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Melatonin supplements are generally considered safe in the short-term, even when taken in very high doses. However, more research on its long-term safety is needed, especially in children ( 10 ).In fact, U.S. sales of melatonin increased 16.7% in 2014 to $378 million, according to Nutrition Business Journal. While melatonin supplements can help some people to fall asleep, differences among products, as reported recently by ConsumerLab.com, can leave anyone trying to choose the right product tossing and turning.As recommended above, it’s best to consult a health care professional about the use of melatonin supplements.
As a general guide, though, dosages of melatonin supplements are considered safe below 6 mg. Dr. Joshua Axe gives the following guidelines for melatonin supplement.Diet, Food & Fitness More than 3 million Americans take melatonin, according to the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
The 31 melatonin supplements tested were purchased at.Melatonin is a hormone that the body produces naturally, and that works to mediate the sleep cycle. Evidence that melatonin supplements can treat sleep disorders is shaky, and over-the-counter.
Melatonin supplements can help you fall asleep when taken before bedtime (30 to 60 minutes before for regular pills; 20 minutes before for fast-dissolve pills, chewables, and liquids and chewables). Melatonin may also alleviate certain types of stomach pain and reduce anxiety associated with medical procedures (see What It Does ).
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157 comments
*appears on tv… goes home and promptly puts pajamas on *
… That’s the first thing I’d do too
My sleeping schedule is whack and has been questionable since a young age. I wish I tried harder to correct it when I was younger, now I have to rely on melatonin gummies whenever I can’t sleep before an important day and even then it doesn’t work and I end up staying up 24hrs with melatonin gummies in my system. Fun.
I like that you talked about this subject, it makes me feel less alone with my sleep strugles. I get thoughts about everything I could have done better in the past, about yesterday or 4 years ago. What helps me, is listening to audiobooks and enjoying the audiobook when I can’t get to sleep. Not thinking I cant sleep it is already 3 o’clock, but listening to the story and the voice. Childrens audio books I especially like, because I don’t have to think about motives or something like that.
very interesting stuff.
I had been taking 10mg melatonin before bed and always felt groggy in the morning. Hearing that the optimal dose is closer to 1mg explains it.
Definitely cold temperatures! Beneficial for those who don’t have sleep issues too as it’s shown to cause a deeper sleep.
I also keep blue light of on my phone at all times, cause blue light tends to trigger migraines for me too.
Also worth noting that it’s shown if we are over tired we can end up sleeping less, this is the same reason toddlers get so groggy they don’t sleep that night if they miss a nap.
I can’t do any type of audio books etc, has to be thunder storms for me as its random enough that I focus and don’t zone out, but not interesting enough to keep me awake listening to it.
My insomnia is caused by anxiety, and I have a habit of feeling ill if I get tired which then makes the anxiety even worse ��
Cold room, even a fan on, avoid drinking an hour before bed so I don’t need to get up during night (2 kids I’ve no control over that any more haha), thunder storm audio, and if my mind is really racing I will try naming a boy and girls name for every letter of the alphabet.
Lack of sleep makes it harder to fight anxiety, and that fact causes anxiety too �� But as with anything to do with mental health, the brain is extremely powerful and the strongest of people tend to have hard times with mental health because they are fighting such a strong willed brain. So acknowledging that you are fighting rather than feeling like your failing at things is a really important mindset to help things get better:)
I used Melatonin and it gave me a kind of alertness while asleep. It did give me nightmare. So I prefer to deal with insomnia.
Oh I wish my partner would turn off their notifications and put their phone on silent when it’s time to sleep. It’d help me so much. Their phone wakes me. And it isn’t good for them either most times they wake up and freak out before going back to sleep.
I don’t sleep well always anyways. I have nightmares. And I have excruciating hip pain and legs that go numb sometimes. It wakes me.
Sighs.
No refined sugars, no caffeine en healthy eating works for me. Always had trouble sleeping till I went whole food vegan, ever since than..I sleep like a baby. Yesterday due to christmas I ate some sugar and voila, was up till 2 am.
I tried melatonin for awhile to help with my extreme insomnia because I didn’t want to take a prescription sleep pill the melatonin did absolutely nothing for me but I did find success with CBD oil I went from sleeping maybe 1 to 2 hours a night to taking CBD before bed and I now fall asleep quickly and sleep about 6 hours a night which is a massive improvement for me
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Just wanted to say thank you so much for opening, not only mine but others too, eyes. I’m an extreme night owl. I sleep around from 4am 6am bc I use to work a graveyard shift and want to go back to my sleep schedule. This his comforted me to know what it’s used for and why.
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I have never thought about applying intuitiveness to sleeping as well! I used to be the same way with my diet, with a lot of strict parameters and it would cause so much anxiety and unhappiness. The same thing happens to my sleep! And it seems like the more I worry about it and think about it (especially when I wake up in the middle of the night), the more exhausted and less sleep I get! Loved watching this video today for your recommendations and personal experience! I absolutely love your channel!
