Hiya! - Linus Tech Tips (original) (raw)

So I have been looking at Melatonin that is suppose to help people with insomnia or just resetting your sleep pattern.

Most Melatonin is sold in a 3,5,10Mg capsule and turns out it's bad, well I mean you are not suppose to take it everyday, it's only for if you have trouble sleeping or resetting your sleep pattern.

Melatonin is a hormone and if you take too much of it continuously ( I mean 3mg is way too much already) you're telling your body to stop producing its own Melatonin and you will be dependant on it.

Microdosing is the best way, it means consuming at a very low dose to trigger your brain to produce more Melatonin instead of receiving it. In this case .3mg or 3mcg to 5mcg.

Or take some precursor such as l tryptophan which will get converted to both serotonin and Melatonin.

That is according to my 4 hours research last night when I can't sleep because I drank some coffee in which I regret.

Your comments are welcome.