Contains: Melatonin, Vitamin A
Our little dog, a purebred Toy Poodle, has Alopecia X. After some research, I read about melatonin therapy. I needed 3 mg tablets (1/2 tab 2 x a day) and knew I needed to brand that didn't have fillers in it. This has been wonderful. She's been on melatonin for 10 weeks. New fur is coming in. She is no longer naked and her new fur is soft and luxurious! She will be taking it for another 3 month
Read More...Hold, hold up let me explain. I am, as far as I know, quite healthy. I woke up after a dream in which I had stepped off to use the bathroom. I HAVE NEVER PISSED MYSELF BECAUSE OF A DREAM not since I was a child. I went to sleep at around 12:30 am (a little early for me), took a glass of water [I do that so I can wake up early when my body needs to use the bathroom (i always do this, and it always works)] and I woke up at 6:25 am with piss in my pants! Thankfully I didn't wet the bed but seriously too weird. I suggest not taking the full 3mg. I gave it 4 stars because I was able to go to sleep a little earlier than most times, I did have some dreams that I remembered even after the piss, and I was definitely drowsy when I woke up but as I'm writing this (ten minutes later) I am wide awake
Read More...I bought the Nature Made brand because I've used some of the other supplements they make before and have never had a problem. I chose 3mg because I'd never taken Melatonin before. It takes two of these to put me to sleep. I take it about an hour and a half before bed and they definitely work for me. I don't wake up in the middle of the night or feel drowsy in the morning. If I try to stay up because I get involved with some activity I get really cranky and have to go to bed. I don't take them every night only when I need them. My stomach is extremely sensitive and they do not bother me. I haven't come across any side effects so far
Read More...I got a deal on another brand of melatonin a few months ago and figured they were all the same. I noticed that I was having more trouble sleeping on the other stuff but didn't think much of it. I normally bite the 3mg NatureMades in half and tried that with the other brand but resorted to using full pills and still being restless. I recently switched back to NatureMade and HOLY COW is this stuff better! I'm back to half a pill (1.5mg) each night and I fall asleep quickly and sleep like a rock! Never switching again
Read More...Nature Made Melatonin Tablets, Value Size, 3 Mg, 240 Count My situation is that i woke up one day and I was over 50, over weight and for the first time in my life felt I was in jeopardy of serious health issues if i did not change things. One of my main concerns and i suspected possibly at the center of my issues was sleep. I seldom slept more than a few hours and felt exhausted and grumpy all the time. I came across an personal trainer recommendation for Melatonin. He suggested a tablet before bed to help recover from exercise and improve the quality of your sleep. The last week, i started taking a tablet of Nature Made Melatonin prior to bed and have had the best sleep I can remember in years. I am still not out of the woods with my health, but so far this product has been a true god send in combination with my exercise and eating strategy. With improved sleep, i have already noticed less soreness after exercise and more energy throughout the day and better temperment. A few suggestions. I would only take this product prior to sleeping. I would also suggest regular exercise and reasonable food choices in combination with its use. I am not the type of person to take over the counter or prescription drugs. When I am exercising regularly I will take some supplements. I have never taken anything for sleep aid and honestly I hope I can get to the point where I do not need to take these any longer. In the meantime, I am thankful I found them and hope others share the same experience. Keep in mind that this is a testimony and not a professional opinion. Please do your own research and speak to your doctor about using this product for your own situation
Read More..."I suffered from moderate insomnia for the better part of a decade due to anxiety. I would always fall asleep but it could potentially take hours. It was not unheard of for me to lay down at 11 and get up at 2-3 to watch TV and clear my mind. Ever since I started on melatonin I SWEAR it has been my miracle pill. I still suffer from anxiety so the core of my insomnia is still there. I know that it will work differently for different people so I won't say that a person would be wrong for a lower rating but for me it works, it works, it works! It changed my life.
Read More...3mg is 10-20x the melatonin your body naturally secretes at night. If you are trying to compensate for your body releasing less melatonin as you age, a more appropriate range is 150-300mcg (*micro*grams - 1000x smaller). Once I found this out, I started taking this 6-hour time release 300mcg formula: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CDABRUW Works great. Aside from helping to fall asleep, it reduces how often I wake at night, and avoids the slight grogginess I used to get from high-dose melatonin pills like these Nature Made ones. I do still keep these 3mg pills around for situations like jetlag, but I use them as sparingly as possible now that I understand that they spike melatonin up to levels your body never reaches normally. There's zero reports of bad reactions to high melatonin doses, but it seems safer to emulate what the body is doing rather than go way out of natural ranges. Finally, two other sleep aids I'd recommend: glycine (an amino acid), and lavender. Both have peer-reviewed scientific studies showing efficacy, and neither causes grogginess. In fact, glycine has the effect of reducing impairment from lack of sleep
Read More...The natural wonder sleep pill! I work rotating swing shifts and is sometimes hard sleeping in the daytime. I take just one of these and sleep like a baby! The best part is when I wake up I don't feel drugged. I feel refreshed. It is a natural supplement that resets the bodies internal clock. A little advice though. After some research I found out that you can build up a tolerance to melatonin if used frequently. So I only use it when I am working nights and stay off of it for my day shifts. Also, if you take too much at a time your body actually rejects it. No side effects other than the body counteracts it and you may not be able to sleep good
Read More...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
Read More...Okay, so this stuff is pretty awesome! I initially bought this to help my mom with her messed up sleeping patterns. She is a dialysis patient and has a difficult time falling to sleep. Pair that with physical exhaustion and you get a zombie for a mom. I had her take a melatonin the night I received it in the mail and it worked wonders! She takes just one melatonin and she fades away naturally into the most comfortable sleep she has ever had. It works so well that now its a staple in my home. Whenever someone is having a hard time sleeping, they take a melatonin and are able to fall asleep with ease. I am a college student, so I often deal with a lot of stress, especially during finals week. The stress and studying can keep me wide awake, tossing and turning only to wake up feeling completely exhausted. I started taking these on the nights I feel this way and the effects are so wonderful! The biggest thing I love about these is that they aren't like sleeping pills or aids. They don't make you feel groggy or sick like some medications do, and they don't "knock you out" to sleep. It feels SO incredibly natural and you just drift off to sleep. You know how you feel when you are super tired and if you lied down you would fall asleep? It feels exactly like that but you feel more relaxed about it. Theres no "sign" that its working per say, you just get a relaxing sense of tiredness and you can just fall asleep peacefully. I recommend this to dialysis patients and anyone who has a hard time falling asleep. Be sure to ask your doctor of course, especially if you have any medical problems! Hope this helps
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