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Awesome �� a podcast on sleep is just what I needed ��♂️ I’ve been sleeping 2-3 hours per night every day of the past week.. ��♂️ Probably because of lovesickness.. �� But maybe melatonin might help.. ��
I quit all caffeine including “decaf” coffee or tea because they still have caffeine which for me was making sleep impossible. Plus coffee (which was REALLY hard to give up) has another compound in it that raises your cortisol levels. From what I’ve read when we are toddlers and are frightened our cortisol level increases (flight or fight response) and drops in less than 20 minutes or so. As we age that same cortisol bump (either from drinking coffee or a triggered flight or fight response) could take DAYS to decrease! I only drink herbal tea’s that I make in my regular drip coffee maker (3 tea bags can make an entire “coffee pot” of tea).
Another really good way to calm down which may sound ridiculous but works for me is after getting comfortable in bed I take a really deep breathe through my nose expanding my lungs as much as I can, holding it for a couple of seconds and then exhaling completely through my mouth. At the same time I’m thinking of breathing in positivity and then exhaling any negativity that has been troubling! Do about 3-5 of these deep breathing exercises and not only are you oxygenating your brain but it can make you a little light headed and less stressed.
Avoid any TV watching in a dark room as the light coming directly into your eye’s can trigger a melatonin drop as the brain may mistakenly think it’s the morning. You can watch TV just make sure there are several light sources on around you. You may find you have to skip TV at night if its an LED TV!
I’ve been researching if TV’S have blue light filters and have been unsuccessful. I think you can buy a blue light filter to put over the screen but haven’t researched if they work or the cost.
Additionally if I do put the TV on while in bed I make sure to put the sleep timer on for 30 or 60 minutes. I usually fall asleep before whatever I was watching has ended. If I forget to set it I will wake up several times because the TV is still on.
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I struggled with insomnia in combination with anxiety for about 3 years after having my last child. I spent that time trying all the ‘things’ including counselling, workbooks, sleep hygiene etc. and while they helped it was finally starting a low does SSRI has made a big difference in my sleep. I’d love to hear your anxiety experience.
My mother had insomnia after her stroke and my partner also has it. Audiobooks have solved both of their problems! My mother specifically listens to Steven fry, and now has an excellent sleeping pattern (better than mine now). Do give this a go, this combined with reducing the pressure on yourself! If you finish an audio book, just play the next one. Lots of love xx
I found that whatever you do if you lay awake or wake up at night: do NOT look at the time.
If you wake up around a certain time and you know it, you will think: “oh I hope I won’t wake up at….” And that causes you to wake up at that time. It will become a habit to wake up at the time you don’t want to wake up. Since I figured this out and stopped watching the time, I sleep better. I still sometimes wake up at night, but I also fall asleep pretty fast again.
Also, if you have a lot of sleeping problems, sleeping in a room alone helps fantastically. It gives you the freedom to just turn on a soft light in the middle of the night and read, instead of having to go out of bed, into the stronger house lights and if you’re unlucky accidentally see the time on the clock.
Have you ever tried knitting? Once you learn it’s quite meditative. And when you can’t sleep, you gain knit time so it’s not so bad. It’s good for brain health and you end up with a garment or accessory at the end ��
Thanks for the info I definitely will be adding that book to my audio list. I suffer from insomnia and I take aed medication which also makes it worse. What has worked for me is to definitely take vitamins and b12 spray in the morning. Decaf if I have a coffee after 2 p.m. finish all activities two and a half hours before bedtime including eating. Only sips of water when medication needs to be taken and I usually alternate between a nighttime sleep aid and melatonin along with a half a cup of night time tea or chamomile. A short slow Flow Yoga routine or reading gets my eyes tired and helps me to wind down so far that’s working for me. Unless we have an activity or function or on vacay we also go to bed 7:30/8pm I figure I owe my body the rest.
I get mine at Costco. Non gummy Natrol brand. Being post menopause at 61 helps my insomnia! Take two every night for the last two years. Works for me!!!
I relate to this soooooooo much! I tried EVERYTHING, didn‘t work. But when I accepted that I didn‘t sleep, it started to get better!! Of course it‘s also thanks to my therapy…..unfortunately there isn‘t one formula to fix this problem…..you have to try a lot of different techniques until you find the one that‘s right for you!
Thank you for talking about this subject! We want to function every day, but that puts a lot of stress on us! We can all try to be a little bit more gentle to ourselves!
Can you do a video on CBD products? I’d love to hear your take on that, particularly the full spectrum products.
I take Natrol Melatonin 10MG citrus dissolve pills & have taken up too 3 a night. They help me & I always have vivid dreams with it….I am tapering back & weaning off. I used to be a night owl & have been working to change this. Great video & advice.:D
Relating so much to this. Sleep used to be easier for me and then I hit a patch where I became a super light sleeper and it’s been a challenge ever since. The main thing that has helped is for me to get out of the mindset that I’m doing it wrong. If I can’t sleep I’ll try my basic routine, if it doesn’t work then I do stuff I enjoy in order to not get stressed out. It’s helped with the anxiety component. I nap when my body wants to nap and pay more attention to my sense of stress and anxiety as well as what makes me calm.
