Re:Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (2018)
by scoopertrooper on Monday September 06, 2021 @09:06AM
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The trouble is that you know how much you're taking. How do you rule out a placebo effect?
Human have a pretty strong bias towards thinking that more equals better.
Sleeping is probably one of the most physiologically influenced physiological processes we undergo, so it's pretty easy to believe that placebos would have a powerful influence on it.
Re:Melatonin: Much More Than You Wanted to Know (2018)
by krageon on Monday September 06, 2021 @12:32PM
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If it's placebo, then don't tell me to test it (because as you say, that doesn't work). That said, the effects are so strong and so consistent I don't really care if it is placebo. As long as it works :)
> I suggest to anyone who is taking 1mg or larger doses to experiment with a "microdose" of 0.2mg and see how it affects you.
So the problem I have with this reasoning is that I have tried this and the higher doses make me way more sleepy. I take a lower "correct" dose anyway (most of the time), but it has nothing to do with what works better.