Melatonin for sleep

[Starboy17]

can you take melatonin whilst tapering mirtazapine? Not sure if i need it just yet but have had some external stressors which has compromised my overall sleep.

[Recovery]

melatonin has helped me alot. i used to have such a hard time falling asleep sometimes staying awake until midnight and it would drive me insane but ever since i started taking melatonin falling asleep has been much easier. to bad it dosent help with staying asleep because i still wake up earlly. i would definetly recomend it to people who suffer from insomnia as a side effect.

 

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[keogh08]

Hi

 

I am 15 months out of a severe immediate adverse reaction. I only have a few strong symptoms remaining and this week experienced my first window of 4 days feeling almost completely normal.

 

What I am also experiencing now is extreme difficulty falling asleep sometimes taking many hours. Once I am asleep I do not wake up again. 

 

Would it be safe to take melatonin this far out?

 

Getting less sleep is starting to bother me in other ways mainly feeling hungover and exhausted every day.

 

Thanks 

[ccfb]

I've had no problems with melatonin.  But keep in mind everyone is different.  I take it with chamomile tea before bed.  

[ChessieCat]

If you do try anything new, only start with a small dose.  And only one thing at a time.  So therefore, if you do not already drink camomile tea you would not drink camomile tea and try melatonin at the same time.

[hennie86]

I have used melatonin for years during my taper and before it. 

I was prescribed too big dose of melatonin (by a psychiatrist) and that caused issues (5-10 mg). That was too much. I read that just a tiny dose can help sleep, big amounts of melatonin is not needed. It will just more likely cause side effects and it did it. I tapered melatonin to 0,5 mg and I have thought I have tolerated it during taper. Now I have started to think is melatonin actually causing issues in my case. I have problem  with uncomfortable sensations in my legs/akathisia/difficult to sit down because feel so restless and uncomfortable. I have read melatonin can make RLS worse in some cases and intensify RLS symptoms. (inhibits the secretion of dopamine). I have thought about stopping melatonin. I am going to taper off it because I have used it for so long. I have thought about stopping melatonin after benzo taper but I think I will start to taper both at the same time.  Hopefully insomnia doesnt get worse.