It’s a process. Hoping you’re finding what works for you over the long term.
wow 6-9 months of sleep! my son is 11 months and we are finally cutting his night feeds so i can have 1 month of sleep before i go back to work. sleeping 7-7 at 4 months thats literally amazing!
preach! this is me entirely. stress only makes it worse, falling asleep is not hard for me, I wake up and my mind is on. Full stop
If you fancy it, please make a video about the “what I eat in a day” of Grackle! I don’t know if she has a perfect balanced diet but she definitely makes food great again 😉
I couldn’t find a review from you on Whitney Simmons for what I eat in a day video. I think that could be really fun she does a lot of shopping hauls and what I eat in a day videos!
Thank you so much for sharing, Abbey! The anxiety… YES. Even though it sounds like your routine is helping I will share my story because it totally coincides with your tip to stop being strict with yourself!!
I got on medication for my anxiety and boy is it GREAT. But my doctor and I also thought it was important for me to start behavioral therapy and we are working through allowing myself to nap. In the past, I would get PISSED at myself for sleeping because I would feel like I wasted time and was unproductive. Now I understand that if I need to nap, it is my body telling me this is important. I nap all the time now without the guilt and it is chef’s kiss
Thanks for the video, it brought me back to a time in my life with insomnia. It is really difficult! Thank you for sharing your story, and wish luck to any going through it.
Wow I needed to hear this! We have a very similar story and also history with disordered eating so I definitely think the 2 things are related to a tendency to over control. I go through phases of better and worse sleep and right now it’s pretty bad but I’ve given up trying to “fix” it as it’s true it’s more of a stress
For me journaling helps the most with my sleep problems because the main reason for my insomnia is my anxiety. I think your CBTI tip could work for me!
Since my last year of undergrad (last year) I’ve been going through insanely intense periods of anxiety and never-ending panicking which really affect my sleeping. Before every exam or stressful day, no matter how early or late I get to bed, how tired I am, the fear of not being able to fall asleep and be rested keeps me up until 3, 4, 5 am. It certainely showed me that I’m able to go through the day whilst having slept for 2h or less, sometimes not at all, but man does it affect my cognitive abilities.
I try going to bed at like 10-11pm, taking the time to unwind quite a while before and then reading in bed, which usually works ; but when I’m extremely anxious nothing can calm me down.
However I’ve seen some advice and recommandations in the comments that I’m for sure going to try out. Thanks a lot to anyone who shared their tips:)
I have never been a good worker. I started working shift work 13 years ago. In the beginning, it really made me sleep better. I would be so tired I would get a deep sleep when I was working nights, and I learned to appreciate a good nap when I had time. Eventually, it started to mess with my sleep. Now I’m pregnant, and I realize how much I rely on Gravol since I can’t take it anymore. My sleep sucks now. I’m not sure if it’s the pregnancy or just my messed up body.
THIS is what I call serving tea, in an evidence-based, professional, and classy way.
Get your health advice from a healthcare professional peeps, not an influencer pushing an unregulated product.
I used to have extremely bad anxiety & insomnia as well! One day I read an article that talked about sleeping more intuitively! It said if you can’t sleep, don’t worry about it! Just relax and think about what you want to think about. You’ll catch up on your zzz’s another night. Also, your body is totally capable after a night without sleep! You will sleep when you need to.
That article changed my life.
Hey Abby! You seem so genuine here, and I sincerely appreciate that! I’m sure it’s difficult to share your story, but just know that more real you are, the more we will hear you! Btw, magnesium and losing the rules is what works for me, too ����❤️
aww man hugs to you, sleep problems suck big time, they impact you whole life. big hugs to you! vhypnosis gets a bad rep, but they make it look weird in movies, so it’s a shame. i’ve tried ericksonian hypnosis and that worked really well at one point. NLP therapy also worked really well, as weird as it is, and the therapist showed me a trick to help you fall asleep. you close your eyes, move one foot as if you were tapping it, and move your eyes left and right until you basically switch off, because that movement interrupts inner dialogue, if that’s what is preventing you from falling asleep. it’s also really cool if you wake up in the middle of the night and have trouble falling asleep. completely agree with you on sleep having to be thoughtless to be good. recently, i’ve noticed that not thinking about how much sleep i’ll be getting that night, or just how my sleep sucks in general, is really helping, but that’s kinda tough to get to. but it shows that ron swanson’s sleep method of “where you close your eyes and you go to sleep” is king:’)
Dr Dray have to disagree with this one! Been using Melatonin for quite a while for my insomnia and it helps me go to sleep when I am still to awake regularly & I’d sure recommend it over a sleep rx with crazy side effects! edit: well you gave it some good qualities… but I use more then.5 like around 2-3mg and a good blend with L-Theanine etc. Anyway still works better then an rx for me & I am sure others is all I am saying.
Guuuuuuuurl. Please don’t feel like a failure for having sleep issues! You’re not alone! Thank you for sharing even when it’s not fun. ����
Can you discuss Cjades video called “how I overcome my depression and severe weight loss”
have you heard of ‘max relax’? I struggle staying asleep because I have TMD which is arthritic so I’m always tossing and turning trying to find a comfortable position. A naturopath I recently saw suggested this supplement but I’ve always been hesitant to take anything for sleep because I don’t want to be dependant on it.
I take it every night. Not sure if it really works or not. Some of the anti cancer benefits are impressive though. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5503661/
Thank you so much for the video. I can relate! The healthy bedtime habits have been creating so much anxiety for me! I will also try to just loosen the reigns a bit!
