able to go to (and fall) asleep at the earlier time.
Re:Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
by barleymash on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:29PM
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Do you feel like your "new" schedule is more beneficial than it was before?
Re:Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
by acconrad on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:43PM
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Yes, at a minimum because I'm not scrambling to get ready for work because I've already been up a few hours and have time to handle my own personal projects in the morning as opposed to in the evening when I'm too tired to make the effort.
Re:Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
by internet_user on Monday August 27, 2018 @01:09PM
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Please share more detail. do you use it chronically? why 0.3mg?
http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/07/10/melatonin-much-more-tha...
> I have it fairly bad. My body naturally wants to go to bed around 2 a.m. and rise around 10 a.m.
That was my cycle as well and I wouldn't describe it as "fairly bad" it's definitely later but not egregious.
The SSC article recommends .3mg melatonin 7 hours before desired sleep and it worked like a charm for me (along with rituals for earlier sleep and better sleep hygiene).
Within a few weeks I was going to bed at 10pm and naturally waking up at around 7am. Now I regularly operate on this schedule and I was kind of surprised at how quickly I was able to adjust.