Melatonin Experiences

I took at least 10mg of melatonin, nightly, for over a decade, due to persistent insomnia. During this lengthy period, I would have vivid dreams nearly every single night. For about 3 years of that period, I had nightmares that would cause me to wake multiple times, every night, gasping for air, or making other odd noises, and then those nightmares stopped abruptly, seemingly for no reason at all. These nightmares would often have recurring themes, like trying to get to somewhere, or someone, but being unable to, due to things like the "underwater physics" that often occur in dreams. Later, but still during the period in which I was taking melatonin, I would have times where I'd wake up, talking out loud for a few minutes, as I slowly realized I was now awake. Once I had fully realized I was awake, I would stop and get out of bed, and then carry on with my day. I even had a dream once that felt like a remote viewing experience. I could only see blackness for the entire duration of it, but I could hear very violent things happening to someone. This one in particular still makes me think, because it felt like I was peering into something that was actually happening, in real-time, but having my "vision" deliberately blocked to hide the identities of the people involved. That's just an idea I had, though; it could have just been a nightmare. I'm interested to hear if any of you have ever experienced anything similar to this one, in particular, though. Now, without melatonin, I rarely even remember my dreams at all, so I'm considering taking it again. What do you think of melatonin, overall? Is it useful for enhancing your dreaming capabilities, even if you don't have insomnia?

I have insomnia and have never taken melatonin, or any other sleep medicine. I have very vivid dreams that i remember quite often, though not every night. In my experience anything relating to dreams is very unpredictable and works differently from person to person.

>>7392 I've been taking melatonin for years (though much lower doses than you), and have great dreams in general that are memorable. Dunno what it's like anymore when not taking it, it fixed my sleep issues so I don't plan to stop.

That is way too much melatonin. You only need around 1mg. Even 2mg is a lot. No wonder you have persistent insomnia. Melatonin doesn't help with dream recall just it gives you nightmares. If you want dream recall and more lucidity you get some over the counter galantamine. I havent tried it personally yet though.

>>7398 >No wonder you have persistent insomnia. I had insomnia before I started taking melatonin, which is why I started taking melatonin. >Melatonin doesn't help with dream recall just it gives you nightmares. My own experiences seem to contradict this. Like >>7395 said, these things work differently from person to person. I usually don't remember my dreams at all without melatonin. In fact, I took 10mg the night after I made this thread, and I had vivid, memorable dreams; none of which were nightmares, which indicates that melatonin enhances my ability to recall my dreams. The nightmares seem to be caused by whatever I'd been feeling at the time, and not the melatonin itself. The melatonin may increase the likelihood of having nightmares, by some unknown degree, but it's not as black and white as you make it out to be, and it has its uses.

>>7392 i find it sometimes ithelps a lot to counteract nightmares with equal strong stuff, horror movie trailers, monsters, nature catastrophes, anything that is strong to overwrite it. either before bed or after. but i would not overdo it, since the nausea kicks inlater. so if you want to put melatonin aside, because it enhances the likelihood, you can try having fire with fire and then still melatonin and see how that works for you. for me melatonin does not do anything it seems. instead simple, strong lavender tea makes me very drozy, but it wears off quickly after one or two hours. i think you need to discern between things that make your body tired, and those that make the mind sooth. and it seems like you made your body repressing the stress until you have an outer body experience? i would reduce the melatonin or try the above method to counteract the nightmares.

>>7400 This sounds odd but ive found too high of melatonin causes poor sleep quality, though ive also heard of people knocked out practically so it seems to vary. Let me correct myself what I mean. I dont think melatonin causes dream recall directly but if you wake up more likely during a dream that will increase recalL In my experience this mostly is due to nightmares or any dream where your heart rate increases so not always a nightmare at least my best guess as to why this happens. Likely the dreams are in general more emotionally charged perhaps? Waking up is what makes you remember but if you wake up after that dreaming state is over chances are you wont remember the dream. Ive stopped remembering my dreams as often when I stopped using an alarm clock. Also moving too soon after waking up can make sometimes you forget due to body position being linked to the memory so you need to recall more before you move.

I gives me crazy and vivid nightmares meanwhile it doesn't help with sleep quality, or falling asleep quicker. I haven't taken it in years so I can't tell how large was my dose, it was a spray, not pills. Nowadays when I'm desperate, I take phenibut and it fixes my sleep schedule, like magic.

Just wanted to say melatonin is amazing, it's changed my life significantly for the better. I thought it'd be too weak to help with whatever my problem is (some kinda sleep phase disorder I think) but since I started a month ago, I've not had a single attack of sleeplessness. I'm glad to say I can now relate to normal people who say they just drift off when they hit the pillow, no longer tossing and turning between one to four hours trying to fall sleep. Sometimes I do still feel tired in the day, but it still beats being a complete zombie because I only fell asleep at 3:30 AM and woke up at 5:30 anyway. So yeah, I loves me melatonin. It's pricey, but it's worth every dollar.

>>7743 Do you drink coffee or alcohol? How does it compare to your normal sleep before you began having sleeping issues?

I used to use melatonin religiously back when I was in high school, then it completely stopped working for me. I recently tried it again after years, and it still doesn't do anything for me personally, but seeing that it has been able to aid others at least makes me happy that it does get some good use. Currently I use Seroquel 300mg to aid me in my insomnia and nightmares.

>>7744 I'm a semi-regular coffee drinker but only in the morning. Alcohol once or twice a month. I practiced good sleep hygiene to try fix my issues but it didn't help. Before melatonin, my sleep was me struggling to go to sleep for at least an hour, often two; also waking up in the middle of the night often. Every few weeks, I'd get an 'insomnia attack' where I cannot sleep for more than a couple hours a few nights in a row. This also happens leading up to stress, usually exams. Now I have almost perfect sleep. I take 2 mg an hour before bed and fall asleep quickly. My sleep is rarely interrupted. 36 days of use so far, and only last night did I have any issues falling asleep, but I think it's because I was dehydrated and too lazy to get water. I'm still tired through the day, maybe because I sleep six hours and should be getting more but can't. >>7745 I hope this doesn't happen to me. How long did you use it before it stopped working? Was it very sudden or did it's efficacy decline to nothingness?

Update from >>7749 I've had a week off, so I decided to use this time to experiment with no melatonin on two nights. The experience is somewhat what I expected. I could not feel tired until 2 AM both nights. The second (last night) my sleep was of atrocious quality, I think I was intermittently awake and asleep. I was hoping that I could stop taking the melatonin eventually so I wouldn't be dependent on it... oh well.

>>7398 I once took 14 grams and absolutely nothing happened except i slept

As an insomniac since childhood, melatonin is a lifesaver. The best form I found is in a spray. It acts the fastest. Now I have also experimentet extensively with dream enhancing substances and techniques. The best for me is combining melationin with mugwort (Artemisium vulgaris works best). Mugwort should enhance dream retention a bring new senses like taste or smell. The plant should be dried in a well ventilated room away from sun. I found it's best to smoke it. Second best option is tea. If you really want to have vivid dream and remember them, longterm solution is a dream diary. You're bound the find some unsetling things in your dreams.

>>7829 Do you all ever feel like lc is the most kino thing ever? >You're bound the find some unsettling things in your dreams. This should be a quote. That or Flood detected; post discarded

I cant take melatonin, always wake in the middle of the night. Tryptophan and teanin didn't work either. Only thing that works is cyclo. 20+ years using it.

>>8149 What is cyclo? short body empty body short body empty body lalalalala

>>8150 Cyclobenzaprine. But that, is also not working anymore.