Sometimes I will take 20mg of melatonin, a beer, and a benadryl. That knocks me out. 0/10 would not recommend, I was desperate and it worked
I tried this technique called tapping that i watched on a ted talk, it actually helped, and I’m someone who has chronic insomnia who has tried everything.
I take 4 drops of melatonin+valerian (2mg melatonin, 1 mg valerian) and they help me to get sleepy and to be more relaxed but like you said they don’t make me sleep longer.. I think it’s subjective though
I’m on the autism spectrum and chronic insomnia seems to come with the package. I did make the mistake of taking chemical sleep aids in my early 20’s and quickly was addicted, taking sleep meds all day and night not to sleep, but just to get rid of withdrawals. I withdrew from those, which was hell on earth for a while, but I’d never take those pills again. Now and only now and then I take melatonin or L-tryptophan (sometimes both, and I’ve found that the lowest dose of melatonin helps me a lot more than higher doses), and what also helps me is skullcap tincture, or tincture of avena sativa. The tinctures also help for anxiety if I have it. I try not to take anything unless I have to, since the remedies tend to lose effectiveness if they’re habitually used, at least for me. But I’m sleeping, and in fact I sleep best when I don’t need to use any remedy at all! And I agree, skipping naps is crucial, so is no blue screen late at night, or caffeine late in the day (I’ve totally cut out caffeine but I know not everyone wants to do that), or heavy food late in the evening. I also made my bedroom into a cozy, comfortable haven I’m happy to go to, instead of dreading it LOL! I do read for a bit before bed, or do a crossword puzzle, but I associate that so closely with “time to sleep” that it doesn’t keep me awake. And I think I sleep better now because I get lots of fresh air and sunlight, since I have a garden to work in now, and often go to bed with that bone-tired feeling from a lot of physical work. I also make a herbal tea bled with calming herbs I grow in the garden, and my nightly wallow in the bathtub is always with cozy, calming bath products. I think those last two are more placebo effect, but hey if it helps me relax why not. Ugh I’m sorry, this turned into a sermon, haha! But those are the things that helped me get over a lifetime of insomnia that was eating holes into my brain. Happy Holidays, Abbey, and greetings from Germany.:)
thankyou so much for this video, u have helped me immensely!
should I take it at 11 pm or late afternoon? I am not sure if I simply am a night owl or in perpetual vacation sleep cycle. But, I think the main problem is, it is not clear to me why someone would take it at 11 pm as opposed to later afternoon in general.
Really what I’m getting from this is stop buying melatonin and smoke some weed before bed lol
This video was such a mirroring experience.
* I was too rigid as well when I tried to heal my messed up sleep cycle (which was disturbed by meds, depression, anxiety and (undiagnosed) ADHD). I was following the wrong for me advise like “the best sleep is before midnight” or “get up on 4:30 to seize the day”…if you are an owl, you are an owl.
*According to Sleep Doctor Breus, I am a dolphin, btw:D which apparently are all those ppl with insomia.
* Magnesium is the only “sleep helper” I take nowadays; L-Tryptophane, Ashwaghanda, sleeping pills, sleepy tea they all don’t work for me. CBD oil doesn’t either.
* I shifted my sleep time like you did, but in the other direction (1 to 9 am) and suddenly it worked to sleep through. (I don’t have trouble falling asleep, it was sleeping through that did not work.)
* No liquids close to your bedtime, approx 2-3 hrs, is key!
* Reducing screen time makes not much difference to me bc all my devices have a blue light filter now.
* Caffeine has no impact whatsoever on my sleep, again, this was due to me having ADHD and not knowing about it yet (I am in my mid-thirties).
…as for more topics, I would be very interested in you tackling the “mysterious” condition of fibromyalgia and what your take you have on it (maybe including nutritional advice, if there is any). I have fibromyalgia and endometriosis and clearly, many professionals do not have any clue what it is or how to deal with it…
Helps me go to sleep when I get off night shift from the hospital and sleep
I have chronic primary insomnia, had it since I was a child. It sucks but It doesn’t make you a failure and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. We’ll get through this! ��
I needed this so much!!! After nights of staying up all night to study for finals my sleep schedule is completely out of whack. I have also always struggled with sleep and need like 9-10 hours of sleep to feel well rested because of my terrible sleep schedule
I highly recommend putting on the white noise, or whatever, after you get in the bed. If I journal or whatever with the sleep helpers going, it makes me feel woozy and not sleepy (weird combo!).
I’ve personally found that bob ross and the twilight zone knock me out bc I relax so quickly to it:)
For myself, I generally have three or four days around my menstrual cycle that getting to sleep and staying asleep is almost impossible. I find during this time that things like gravol don’t work. Any other time of the month I can take a gravol and sleep through the night, if needed.
I used to struggle with sleep throughout my whole life, and to a degree I still do. The worst part is definitely the anxiety and the misconception about sleep that either we sleep 8 hours a night or we’ll be doomed. For me it also got significantly better when I stopped caring too much and trust my body more. Now instead of trying to force myself to sleep, I’ll just tell myself: “I sleep when I sleep. I’ll be fine”. There are still nights when I won’t get much sleep. Like recently I took my first flight ever and I had to get up at 4am. I think I hardly slept, but I was prepared for it. I instead focused on resting and listening to relaxing music. I knew that the next night I would sleep again and that I’ll be fine. So my advice would also be that losing sleep sucks in a way, but it’s no catastrophe either. And that paradoxly this will improve sleep drastically.
