Don’t Take Melatonin Until You’ve Watched This

A staggering 58% of adults struggle with sleep and many have turned to melatonin supplements. But some scientists such as Professor Andrew Huberman are warning against melatonin supplements.

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[DrBradStanfield]

What do you think about the link between melatonin and aging at the end of the video?

[Mregmee]

The benefits of goodnight sleep outweigh the negative effects of melatonin

[bjacres]

I'm 66 I don't care about hormones I don't have any. Sleep is more important. There fixed it.

[all.day.day-dreamer]

I stopped melatonin on your advice and it literally upended my life. I nearly lost my job due to sudden poor performance, my relationship started to suffer but worst of all, I was always tired which led to being depressed at times. I re-visited with my PCP and was told that it was perfectly fine for me to contine my melatonin. I was told that a lot of the bad information out there is poor science with poor medical advice, he gave me several easy to understand examples and I left his office feeling confident. If you are taking melatonin and resting well, then you should continue to take the medication.

[malcolmmcgregor]

I'm usually ok falling asleep, but I'm a light sleeper and often wake up during the night and have trouble getting back to sleep. That's when I take melatonin. I buy the 3mg tablets and break them in half, so I'm taking 1.5mg. I sense that the onset of the effect is 20-30min and lasts for 3-4 hours. Maybe the sleep is not as restful as sleeping naturally, but definitely better than not being able to sleep. That's my anecdotal experience anyway. I find it definitely helps. I'm 60 years old, so not concerned with puberty or anything like that.

[SavedByZero]

At times I find Huberman should be taken in low doses or avoided entirely as well.

[EdelmarSchneider]

After 40 years of struggle I decided to start taking melatonin, it changed my life, now I finally can sleep like a normal person. I use 0.210 mg only.

[jordanjoepetts]

I’m 35 and I take low dose (0.5g) every evening. It isn’t hyperbole to say it’s significantly changed my life - I used to have a woeful sleep pattern and now I consistently get 7-8 hours high quality sleep in a regular pattern.

I stay away from megadoses though and have “melatonin breaks” from time to time.

[rickduker]

Huberman should study the work of Dr. Russell Reiter a melatonin expert. I follow him and Walter Pierpaoli regarding melatonin. I currently take 3mg but this can be titrated upwards depending on age and health status.

[PanamaShot]

There are several bias here. There is a safety studies for to 800 mg / night with no side effect. It’s in Pubmed.
There is a Sleep Institute in Mexico, they have more than 30 year experience using Melatonin in ranges between 50-120 mg/night long term use.
The melatonin can delay puberty but on a healthy human it can boost your testosterone level (taking it at the right time).
I have been working with melatonin for over 15 years (using at least 5-10 mg and in the last 5 years between 20-360 mg / night without any side effect. If you experience any side effect change the brand you are using.

[NoNo-rogx]

Won't be long till we get a video titled "stop drinking water, dangerous side effects!"

[kriss]

I was told by my Naturopath Doctor to take 20 mg nightly for mycotoxin exposure. Yes 20 mg is available to buy over the counter. I take it right before i brush my teeth and lay down. I sleep great! Have been doing this for 2 years, I am 54.

[saradixon]

My oldest child had horrible issues with sleep, including panic at bedtime from the age of 2+. When she was 5, I discovered melatonin and started giving it to her. It changed her life. She used melatonin from age 5 til age 10, and then didn't need it anymore. She didn't have a delay in puberty. She is a healthy 23 year old now.
My other children have used melatonin as needed over the years, and I still use it occasionally for my 5 youngest who are 9 and under. None of the older ones had puberty delay. They all followed the pattern of their mother and father...

[food]

The constant flip-flopping of the medical community is one of the reasons that its credibility is waning

[leviholley]

I take 60mg every night for brain cancer. Some cancer patients take over 100mg 3 times a day.

[broccoli-dev]

There are studies of people taking hundreds of mgs of melatonin nightly for years with minimal side effects. I'm simply not convinced I need to be worried about it.

[terrifictomm]

I'll wait to see what Dr. Russell Ryder, the No. 1 melatonin researcher in the world, says about this. He's been studying melatonin since the early 60s! How you can do an entire video on the so-called dangers of melatonin without mentioning his research is a mystery to me.

Dr. Ryder takes 180mg/day and says there are zero negative effects to melatonin and no such thing as toxicity.

For now, I'm listening to him.

[terryfonz]

Literally just watched a pro melatonin video that said 40-120mg is anti oxidant anti cancer capabilities

[mgreen]

I use Tart Cherry extract which is a precursor to melatonin. It seems to induce sleep without side effects.

[TheSaassaf]

My 7 years old daughter is diagnosed ASD and until we knew it she had really hard time to fall asleep she literally suffered . After the diagnosis she started to take every night 0.25 mg melatonin ... it was like a magic .. like a miracle.. she slept 30 min after taking it .. life changing for her and us . Tbh I'm scared about long term side effects but it changed her life . Thanks dr.