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anthony g CH.com Old Timer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 318 manhattan nyc Gender:	melatonin increased my anxiety? Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 10:21am Hey all just wanted to share. I know that many take melatonin for night time hits. I have been taking it for awhile only 5mg and I am recently realizing that it has increased my morning anxiety? i know this sounds crazy when it is supposed to do the opposite? Any input would be great! thanks all Anthony
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: melatonin increased my anxiety? Reply #1 - Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 10:46am Perhaps something has increased your morning anxiety. Don't make the intellectual mistake of blaming one thing before you've eliminated all the other possibilities.
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anthony g CH.com Old Timer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 318 manhattan nyc Gender:	Re: melatonin increased my anxiety? Reply #2 - Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 10:52am thanks brew! always great advice my friend!
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Reply #3 - Jan 24^th, 2012 at 8:21am

Anthony, like you, I've been taking Melatonin for awhile. I find it is most effective at 15mg, but at that level, I have a terrible time with dreams and sleeping. I've reduced my intake to 10mg, and while it isn't as effective at night, I sleep better even in between early AM hits. Everything's a tradeoff. Blessings. lance

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anthony g wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2012 at 10:21am:

Hey all
just wanted to share. I know that many take melatonin for night time hits. I have been taking it for awhile only 5mg and I am recently realizing that it has increased my morning anxiety? i know this sounds crazy when it is supposed to do the opposite? Any input would be great!
thanks all
Anthony

I've never had a problem with "morning anxiety" from melatonin, but I do get the grogginess. This can be eliminated very quickly by turning on plenty of lights. Bright light is known to inhibit production of melatonin, and I've seen where it supposedly breaks down the melatonin in your system. It definitely gets rid of the grogginess pretty effectively.

So, if the anxiety is a side-effect of the melatonin, maybe bright light first thing in the morning would help relieve it, too (?).

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Jim

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Jim
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If "that which does not kill me, makes me stronger", then how come I always feel like $hit after every near-death experience?

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Globi CH.com Junior Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 96 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Gender:	Re: melatonin increased my anxiety? Reply #5 - Jan 26^th, 2012 at 1:12pm I have just visited a anesthetist who told me this is not uncommon i you're taking melatonine. Pilots sometimes also experience these problems with melatonine. Maybe taper down a bit?
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