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dang it, I already ordered 5 mg pills. Just gonna break them in quarters I guess
https://www.reddit.com/r/sleep/comments/p12czj/turns_out_the_best_dosage_for_melatonin_is_03mg/
Above is a random link I found online regarding it. The ideal dosage is going to vary from individual to individual. Good news is that there is practically no side effect for taking a higher dosage.
The mechanism, if I remember correctly, is that melatonin naturally releases from the body when you're falling asleep so you're tricking the body into thinking that it's falling asleep already. In my personal case, you feel a bit more drowsy than usual 20-30 minutes after taking it. You should time it to fall asleep then because the drowsiness goes away rather quickly if you fight it. I buy a 1mg tablet and bite into it to last 2-3 days but feel free to experiment.
Anything higher than like .5mg makes my legs ache, idk how this shit works
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