I recently came across your intuitive eating videos and they really resonate with me. Now, hearing about your insomnia and anxiety, it’s like you’re describing my life. I’m also prone to hold myself to very strict rules (for diet, lifestyle, sleep, work, anything really). It can cause so much anxiety…
I would love a video on infertility. It’s a new struggle on my path since a year now. I hear a lot of women trying to influence their fertility through diet (a lot of keto recommendations), so I’ve been curious to try things but also very afraid I will slip back into food-related anxiety…
I have anxiety and insomnia, but the thing is, for some reason both seem to act separately. I have regularly periods of intense stress where I sleep like a baby and times where I am psychologically really well where my sleep is terrible. So I really don’t know what to do with that.
CBD has done wonders for me and my sleep. CBD pure is great, it’s hard to find a good brand that’s not a scam or a pyramid scheme��
I can totally relate! I’ve always had issues with insomnia and similarly found the more rules/routines I had I the more pressure and anxiety would be associated with bedtime. Other than removing the rules, for me I think taking vitamin d consistently has helped a lot (I’m sure you’re already good with that). I’ve also been watching Gilmore Girls every night in my bed, which is the perfect boring/easy show btw. I really like the idea of intuitive sleepbrilliant!
I haven’t slept in 3 days because for some reason I’m sleepy but not sleepy enough.
I am going through this journey at the moment so this video came at the perfect time. I an trying to change my relationship with sleep as I have sleep anxiety about setting alarms. I’m going to try to do simple things bc I also believe that if my routine is too strict that I will get more anxiety!
Hi Abbey, thank you for your honesty. Gosh it makes me want to reconsider telling my friends who have insomnia, that they just need a good sleep hygiene. I will be more considerate with this going forward. I’m one who has naturally always been a good sleeper. In fact it’s sucked for my social life. It’s not easy for my body to stay up past 9 p.m. In fact, I’ve fallen asleep at friend’s houses, if we’re staying up too late chit chatting. It’s embarrassing. But for whatever reason my body just shuts down. I’ve even tried caffeine to stay up, and a lot of times, it only helps me stay up a little later, but it also really hurts my digestive system. �� Hahaha it’s also lead my family and friends to call me sleeping beauty. I guess there can be worse nicknames.
Oh Abbey….I so understand what you are going through. I wake up 1 1/2 hours after going to sleep with epigastric +/chest burning and lie awake waiting for it to stop and go back to sleep. This has been my lot for just over 2 years. I also have anxiety. I blame menopause.
Wrong. I can tell a huge difference when I take melatonin. About 30 minutes after I take it I get really relaxed and a calming feeling
This was a great video that deeply resonated with me, thank you so much <3
When I was a kid and a teenager I’ve always taken upwards to 2 hours lying in bed to fall asleep.
What helped me was Youtube, at first vlogs, but then ASMR videos. For two or three years I would only fall asleep listening to asmr (it was working pretty fast too, in less than half an hour usually) but then tried to use it less so as to not become fully dependent on it. Now I use it once a month I’d say (and more for anxiety attacks than insomnia). I fall asleep mostly to vlogs and filmed podcasts and it’s okay-ish.
I tried meditating before sleeping and it actually sends my anxiety through the roof lol so I do my yoga in the morning now which is way better.
I’d love to hear on your journey with CBT for anxiety, this seems wildy interesting.
I’ve ordered the book on CBT Mind Over Mood with my book budget for christmas and can’t wait to try it. I wouldn’t go to a therapist to get CBT because I live in France and most of the therapists here still suscribe to the freudian dogma, and also my other queer and/or asexual friends don’t seem to have had good experiences overall with the psychology community, so I’d love to know if there are any exercises that you did while practicing CBT that helped you and just would love to hear about your journey in general with it:)
I have insomnia and taking 2mg of melatonin every night has changed my life. I can finally fall asleep earlier than I normally would, wake up at 7am, go to workand still function.
Can you do a response video to freelee and unnatural vegan? Just curious on what your perspective is about what they’re saying.
Thank you so much forsharing your journey with this. I have similar sleep issues and I’m in the stage taking over the counter stuff 3x a week with varying success. Still trying to find out what works for me and these tips help. I’m also a mom and have a career and seeing other women share their journeys with various struggles in life and mental health make me feel less alone and less like a failure for my own. So I really appreciate your vulnerability. ❤️
Dr. Dray I cannot tell you how incredibly apreciated this video is. Just because a vitamin/supplement is OTC does NOT mean it is safe. I am appalled at the amount of sugar and or sugar substitutes that are contained in all of the “gummies”. I was recently dx’d with elevated systolic hypertension. After seeing a cardiologist, being tested for every possible abnormalities. It was determined that due to travel my circadian rhythm was off. The use of melatonin was discussed as a first line therapy as opposed to any of the SRI reuptake meds. Unfortunately it caused headaches and nausea. What did help enormously were deep breathing exercises and aerobics. All under strict medical observation. The supplement industry and their “magical” claims are a serious danger. Especially since they have been introduced as candy!!!!!!! May God bless you for taking your precious time to understandably create this magnificent video. You are a true medical practitioner. HUGE HUGS AND MAJOR APPRECIATION. YOU HAVE SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES. MUCH LOVE ALWAYS.
