Take it when hyou turn the lights out to maximize your body's signal that it's Nighty-Night Time! Hubby uses it that way and it works much better for him than if he tries to take it "ahead". You don't fall asleep like someone turned out a switch, no, but 5-10 mg and there are liquid or melts that absorb faster than pill. That's all I got. ANyone else know more?

HUGS

agree with leo. functional medicine doc had me on 10mg but that may be too strong. i also use lemon balm and other nighty night teas when i really can't sleep to go along with. agree with the sublingual melts for better absorption too. here's to good sleep. i'm out currently.

The ones that melt on your tongue are a lot faster.

When i first started using melatonin with my son he was not adult-sized yet and was taking 3 or 5 mg per night (I can't remember) but it caused him head aches. At first we solved the headache problem by giving a dose of acetaminophen at the same time, and that worked; but now we've found some 300mcg tablets (so like a tenth as strong as 3mg) and even now that he's adult sized they work for him. He takes them an hour or so before "bed-time".

But recently I was having trouble sleeping and borrowed some of his and for me it seemed to kick in in about 20 minutes, so I think there's a bit of an individual component to it as well. Though lying in a dark room probably helped.

We tried the liquid years ago too, but the kind we tried was a little too acidic for him.

I hope you get some peaceful sleep.

Hola Mujica,
I know this may sound super weird, but I feel like there’s something about chicken *Bone broth that helps with sleep a little. If you wanna give it a try it might help

A while ago I started drinking it because my jaw problems and pain issues I have trouble eating & I wanted to at least get something in me. I also read that it can help with inflammation. I noticed when I would drink it sometimes I would feel a little sleepy & take a nap after. So I looked it up & read that some other people have the same experience. I mean it’s not like perfect since my insomnia can really rage sometimes.. but anything that can help a little rite

Big hugs <3

I use it at times.... My pdoc stated with regards to Melatonin less is more

My son uses it all the time. He works graves and needs it in order to sleep through the day. He takes it just before he goes to bed and it seems to work for him.

I take 5mg every night. It doesn't help much so I also take Seroquel prn

Seroquel's a lot more potent, Sunshinegirl0228, but so much so that it's to blame for my Chronic Kidney Disease I now have to manage just as much as my PTSD itself. It was a bad decision on my psychiatrist's part to prescribe too much of that. Fortunately, when I switched psychiatrists, he put me on Prazosin for the same nightmare and night time symptoms the Seroquel was supposed to address. However, since Prazosin is the only PTSD med that's processed by the LIVER and NOT THE KIDNEYS, it's safe for me.

The melatonin really helped this week, until I ran out of my Prazosin last night. Melatonin + Prazosin seems to be the good sleep cocktail for me. Lacking Prazosin last night meant the sleep cocktail didn't work. Consequently, I was up with insomnia until 4am, something that hasn't happened in a long time.

Needless to say, I made a beeline for the pharmacy to get my Prazosin supply replenished today. The melatonin + Prazosin cocktail will be back at it tonight. Not only did it work to give me regular sleep that was nightmare, free: I also got to have GOOD dreams night after night, too, the details of which I made sure to record in my gratitude journal daily.

Speaking of which, thanks to all of y'all as to supporting me through this phase of managing my PTSD. I'll let you know tomorrow what sweet dreams melatonin + prazosin brought me tonight.

Blessings.