User Reviews for melatonin

I took 20 mg of Melatonin daily for five years as part of preventative treatment following surgery for metastatic melanoma. It was prescribed to boost my immunity. I didn't have a re-occurrence of melanoma for five years and was taken off melatonin. After stopping, I started having trouble with anxiety, depression, fluctuating emotions, and insomnia. I can't say with absolute certainty it is due to melatonin; but I have never experienced any of these conditions before until I stopped taking it.

Time release form of Melatonin works all night

Helps me to fall asleep. If I wake during the night I fall back to sleep quickly. Has helped me to get more rest during the night.

Since starting this regime I haven't had cramping in my stomach or diarrhea, ie, a storm in my stomach. It is such a relief. I hope it last. Nothing as been so effective.

I took 2x pills every evening for 4 days to help me adapt to a 6 hrs time difference

i was placed on alprazalam following the death of my husband 4 years ago-i did not realize how addicting a drug it was-i finally was able to get off it by tapering myself slowly over a 5 week period-i am a retired rn-but now have insomnia--my doctor suggested melatonin 5 mgm or 10 mgm--five works fine-i can finally sleep

In a few short words: NIGHTMARES. I and several people I've talked with get Very Disturbing dream.

Satisfied

very effective when i use it. i feel it is safer to use melatonin than prescription sleep aids. i don't know if there any side effective with long time use, but so far i have not experienced any. I can't find product name. it is Natrol desulable and i take three 5mg when needed.

Melatonin is very effective at getting me off to sleep and for readjusting delayed sleep phase. However, it makes me depressed the next day - so depressed that despite its efficacy it is not worth taking for the black hole it leads me down. If you are going to take it start with a small dose. So frustrating to encounter a treatment that works for delayed sleep phase, but has an unbearable side effect!

Somewhat effective. Has an after wake up feeling of unfresh

My days and nights are confused. I have developed severe insomnia and have a terrible time trying to get to sleep and once I get to sleep I wake easily. Not more than 4-5 hrs a night. Just started treatment and need increases to get desired effect.

Atrial fibrillation

I'd been using melatonin regularly for 4 years with great efficacy for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety. However, a year ago I began experiencing issues with peripheral vascular disease associated with varicose veins (ulcerations and subcutaneous bleeding on my calves, joint pain and stiffness, planar fasciitis and chronic leg cramps). Within weeks of treating my varicose veins with compression stockings and elevation, I noted increased postural tachycardia, which became debilitating after 3 months (could no longer work). While waiting to see my PCP, I came off the melatonin and both my tachycardia and varicose veins began improving significantly. Three weeks after discontinuing its use, the tachycardia disappeared and the varicose veins improved enough to allow me to go without compressions stockings for intervals of several hours. Have found nothing to explain the correlation but for a study in European Journal of Phramocology, vol 345, 1 March 1998 (NIH medical journal database), where the authors discuss the presence of MT1 & MT2 receptors (to which melatonin binds) in smooth muscle of vascular tissue and their role in vasodilation and constriction, respectively, as an explanation for melatonin’s systemic efficacy. While my overall condition improved when I discontinued use, I did experience a brief period of cognitive impairment and an uptick in mean blood pressure, the latter of which may require me to seek treatment should it persist. Finally have a follow-up with a cardiologist. Read More Read Less