Nature Made Melatonin 3mg Sleep Aids for Adults, 100% Drug Free Sleep Aid, Sleep Supplements, 240 Tablets, 240 Day Supply

The human body naturally produces Melatonin as part of the processes leading to sleep. An area of the brain called the superchiasmatic nucleus detects falling light levels, leading to an increase of Melatonin in the brain, and sleepiness. This can be thrown off through the use of artificial lights, by shift work, jet lag, staying up later on weekends, etc. For those who are having regular difficulty falling asleep, lowering the lights an hour before bedtime may help to raise Melatonin enough to overcome that problem. At other times, it might be helpful to take a Melatonin supplement like this one.As always, it is important to communicate with your physician. It is also possible to check for interactions using apps like epocrates. I have never come across interactions with Melatonin. Researchers keep working, though, so what is true today could be a little different tomorrow. Currently, Melatonin is being investigated as potentially helpful across a wide variety of disorders, may of which are associated with age. Those who are interested might wish to look that up. A very conservative starting place is the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Disorders. That website will not jump ahead on anything too quickly, so if you are interested in the very latest developments then keep going through the scientific literature.What to expect with Melatonin: This dose of 3 mg is convenient as it is going to work quite well for most people These are solid tablets. If you have never taken Melatonin before, then you could use a pill splitter to try out a 1.5 mg dose or so, and see how that goes. Most people will go on to the 3 mg dose. However, there are some people who may find that they do not seem to clear the Melatonin easily, and then using this may leave them sleepy in the morning. That is not the usual response; those who have morning drowsiness are few and far between. If it happens to you, and you have allowed for a good long sleep ("normal" is 8 or 9 hours per night), then do cut back or stop use and figure out why it is affecting you in that way, because that should not be the case. If you tried to get away with a short sleep, well, you are part of the human race so for your own better health it's best to figure out how you can get those 8 or 9 hours. Many people who have told me that they have too much to do so that is impossible, find that they function so much better that once they are getting enough sleep regularly, they are still able to get everything done. If you are allowing those 8 - 9 hours to sleep and still find that Melatonin leaves you groggy in the morning, then it may take the help of medical professionals to figure out if there is some interaction, genetic anomaly, or... ?Using Melatonin is by far much safer than taking pharmaceutical sleep medicines. There is no comparison! For example, the genetic zolpidem that is sold under Am_bien and other names has been found to substantially raise the risk of multiple cancers (risks begin to increase after only 3 doses), it only adds about 20 minutes of sleep, and it interferes with memory so what actually happens is that patients do not remember the sleeplessness, and think that it works better than it does. The memory problems often extend to other things, too. An internet search of the generic name already given here will take you to that research; add the word "cancer" if you want to know more about that unfortunate effect from pharmaceutical sleep medication. It should be included in the inserts that patients receive; sadly, it is not! Melatonin is not a pharmaceutical; it is what your body produces in order to sleep, so it is great that we can have it on hand to boost the levels when that is needed.Finally, down to the particulars of this brand. I've tried it, and find that it is a good quality product. It arrives with a clear seal over the cap that comes off with no difficulty (just twist the cap and it will go). Do watch for that safety seal, though. So far, mine have also arrived with an inner removable flat seal and some cotton. It does take Melatonin a while to work. It will vary depending on whether your stomach is empty, etc., and with use you'll learn how much leeway to allow. I find that I should take it about 45 - 60 minutes before I would like to sleep. Then it will provide me with a "sleep window" of about an hour during which I can fall asleep. If I get busy and work past it, then I can miss that window. I tend to get busy, so it is helpful to me to set a timer or a reminder on my phone to go to bed. I've had this on subscription for a while; that has allowed for extra savings. I am needing to take this less and less often, though, so when I realized that I can change my subscription I thought that I might provide this information in case it will be helpful to someone else. Take care, and sweet dreams!

However, taking the entire dose at once makes me dizzy and queasy, so I have to divide each tablet into quarters, to take throughout the night as pain regularly wakes me. Even taken in quarters of a tablet it helps me get back to sleep, so I don't have long, wakeful nights.

Helps me to fall asleep and get a good night of rest.

Works great! I get a restful sleep.

I buy these for my dog, much cheaper than the ones marketed for pets. My Shiba Inu has many health issues and his atopic dermatitis has been very challenging to get under control. After finally stabilizing him on antigen shots (he has two, one based off blood tests and one on his skin tests), Atopica, a non-soap shampoo and being advised by his new dermatologist that he is probably reacting to products recommended by two previous dermatologists (!), I thought it would be smooth sailing. Then, out of the blue, he started flaring in June and it got so bad, he was losing hair in patches from scratching and licking himself. I took him to the vet and he had a CADI shot which helped a lot but then his hair coat continued looked like a dirty hi-lo shag carpet no matter what I did. So when his dermatologist came to town (I live in Hawaii and there are dermatologists who fly in from California quarterly to do blitz exams/evaluations at local clinics) in July, I took him to see her and she recommended I give him 6 mg. of melatonin twice a day. It took.a while but his hair grew back in the big patches he had scratched or licked raw and his coat is thick, soft and shiny! He sheds very little now (Shibas usually shed twice a year but he was shedding hair all the time!) and the dermatologist said it would help his body get back in rhythm and she'd his winter and summer coats at the right time. He does seem to sleep longer now (he usually trots off to go to sleep at 7 p.m. now) and he lies on his bed until he knows I have gotten his breakfast ready in the morning.Given his good response to the melatonin, I decided to try taking one 3 mg. tablet at bedtime. The first night, it seemed to help me get to sleep but by the third day, I began noticing pain in my fingers when I had to press down with them. It got so bad that I decided to stop the melatonin since that was the only change I had made and the problem stopped. I wish it worked for me but so glad that it does for my dog. By the way, I have it on Subscribe and Save since my dog goes through a lot and the ones carried at the drugstore won't last a month and cost more.

I think you have to do your research and be careful when you purchase supplements. Nature Made is a trusted brand and I feel confident purchasing supplements from them. This melatonin 3mg tablet is the perfect dose for me. I find that 2mg isn't enough, and 5mg makes me feel drowsy in the morning. It is difficult for me to find this dose in my area, so I'm so thankful that I can order it here on Amazon. If taken about 20 minutes before bed it works really well helping me to fall asleep. When I don't take it my mind races and it is just harder to get to sleep. I have noticed that there is sort of a time about 20 minutes after I take it that I become drowsy. If I don't go to sleep during that time and stay up doing something, that drowsiness passes and its as if I never took it. So I've learned to cooperate with it, and when I do it works beautifully. I feel great in the morning with no drowsiness. Please don't stop making this dose!