When you a ready an infertility video would be so helpful ��
Thank you for admitting you have an insomnia problem. It’s great to watch that even you have a journey to go through. Sodium, Magnesium plus calcium, potassium, copper, B complex, Jarrow’s PS100 are my insomnia go-to’s. Maybe look at adrenal fatigue as a possible cause of your insomnia.
You look pretty in your usual videos too. I kind of prefer how you look normally. Had insomnia. No idea, how someone could judge this.
What has helped me is journaling (when i start thinking things during sleep)
When i go to bed and can’t sleep, i stop trying after about 15 minutes and do something else and try again later. No judgment.
This is the most relatable video yet. I have found similar thing helps, the less you try to do stuff to sleep, the easier it is. Please make one on anxiety
I love this so much. As someone who has struggled with this for years I understand everything you were saying. Check out yoga nidra and also Traditional Medicinals makes a tea called Nighty Night Extra it is awesome ��
This doesn’t have much to do with the video but I’ve noticed it in a couple of videos and on the off-chance Abbey reads this particular comment…you’re eyes are so fucking cool. I’m not one to notice eye colour or wax poetic about things or anything but yours are so pretty they’re like jade or someshit.
I’m drunk and very disappointed that you aren’t Dr. Drey. Besides, why should I listen to a dermatologist about sleep medicine? That’s like asking a carpenter to fix my plumbing.
ThAnk you for posting this. I have severe insomnia and anxiety but when I can’t sleep, I actually don’t have anxious or negative thoughts they’re typically entertaining and fun scenarios, but interfering with my sleep. I tried everything melatonin, trazadone, meditation, CBD oil, reading, leaving my bed, warm (soy) milk, boring podcasts, not doing sports in the evening, doing more sports, doing less sports, everything. For whatever reason, a different brand of melatonin has been helping. I hope it continues to work. Am also going to look into the timed release melatonin!
Yes please do a vid on your anxiety journey. It would speak to so many people:) Your share would be so appreciative!
I know this channel is intended for the general audience but I think these kinds of videos talking about various studies are very interesting.
You are motherf***ing super woman! Love the vlogs please keep it up:) I’m glad you’re doing better ��
I take melatonin after long weekend/ vacays and for jetlag. It works great but the doses at the drugstores are way too high for me. I take half the pill and plan for extra hours of sleep so I’m not drowsy. I never take it for more than a few days in a row as it doesn’t seem to work after a while.
Hey Abbey, can you mention any changes in your body that you ve observed after restoring your sleep cycle? (Brighter skin, less edema, weight loss or gain etc)
I’ve been taking melatonin for a couple months now, and I am currently 3 days late on my period. I have had 2 negative pregnancy tests. Is there any chance melatonin is the cause? I take anywhere from 3 to 9mg a day depending on how tired I am.
I αdοptεd thε “Gοfαt Fanvuko” (ɢοοɢιe it) whεn my wifε αnd I dεcidεd it wαs timε fοr hαving α kid. chεck οut ɢοοɢιe tο find οut rεαsοn this plαn is imprοving mαny livεs. I rεαlizεd I wαs gοing tο εxpεct α bαby right αftεr 3 mοnths οf εαting hεαlthy diεt αnd αlsο pυrsυing thε plαn. This fοrmυlα hαd mαdε α lifε chαnging εffεct οn mε during thε timε I wαs lοsing hοpε in hαving α child duε tο my οld αgε.
Do you have any advice for someone struggling with the opposite problem? I can easily sleep 16+ hours a day when I don’t work. I always wake up feeling like I’ve missed the whole day but I just want to go to sleep again.
Bro one time my cousin had these sittin around and I thought they were those vitamin gummies and I went to town on em, I was slump in like a hour, keep in mind I’m a crazy hyper 7 yo at the time
i need this because right now it is currently 6:30 in the morning and i’m awake. i’ve done this every day this week.
It works different for everyone. I’m 14 and I had anxiety every time I went to sleep. Taking melatonin calms me and I’m able to sleep easily. It’s really good for kids with adhd, but for adults with YEARS of insomnia, it will be ineffective because they waited way too long to get sleep help, and they’ll need better sleeping pills.
Hey Abbey, would you considering reviewing Sanne Violet’s most recent video? It’s full of diet culture language as it’s a whole video about how to “detox” after the holidays. She has a large following and I’m worried she’s spreading misinformation and potentially damaging advice:) x
All the melatonin supplements on the market have high doses like 3mg or higher. Should really be careful with them.
I’m going through surgical menopause and it effects my sleep. I might get a couple of hours, then be awake for an hour and so on. I never get more than 3 hours sleep at a time. I find having my TV on actually helps if it’s something I’ve seen before and nothing too thrilling etc. I have hot flashes too so that isn’t helping with my sleep. I’m going to try getting out of bed if I don’t sleep after 30 mins of waking up see if that helps.
Wishing you well, hope your insomnia disappears till there comes a time where you forget what it’s like!
One question: Do these gummies can cause cavities because it contains sugar on it?
