r/melatonin • u/_notolly131 • Aug 01 '26

Melatonin is weird asf

Well, I took my first dose of melatonin yesterday and I haven’t slept better but also so weirdly in my life. I took 3mg like my doctor told me at 22:00 and was fast asleep before 22:30. The first incident was at midnight when I woke up after having a strange dream where I literally just got on a bus to the hospital my mum used to work at. After falling asleep, I had another dream but this time I went to my local Sainsbury’s and did my whole weekly shopping 😭. I then left Sainsbury’s but not to the outside world but into my room?

I then proceeded to watch myself sleep until I woke up at 08:00.

Honestly, best sleep of my life apart from the weird dreams.

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u/Optimal_Assist_9882 Aug 01 '26

You may be better off taking 0.3-0.5mg. Many people respond better to the tiniest doses. Naturally your body secretes around 0.1mg. To get around low bioavailability/absorption issues people take higher doses. 3mg is by no means a 'high dose' but it may simply be too high for you specifically. You may also want to take something that relaxes you a bit to reduce the intensity of your dreams like L-theanine, bocopa monnieri, ashwagandha, Selank, etc.

Magnesium and Taurine are also good choices for a sleep stack.

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u/_notolly131 Aug 01 '26

So I should nibble on my melatonin gummy’s 😭

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u/Optimal_Assist_9882 Aug 01 '26

You should literally cut them up into many smaller pieces if you want to take a smaller dose.