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(Message started by: Valerie on Oct 26^th, 2004, 12:46pm)

Title: End of Cycle - Melatonin Question
Post by Valerie on Oct 26^th, 2004, 12:46pm

I am finally at the end of my cycle ( hopefully not jinxing myself). I have been taking 6mg of melatonin for the past 8 weeks. I've noticed the past few mornings I have been EXTREMELY groggy, like I could not wake up. Sunday morning my kids were trying to get me up and I gave them a bag of potato chips and turned on the cartoons so I could go back to sleep (lucky day for them). I am usually a morning person so this is really weird for me. I guess since my cycle is ending my body is making melatonin again so now I'm getting too much. Last night I took 3mg and tonight I'm not going to take any. I've been getting mild shadows, but no ha since last Monday. I'm also tapering off the verapamil and I'm down to 80mg. Has this happened to anyone else? Just curious ::)

Come on Jonny, give me a smartass comment - I'm not feelin the love :-*

Valerie

Title: Re: End of Cycle - Melatonin Question
Post by vig on Oct 26^th, 2004, 1:10pm

ween yourself off the Melatonin and fire up the coffee maker...

Title: Re: End of Cycle - Melatonin Question
Post by JJA on Oct 26^th, 2004, 2:26pm

One cycle I came off melatonin pretty quickly. Another cycle came 3 weeks later . This never happened to me before or since (I usually get at least 3 months off). I'm not sure if it was just a coincidence, but since then I have been careful about tapering off melatonin more slowly.

Jesse

Title: Re: End of Cycle - Melatonin Question
Post by Giovanni on Oct 26^th, 2004, 4:08pm

I wouldn't rock the boat too much with the verapamil taper until you're firmly out of the cycle. Just my opinion.

John