My son has taken it at different times and sometimes it works and sometimes not. I've taken it myself a few times to test it out and I agree with Tom, you can ignore it and still stay awake if you want. It's not like a sleeping pill where you take it and you'd better be in bed because you are going to pass out asleep. Also I noticed that it helped me <i>fall</i> asleep, but not <i>stay</i> asleep. Like if my husband comes to bed later and turns on the tv after I have already fallen asleep, then I am back awake for good then as if I had never taken it.
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Do you use melatonin for sleeping?
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My son has taken it at different times and sometimes it works and sometimes not. I've taken it myself a few times to test it out and I agree with Tom, you can ignore it and still stay awake if you want. It's not like a sleeping pill where you take it and you'd better be in bed because you are going to pass out asleep. Also I noticed that it helped me <i>fall</i> asleep, but not <i>stay</i> asleep. Like if my husband comes to bed later and turns on the tv after I have already fallen asleep, then I am back awake for good then as if I had never taken it.
My son has taken it at different times and sometimes it works and sometimes not. I've taken it myself a few times to test it out and I agree with Tom, you can ignore it and still stay awake if you want. It's not like a sleeping pill where you take it and you'd better be in bed because you are going to pass out asleep. Also I noticed that it helped me <i>fall</i> asleep, but not <i>stay</i> asleep. Like if my husband comes to bed later and turns on the tv after I have already fallen asleep, then I am back awake for good then as if I had never taken it.
My son has taken it at different times and sometimes it works and sometimes not. I've taken it myself a few times to test it out and I agree with Tom, you can ignore it and still stay awake if you want. It's not like a sleeping pill where you take it and you'd better be in bed because you are going to pass out asleep. Also I noticed that it helped me <i>fall</i> asleep, but not <i>stay</i> asleep. Like if my husband comes to bed later and turns on the tv after I have already fallen asleep, then I am back awake for good then as if I had never taken it.
My son has taken it at different times and sometimes it works and sometimes not. I've taken it myself a few times to test it out and I agree with Tom, you can ignore it and still stay awake if you want. It's not like a sleeping pill where you take it and you'd better be in bed because you are going to pass out asleep. Also I noticed that it helped me <i>fall</i> asleep, but not <i>stay</i> asleep. Like if my husband comes to bed later and turns on the tv after I have already fallen asleep, then I am back awake for good then as if I had never taken it.
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Aspiemom
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My son has taken it for several years, at his drs recommendation. He is nearly 14yrs, 5'5" and 115lbs. He takes about 5mg. Used to be 3mg but it seemed to stop helping, so I break open a 2nd capsule and give him half of that. He needs it at least 30 min. before bed time.
It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
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Aspiemom
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My son has taken it for several years, at his drs recommendation. He is nearly 14yrs, 5'5" and 115lbs. He takes about 5mg. Used to be 3mg but it seemed to stop helping, so I break open a 2nd capsule and give him half of that. He needs it at least 30 min. before bed time.
It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
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Aspiemom
Guest
My son has taken it for several years, at his drs recommendation. He is nearly 14yrs, 5'5" and 115lbs. He takes about 5mg. Used to be 3mg but it seemed to stop helping, so I break open a 2nd capsule and give him half of that. He needs it at least 30 min. before bed time.
It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
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Aspiemom
Guest
My son has taken it for several years, at his drs recommendation. He is nearly 14yrs, 5'5" and 115lbs. He takes about 5mg. Used to be 3mg but it seemed to stop helping, so I break open a 2nd capsule and give him half of that. He needs it at least 30 min. before bed time.
It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
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Aspiemom
Guest
My son has taken it for several years, at his drs recommendation. He is nearly 14yrs, 5'5" and 115lbs. He takes about 5mg. Used to be 3mg but it seemed to stop helping, so I break open a 2nd capsule and give him half of that. He needs it at least 30 min. before bed time.
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<br />It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
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<br />It doesn't help me. I took Tylenol PM for several years, but now that will only give me nightmares and if I wake up I can't get back to sleep. I take Ambien now, myself.
I have tried it on a few occasions-- did nothing for me. I take a couple extra strength Tylenol and I am as out! If I take them during the day I struggle to stay awake. If I have a cough with my insomnia then I am better off taking a strong cough medicine and say nighty-night until 10 am the next morning.
I have tried it on a few occasions-- did nothing for me. I take a couple extra strength Tylenol and I am as out! If I take them during the day I struggle to stay awake. If I have a cough with my insomnia then I am better off taking a strong cough medicine and say nighty-night until 10 am the next morning.
I have tried it on a few occasions-- did nothing for me. I take a couple extra strength Tylenol and I am as out! If I take them during the day I struggle to stay awake. If I have a cough with my insomnia then I am better off taking a strong cough medicine and say nighty-night until 10 am the next morning.
I have tried it on a few occasions-- did nothing for me. I take a couple extra strength Tylenol and I am as out! If I take them during the day I struggle to stay awake. If I have a cough with my insomnia then I am better off taking a strong cough medicine and say nighty-night until 10 am the next morning.
I have tried it on a few occasions-- did nothing for me. I take a couple extra strength Tylenol and I am as out! If I take them during the day I struggle to stay awake. If I have a cough with my insomnia then I am better off taking a strong cough medicine and say nighty-night until 10 am the next morning.
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MicheleGazelle
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There have been times I have taken melatonin. Here are some remarks from my website (<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.healthgazelle.org/sleepissues.shtml">Sleep Issues</a>):
I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
MicheleGazelle
New member
There have been times I have taken melatonin. Here are some remarks from my website (<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.healthgazelle.org/sleepissues.shtml">Sleep Issues</a>):
I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
MicheleGazelle
New member
There have been times I have taken melatonin. Here are some remarks from my website (<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.healthgazelle.org/sleepissues.shtml">Sleep Issues</a>):
I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
MicheleGazelle
New member
There have been times I have taken melatonin. Here are some remarks from my website (<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.healthgazelle.org/sleepissues.shtml">Sleep Issues</a>):
I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
MicheleGazelle
New member
There have been times I have taken melatonin. Here are some remarks from my website (<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.healthgazelle.org/sleepissues.shtml">Sleep Issues</a>):
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<br />I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
<br />
<br />My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
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<br />
<br />I routinely recommend that people give Co-Q-10 in the morning rather than melatonin at night or, in extreme casese, give Co-Q-10 in the morning and melatonin at night. Co-Q-10 is the co-enzyme for melatonin and wakes the brain up in the morning. People are very prone to being deficient in it because it is made in the body in a complex 17 step process, so lacking something at any stage can cause a deficiency. If you take Co-Q-10 in the morning, about 12 hours later the body will produce more melatonin -- so, ideally, it should be given about 12 hours or so before the desired bedtime. However, if you give melatonin in the evening, it does NOT cause the body to produce more Co-Q-10.
<br />
<br />My personal experience and the experience of my oldest son is that melatonin by itself made us too sleepy and we could not fully wake up for 2 or 3 days after taking it. I regularly take Co-Q-10 but only successfully took melatonin for about a month or two when bad withdrawal symptoms from stopping medication were making it impossible for me to sleep AT ALL for 3 or 4 weeks. During that time, my brain chemistry was so fried that I desperately needed help to make it go to sleep. Some autistics have similar issues. But if the sleep issues are not real extreme, I think giving Co-Q-10 as a first step can more gently help establish a healthy daily cycle of brain chemicals for the waking and sleeping cycles.
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