What Happens If You Pop Melatonin

Is it safe to take melatonin spray to sleep?

I like using melatonin. Its a completely natural chemical. All it does is convince your pineal gland that you’ve had far too much sunshine, and now its supposed to be dark. I never used the spray, I used the 3 or 5 mg pills. They have an extended release melatonin, I used it twice and didn’t like it. When I was working as a temp nurse, I would get a request to do a night shift somewhere, and I’d pop a melatonin and sleep for four hours . Then I would get up and get ready for a shift. and I wasn’t tired all night like I would be without the melatonin.

If I take 2 melatonin pills that are 3mg, is that bad? I've had bad insomnia for 3 years and I've been waking up for hours in the middle of the night?

Melatonin supplements are typically very much higher dosage than natural melatonin would ever be. This can cause sleep and waking up as the dosage wears down.Melatonin and Sleep“Chances are good that you have seen melatonin in health food stores or in an advertisement or article. No other hormone is available in the United States without a prescription. Because melatonin is contained naturally in some foods, the U.S. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 allows it to be sold as a dietary supplement (e.g., vitamins and minerals). These do not need to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or controlled in the same way as drugs.Because it is not categorized as a drug, synthetic melatonin is made in factories that are not regulated by the FDA. Listed doses may not be controlled or accurate, meaning the amount of melatonin in a pill you take may not be the amount listed on the package. Most commercial products are offered at dosages that cause melatonin levels in the blood to rise to much higher levels than are naturally produced in the body. Taking a typical dose (1 to 3 mg) may elevate your blood melatonin levels to 1 to 20 times normal.For melatonin to be helpful, the correct dosage, method and time of day it is taken must be appropriate to the sleep problem. Taking it at the "wrong" time of day may reset your biological clock in an undesirable direction. How much to take, when to take it, and melatonin's effectiveness, if any, for particular sleep disorders is only beginning to be understood.While there are real concerns about the widespread use of melatonin sold as a consumer product, there have not been any reported cases of proven toxicity or overdose. If you are concerned about the correct melatonin dosage for you, talk to your health care professional. “For me it works much better to cut the supplement back to about 1 mg, or buy 1 mg if you can find it. This should stop the short term effect of overdosing and let you sleep through the night.