insomnia naturally
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Insomnia and Melatonin issues, help!?
I’ve been a Melatonin addict for over 6 months. I was taking two a night which equaled 6mg total. Over the recommend dosage. I swear I read somewhere these were none addictive and not habit forming but recently I read that taking to much over long periods can have a possible side effect of *cough, cough* male breasts! * AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! lol
Anyways, so I stopped taking those and now I have the worst insomnia. It takes me at the very least 4+ hours to get to sleep, the worst night being 8 last week. I even started taking Diphenhydramine sleep aid, yesterday ending up having to take 4 pills to finally get to sleep after 5 hours of trying.
I tried laying there motionless, reading, watching a boring tv show or 5, listening to relaxing sounds (rain mp3’s etc..) and books on tape.
So I guess my question is: Am I now not producing Melatonin naturally from taking those pills in such access? And what can I do to get back to a normal sleep pattern?
Unfortunately research has shown that taking Melatonin can cause apathy (laziness) of the pineal gland in the brain. The pineal gland is the gland which naturally produces melatonin to send you to sleep. Try to be patient and eventually it should start producing it naturally again. If not then you need to go to a Dr to see if there’s anything they can do. Good luck!
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