Greg Potter, what a legend!!
Thank you so much for giving your recommendations and as you said “shooting from the hip”, there’s nothing worse than listening to an hour long podcast of some meat head just saying “it depends”, “it needs more scientific research” before even giving any kind of recommendations or general guidelines.
Your facial structure is very odd yet you still manage to be attractive
This is why i love you dr dray.. You thought me about skin care product that you dont have to spend money just to have a beautiful skin.. And did i forgot to tell you, you are a lovely and beautiful lady dr dray.
It’s literally 3:58 right now I need this for school in like a week
Dr Dray I’ve had severe insomnia since I was 12. I can’t sleep without trazadone I’m completely dependent on it every night even with excercise. Is trazadone going to hurt me in the long term?
Thanks for covering creatine’s effect on sleep ( 34:40); something most people are not aware of, and not much available in the way of literature. It’s frustrating because, as you pointed out, there are so many advantages to taking creatine. I was wondering if there was any potential adaptive effect that might happen with adenosine once phosphocreatine stores have been ‘topped off’ in the brain for more than a few weeks, that might mediate the impact, e.g. do we just get used to lower adenosine levels.
Some other topics I would love to hear you speak about:
CBD supplementation on sleep efficacy, dosage, timing, etc. Can it be taken for extended periods?
Alcohol consumption on sleep well known to be detrimental, but how bad is it and are there ways to mitigate? Is there a threshold at which we can consume small amounts or at times in the day that reduce the impact on sleep? If alcohol helps more anxious types relax is it an acceptable trade off?
Apologies if these have already been covered in previous episodes. Thanks for the great info.
Thank you for sharing! I can relate to all of this all too well. I have had insomnia for years and it’s always nice to be reminded that I’m not the only one who deals with it. I’ve tried almost every sleeping pill, over the counter and prescribed, and none of that worked. Marijuana is the only thing that will calm me down (it’s legal in my state). But I also do CBTI as well. The hardest part after the sleep restriction I think is waking up at the same time every day. I can never make myself get up at 5 on the weekends. I would love to know your thoughts on going to bed and waking up at the same time 7 days a week.
I’m here because for one I love Dr Dray, two I want to see if there is any validity to what James Charles had to say about it, when he was trying to sell it to a bunch of children.
Thank you for this! I have occasionally used melatonin and it seems to help but may be a placebo effect! However, whenever I have taken it, I have really intense and violent dreams, like nothing I have experienced without it. That makes me concerned about what kind of effect it is actually having.
I can empathize with how bad insomnia can be. I started having trouble with insomnia in my teens, and by the time I was in university I was sleeping between 3 and 5 hours a night, and I was a total emotional wreck. The problem with insomnia is that it is so cyclical. Once you’ve had a few nights in a row of early bad sleep, then you start having anxiety about not being able to sleep, and you get anxious about the next day and how difficult it’s going to be to function and cope, and then you can’t sleep because of the anxiety. Then I started having hypomanic episodes, but I didn’t realize that’s what was happening, because it felt great to not be suicidally depressed, and I thought I was finally getting over my depression. I spent years on that roller coaster ride before I finally got diagnosed, and about another year or 2 before I finally agreed to going on an antipsychotic, because I didn’t want the weight gain (I had very disordered eating as a teen, and was really afraid of gaining weight). Only when I felt like I was about to lose my job did I start the antipsychotic, and yes, I gained a grossly unholy amount of weight, but I could finally sleep and had a much more stable mood.
Yeah, I feel ya… I have anxiety, depression, and insomnia as well. Unfortunately my anxiety/ paranoia gets worse when I’m tired. Sometimes I can take magnesium (natural calm) usually with hot water as a tea and calm down enough to at least sleep a little, take a nap, to calm down a little. I was always hesitant to take melatonin too regularly because of exactly what you said. I didn’t want to become reliant on it. And if ever got frustrated and took a high dose I would feel kind of dopey the next day which wasn’t exactly refreshing…I have better sleep with heavy blankets and a form of white noise (a/c running), perfect temperature & pillow… but its hard to make it all work together… I wish I could at least be productive during my insomnia. Instead of just staring at the ceiling tossing and turning.. I wish I could get up and work or something. But my brain doesn’t seem to kick into gear. Just can’t win this shit. lol Oh I just got to the part where you talk about magnesium natural calm! right on. lol I will have to try the time release melatonin. Have you ever tried a weighted blanket? I really want to get one. They are made for anxiety.
3 milligrams is a large dose? Oh crap, I take like 40 mg almost every night. It has never helped by the way, I just take it now because my brain is reliant on it and if I don’t take it I won’t sleep AT ALL. I’ve had chronic insomnia for the past 6 years or so and I will take any sleep that I can get.
Thank you for the very relatable video. And yes please your anxiety journey and anything CBT would be much appreciated! Sending love only.
Melatonin didn’t help me at all. I tried anti-energy drinks and found that they helped so I checked the ingredients list. Valerian root. I started thanking that independently and it works so good!
Thanks for this one Dr Dray, it gave me an ah hah moment I took some melatonin on a vacation from east coast to west coast and had the worst sleeping pill hangover the next day and thought what the heck. And then same thing happened when I tried it upon returning home. The dosage was 2mg and I use to take 4 with good results in the past. I didn’t think about it being unregulated. Listened this video and light �� went onthanks again for some practical enlightenment!
