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Re:Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem by wycy on Monday August 27, 2018 @11:44AM (#17852136)
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?
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Re:Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem by luminiferous on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:58PM (#17852660)
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.

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Re:Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem by acconrad on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:44PM (#17860353)
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.
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