Melatonin's Surprising Health Benefit - Not Related To Sleep

My son is autistic and never slept so he was prescribed liquid melatonin from the age of 4, he’s now 22. It was like a miracle for us we all had decent sleep at last. He was only taking 3mg. He recently decided to stop taking it and sleeps fine now.

I took Melatonin for a while because due to high stress I couldn't fall asleep very easily and if I did manage to fall asleep I would easily wake up. Melatonin helped me stay asleep, well, at least until about 4 or 5am. At the time it was better than I could do on my own.

I have had much more success being able to sleep as I take a 4 mile walk every morning now. It is invigorating. I live in an area with lots of trees and flowers, chirping birds, lizards crossing the pathways. So it is a nice area for walking. And I listen to videos on health. I am a 70 year old woman. And so menopause has finished most of its tantrums and so I am more myself a gain. The walks in the mid-morning I am out in daylight and dress so the light can get on my skin. I have blue eyes so I wear dark glasses. Being able to get a night’s sleep has greatly improved. Only once have I taken GABA, recommended by my doctor. Sometimes I am even getting a 2 hour nap in the afternoon. I do you my iPad in the evening but turn in on dark mode and then I cut the brightness even more. So all theses things together with eating a Whole Foods Plant-Based diet, have helped and it is really nice to get the sleep. I have not slept this well in years.

My insomnia of 40 years totally disappeared when I turned off the lights at night except for special amber colored lights. I also got blue blocker glassesfor when I use the phone or computer before bed. I spend 15 minutes in the sun in the morning. I also take 0.25 mg melatonin at 8 pm and have 1 cup of coffee each morning. And I haven't even had a cold for a long time!

Melatonin did not work for me for sleep. However, when I began taking Melatonin plus L-Theanine, I saw a difference in ability to fall asleep.

Have an 84 year old brother who counts the quality of his life by the number of hours spent around a campfire.

I am blind and have non-24 hour sleep disorder, so I take melatonin to keep my circadian clock on track. I originally started with 3 mg, and ended up with nightmares and anxiety before I fell asleep. A friend suggested that I dramatically reduce my dose to half a milligram, and that works perfectly. I take it an hour to two hours before bed, and the drowsiness I experience feels exactly like if I get drowsy during the day when I don’t take melatonin and my sleep quality is fantastic. When I pair that with making coffee in the morning, my sleep schedule is great. I can absolutely say that melatonin has changed my life, particularly now that I have found the right dose and a good quality brand. Since the FDA doesn’t regulate supplements, it’s important to make sure the quality of melatonin you’re taking is high enough. I take pure life capsules which claims to be pharmaceutical grade.

I used to be an over the road truck driver, working any and all shifts. Melatonin made such radical shifts possible. Nice to see it has many other attributes.

I have also had insomnia (since about age 3)...once asleep I'm fine, but getting to sleep is impossible. Since starting to take melatonin I no longer have this issue. I take it about an hour before I go to bed and once in bed I am asleep usually in about 10 minutes. It's been a godsend for me (and I've been using it for about 16 years now).

I have used it for decades as I was a shift worker before our plant was closed and I was forced to retire. I still use it today.

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I tried it when I was younger and it seemed to make me have wild dreams. Later, as I approached 60, I had trouble sleeping and started it again and it has been like a magic pill! I did have more dreams at first, but not wild like before and it seems to work almost every night. Glad to see these added benefits. Also, the other advice here is really good for general, healthy sleep patterns.

Excellent video ! … clear, concise, informative ! Thank you . Looking forward to watching more such videos from you.

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I started taking melatonin for sleep. After a week or two I noticed a change. I was less agitated and felt great. It was more than just better sleep. It seemed to make me feel better just in general!

I was diagnosed with prostate cancer a few months ago. The surgery was scheduled for months later. I was determined to help myself in the interim. I have taken so much melatonin that it doesn't make me sleepy at normal amounts. I have read that high dose melatonin can help fight cancer cells.

I am using it since more than 20 years, and at 68, people do not believe my age. But I do have a healthy diet. Not a vegetarian diet either.

Excellent and very important information. The majority of people will never hear how important NIR is to our health and the importance of melatonin. Thank you for sharing!