Natural melatonin levels do slowly drop with a persons age and can affect your sleep patterns creating insomnia. Some older adults will make very small amounts of melatonin or in some cases none at all. For most people having occasional bouts of insomnia is normal, but still can be very annoying to deal with. Taking melatonin is easy and effective and you can buy melatonin supplements without a prescription, from most health food stores, most drugstores and other places that sell Herbs, Vitamins and Mineral supplements, also can buy online.

Melatonin should be taken only in its man made form, so always purchase from a reputable company. The usual dosages that are taken about one hour before bedtime are, 1mg to 5mg. Melatonin is a supplement that has help many people, deal with sleep issues as insomnia, as in most cases melatonin supplements are very safe to use in low doses for short term and long term use. As with any supplement you should of course talk with your doctor about taking them.

I myself started to get very bad insomnia when I first started bodybuilding some 25 years ago and was at my wits end trying every sleep remedy I could find, hoping this time around it would work. Most sleep remedies only seemed to work off and on until I discovered melatonin. Just to be clear, I was already taking the usual high dosage Calcium and Magnesium supplements with vitamin D3 and some Flax Oil for absorption, but that was not good enough, as after heavy weight lifting in the evening, getting to sleep was very hard. Then I started adding in melatonin about one hour before bedtime, by dissolving the supplement under my tongue and holding it there for at least 15-20 min. I started with a 3mg dosage nightly and quickly moved up to 5mg as 3mg was just not enough for me. I have been taking 5mg of melatonin every single night for the last 15 years or so and I sleep great no matter what I do.

I have heard of some people taking higher dosages of melatonin up around the 20mg dosage level, but I would never suggest going this high without your doctors consent. Melatonin can have some side effects that include:

• Lowering your body temperature.
• Sleepiness.
• Giving you vivid dreams.
• Morning grogginess.
• Small blood pressure changes.

If you get any of these side effects, they will go away when you stop taking the melatonin supplement. I myself have had zero side effects from taking melatonin and will continue to use this excellent sleep aid supplement. There is also some evidence that melatonin may make the immune system stronger, slow the aging process and possible even slow the spreads of cancer, which certainly is good news.

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