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amkm0712 07/16/2008

Hello, I'm new to the group and I know this question has come up before. But I started taking melatonin for sleep but I need help. Currently, I take Klonopin, but I'm running out and due to new insurance, I can not afford to see a doc to get my prescription refilled, so I thought I'd try melatonin. My problem is the night I took 5 mg and didn't sleep well at all, when I did fall asleep, I had weird dreams. So last night I took 7.5 mg, hoping I would at least sleep thru, and no. Don't know how many times I woke up, but again when I did fall asleep, vivid weird dreams!! I even dreamt that I was half asleep waiting for my husband to get up and get ready for work, this was at the same time that he normally would wake up to get ready for work!! The only way I know I was dreaming this is in my dream I heard my dogs barking, and they were in our room sleeping, not barking. Anyway, I don't know if I should take a higher dosage, lower dosage, and not at all?? Has anyone had this dreaming problem? and what did you do? Any info on this would be very helpful.

Thanks.

deleted_user 07/16/2008

You can take up to 3 tablets safely. And it may take a week or two to get in your system before it helps.
I took it years ago and it worked pretty good.

amkm0712 07/16/2008

I brought the 5 mg tablets, so just so I'm clear, you can take up to 15 mg safely? How many mg did you take and did you have strange dreams?

deleted_user 07/16/2008

It's been so long ago I can't remember. It was either 3mg or 5. Call your dr. and ask them what is safe. You will feel much more comfortable if you do. Just be sure to tell them the extent of your sleep problems so they will understand your need to take the maximum dose.

deleted_user 07/16/2008

Hi i just started on that 2 days ago and so far ive slept a little.I take 2 tablets just read on the bottle how much to take.I think it takes a while to get in your system.I asked the pharm.and he told me how much.Cant remember what im taking ill let you know.

amkm0712 07/16/2008

Thanks, the bottle just says "take one tablet 20 minutes before bed". Do you have those strange dreams? That's what I 'm really curious about. I'd like to know if those go away or not. Or if they get worse with a higher dosage? I'm not sure how much to take tonite. I've tried one, I've tried one and 1/2, I don't know if I should try 2 or try 1 and an Aleve (I take 2 Aleve every morning for the pain and 1 at night if I need it., the Klonopin I was on had something for sleep and pain in it.) Although, I don't have a big problem with not being able to sleep due to pain, I can usually ignore the aches and pains, and make myself comfortable. It's the dreams!!! that are driving me NUTS!!!!!!!

deleted_user 07/18/2008

I take Melatonin and I have strange dreams, but i never put the two together. It helps me fall asleep and I haven't had a drug I can use that doesn't have me so dopey in the morning that I can't function. I already have Fibro fog, I don't need to be hung over, too.

Melody

deleted_user 07/19/2008

I've been taking 3 mgs. of Melatonin for the past three nights b/c I ran out of Ambien CR and I wanted to give my body a break from it. I've also had very weird, vivid dreams and didn't really sleep well. I've also dreamt that I was awake and talking on the telephone, but it was 4:00 am, so I know I didn't call anyone ( at least I hope I didn't !!) I took one tonight about 9:30 and it is about 11:25 so I don't know when/if it's going to kick in. I've also found that I feel worse in the mornings after taking Melatonin than I do when I take Ambien.

deleted_user 07/20/2008

hi there! the dreams are a very common side effect of the melotonin and they go away with prolongued use. i take it every nite and have for the past six or seven months and i had the weird dreams too for a month before they started to go away. sometimes on occasion i will get one out of the blue but for the most part they went away. i even had a dr tell me that its normal for melatonin to do this. so dont worry. i take 3 3mgs a nite and it used to help me great but my body has gotten used to it i think and now i had to go on ambien. but once its out of my system then i can go back to taking it again until my body gets used to it some more. thats what i do, at least. you can also take valerian with the melatonin, its also an herbal sleep aid. good luck.

amkm0712 07/20/2008

Thanks everyone for the info. Last night I took 5mg of melatonin and 1 capsule of valerian root. Slept pretty good. I think I'll try this combination for a week or so, see what happens

Thanks again!!

deleted_user 07/29/2008

I like melatonin, but for really bad nights I take L-orithine which I love. It works better for me than melatonin, it's natural and an amino acid for muscles.

deleted_user 08/05/2008

Actually, the latest article that I read says to take only 1 mg. per night because when you take more it cuts down your natural production of melatonin.
So maybe try lessening your dose and see how it does.

deleted_user 08/17/2008

I have strange dreams without melatonin. They get worse with Lyrica or Benydril. Don't know if they'd get worse with Melatonin, but I started taking it recently, so I guess I'll find out soon.

deleted_user 08/18/2008

I use melatonin 3mg. once and awhile..& it works well.....no morning hangovers or groggy feeling.....I have strange dreams every night, so I can't tell you if there's a correlation....

ask pharmacist if it will interact with other drugs you are taking, though...be careful, hon!

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