NOW Foods Supplements, Melatonin 5 mg, Free Radical Scavenger*, Healthy Sleep Cycle*, 180 Count (Pack of 1)

Vegetarian Melatonin in vegetarian capsules
Melatonin is derived either chemically/synthetically, extracted from a plant, or extracted from the brain of an animal. Most melatonin you find in walmart etc, is a synthetic melatonin. Synthetic melatonin is not identical in molecular structure to natural melatonin. Some chemicals like this, can do more harm than good in the long term.Just because this product is natural does not mean it should be used indiscriminately. In parts of Europe melatonin is a controlled substance that cannot be obtained without a prescription. It does work, it is a hormonal drug, and it is powerful. Your body can become less sensitive to melatonin and it’s own melatonin production can decline with long term use over 2 months. Therefore it should be used with some discretion. Your body can also increase its sensitivity over time to melatonin and regain it’s own production if supplementation is paused. How long that takes will depend on the person.Melatonin is a hormone that is produced by the pineal gland in mammals, which chemically interacts with your brain to help induce sleep. Melatonin levels with most people elevate when their eyes are exposed to darkness, increasing as their length of time in darkness increases.Some people, such as those diagnosed with ADD, or depression, or a SSRI (selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor) , may have impaired uptake of melatonin, or their brains are not as efficient at using it, so a boost can be useful, especially in today’s world where people keep lights on until 11pm.I have taken Dramamine, and Tylenol PM, and generic sleep pills in the past to go to sleep while people upstairs were being noisy even with my ear plugs in. The problem with those is they loose effectiveness overtime, and you can form a dependance on them. Since Dramamine is an antihistamine it drys out my sinus cavity, also it is not a very natural sleep, it knocks you out when you first use it, but like all antihistamines your body gets used to it over time and it looses its effect. Tylenol PM and sleep pills both knock you out in an unnatural sleep where when you wake up you are still dragging 3 hours later until you get some coffee in you. And then there is dependance.With Melatonin, you go to sleep in about 30 minutes after taking it, you might wake up a couple times through the night, but you will still be easily able to go back to sleep. And when you wake up, this is the best part, you really, really feel like you have a dang good sleep. If you are fully rested, melatonin will NOT keep you knocked out in a chemical stupor. You wake up like you never took anything. So if you are expecting this to force you to sleep in the middle of the day, it probably wont work. Also if you expose your eyes to light, you reduce your levels of melatonin, it would be like taking sleeping pills while drinking coffee.Melatonin put me to sleep fast, it is a drug, and it does work, and there is tons of medical research to back it up. It is after all what your own brain already uses to facilitate sleep. It is non-habit forming, and does not loose effectiveness overtime. So basically it’s the best thing to put yourself to sleep since it is what our bodies naturally evolved to use for that exact purpose.It has the added benefit of being a potent antioxidant. Melatonin can cross the brain barrier to act on free radicals in your brain. Melatonin is a direct scavenger of OH, O2′, and NO, which are basically oxidizers that can cause cellular damage and mutations. In some studies on mice melatonin increased their lives 20%.. and mice are not susceptible to the placebo effect.I trust the NOW brand. There are a lot of really cruddy brands out there that have lots of fillers in them, like Natures Way sold at walmart. I have seen products at walmart in the vitamin section that have bull-adrenaline and radioactive metals in them, seriously. With natural products you need to be careful about what brand you buy, because they are not regulated by the FDA. Since they fall in the natural food category, the FDA doesn’t feel it needs to do any research, since there is no profit for drug companies on the line.I have bought many NOW-brand products in the past. They are all all-natural, they are all potent without any fillers, they all work, and they are all priced very fairly for the quality. NOW is a brand that is sold in natural health food stores all over North America, including Wild Oats, Sprouts, Nutters, and other well-known chains. And when getting a hormone based drug like Melatonin, for the difference of a couple bucks, I would not mess around.If you let the vegetarian gel capsule dissolve in your mouth, it has zero taste, so you can hold it under your tongue for a faster response time if desired.Hope this review helps

Very healthy and good product. Makes you sleep very quick
Very healthy and good product. Makes you sleep very quick

Works for me
I suffer from anxiety that at times of things in my life that provoke stress I have difficulty falling asleep and more importantly will wake up in the middle of the night with little or no chance of falling back to sleep. Without any help I tend to cycle from little or no sleep one night to sleeping ok the next night due to exhaustion. Taking the OTC artificial medication worked well but I was concerned about all the things you are to worry about taking artificial something for an ongoing basis.These Melatonin tablets have worked very well. I take one tablet before going to bed and I am good to go for the most part. For supplements like this the quality and price combination is really special in my eyes.A couple of things from reading other reviews when I went researching this item. 1) Many allude to not helping fall asleep but just helps you get a good nights sleep. For me personally, I did find that about a half hour after taking a tablet I felt quite noticeably more tired and certainly help me fall asleep. I am not saying that I would buy it for that property but it does help me fall asleep. 2) Yes, you do not get the stay sleepy feeling of the OTC artificial medicines in the morning when starting your day. But for this item does help me to sleep more hours as it appears to wear off in the night to a certain extent. I normally sleep six hours a night but when time allows I like to get an additional hour or two but I wake up my normal time or even an hour before my normal time and it is just as tough to go back to sleep if I had not taken a tablet.But overall, very impressed and satisfied.

Helps you sleep restfully, great product!
My husband and I have used this product off and on for the last 3 years, we typically use it a 2-3 nights a week and each time we take it we get a very restful night’s sleep. I personally am a light sleeper and sometimes wake up numerous times a night and have a hard time falling asleep again. But when I take this melatonin, I still wake up several times a night but almost immediately am able to fall back asleep, and I sleep deeply. It helps me feel more rested, too, the next morning. We try not to take it more than a few times a week so as not to become dependent on it, although that may not be an issue with melatonin, I’m not sure. Overall, it is a great product, and we have never experienced any negative side effects.

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