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Re:I tried to hack my insomnia by hughdbrown on Friday October 11, 2019 @06:56PM (#21229207)
0.5 mg of melatonin? or 5.0 mg? 5 to 10 mg of melatonin is the amount in most all doses sold on Amazon. I've never seen such a light dose.
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Re:I tried to hack my insomnia by collyw on Monday October 14, 2019 @06:49AM (#21246805)
Apparently it works as effectivley at lower doses.

Someone posted this a while back, and it goes into a lot of detail: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/E4cKD9iTWHaE7f3AJ/melatonin-...

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Re:I tried to hack my insomnia by tobias3 on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:29PM (#21229616)
It's the correct dose. See https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/07/12/did-a-melatonin-patent... for the sad background.

TLDR: MIT did a study and patented Melatonin usage with reasonable dosages. Manufactures just increased the dose 10x to get around the patent. The patent is expired but the damage remains.

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Re:I tried to hack my insomnia by david-gpu on Friday October 11, 2019 @07:22PM (#21229313)
0.5mg of melatonin is a perfectly good dose. For many people, anything over 1mg means sleepiness on the next day. I suggest doing some research, including how to taper it down once you no longer feel it's right for you.
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