It doesn’t look like it’s going to really help me only sometimes I have a problem falling asleep ty for the info
melatonin production declines as you age so not everyone makes enough on their own.
I’ve been a night shift nurse for almost 10 years. Some nights it’s hard to sleep and some days it’s hard to get up; working out and eating healthy isn’t always the easy choice but it makes all the difference.
I have been diagnosed with “headache disorder”..basically I get 3 different types of headaches multiple times a week. My doctor told me to take 5-10mg of melatonin a day (at night). I don’t know how, but my headaches have been reduced dramatically since I began taking it.
Dr Dray what are your thoughts on Kylie’s walnut scrub? I’m at a loss as to why she would sell something like walnut scrub that has such a bad reputation in skin care
Wow! Terrific video. As a side note I cannot believe daycare workers were distributing the supplements to the kids! ��
I think we can only get it on prescription in the UK. We can’t buy it over the counter.
Melatonin isnt a ‘sleeping pill’ its does help some people to fall asleep faster. I occasionally feel very stressed and over tired as I have CFS, and cluster headache, taking a couple of them (10mg) can see me falling asleep within 15 minutes. It wont keep me asleep, but usually I am ok once I am asleep.
Dr Dray. getting the scoop out on Gummy Bear Melatonin…very timely! Dr. Drey your eyelashes are incredibly long, pl share your secret. You’re amazing.
Will you do an update video on deodorant. The aluminum free deodorants more specifically.
for anyone suffering, I would highly recommend Guy Meadow’s ‘The Sleep Book’, which basically accords with what Abbey said above and it helped me so much return to a normal sleeping pattern. Basically he says to stop with all the sleep routine stuff, which just puts sleep on a pedestal, and instead to learn how to be at peace with not sleeping and that you’re still going to be able to get through the next day and it’s not so bad paradoxically this allows you to sleep like a normal sleeper as it removes the fear from sleep:)
I just started using oils for my pm routine. I put the Retin A on after the oils then cerave moisturizer… did I do it right? I was google it and it says to put oils in after retina but YOURE the only one who knows what their talking about in my opinion:) does it really matter in the end????? Help me please
I was on melatonin (under the supervision of a treating physician) to help improve egg quality before an IVF cycle. I created my first ever frozen (3d) embryos.
I bought sleep aid form Dollar Store 50 mg 8 in package its in small blue box dont use daily but has been best sllep aid I ever tried..Ambien had me sleepwalking 2am dont remember anything for 2 hrs. very dangerous drug but selling beware….
I just purchased the Vitafusion Cherry flavored gummies for Sleep,they work for me within a half hour I am sound to sleep for a good 8 hrs.Found them on clearance at Meijer so thought I would try them.They work������
I’ve been taking the one from Hum nutrition. It’s got calcium and vitamin b6 in it too. My sleep was messed up with insomnia I was waking up and not being able to go back to sleep. I sleep longer with these, just me but they work for me along with a good night routine (tea and baths) ��
I’m really hoping that you make a response video to unnatural vegans video about IE and heath at every size. It was very disappointing to me and honestly super triggering. I wish she had put a eating disorder trigger warning on the video. The comments are horrible. I liked her views before but I had to unsubscribe from her. I don’t know if I trust her research and opinions anymore.
Perhaps,businesses like these should come under greater scrutiny, rather than the over scrutiny of sunscreens & the exclusion of superior filters.
Considering that I started adult life, I couldn`t sleep well. This “Fαntυgα Fαzαm” (Google it) sleep strategy has shown me good results even on my first 7 days of use. I assumed there’s no remedy to this issue I have. I thought getting Eight hours of rest is extremely hard to get. This treatment solution is ceratinly remarkable. It states several reasons and also a treatment for diverse circumstances of sleeping disorders. I`ve received plenty of medication programs to pick from…
This fits in well with the results of this study:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/10/20151015-paleo-sleep-time-hadza-san-tsimane-science/
“Though the San, Tsimane, and Hadza often average less than seven hours of sleep, they seem to be getting enough sleep. They seldom nap, and they don’t have trouble dozing off. The San and Tsimane languages have no word for insomnia, and when researchers tried to explain it to them, “they still don’t seem to quite understand,” Siegel says.”
I got mild insomnia for some time getting out of bed around Four am on many mornings. A couple of months back, I began to have just two to four hours rest every evening, leaving me in a a whole lot worse condition of insomnia. This program “Fαntυgα Fαzαm” (GθθGLΕ it), has aided me a lot in bettering my getting to sleep problem. This is in addition to understanding the principles of sleeping..
I keep telling my mom and sister it’s not good for you and it doesn’t work for me and they don’t listen
I have several medical conditions that cause major insomnia. I can’t sleep more then 3 hours without medication. I always love when i can use natural remedies such as my diffuser, reading a good book, or meditation to help me fall asleep but most nights that isn’t enough. I have tried so many things.. Sleeping medication is definitely not for everyone so thank you for spreading information on natural ways to fall asleep:)
Hi dr dray i have question. I am using olay moisturizer with aloe anf vitamin e with spf 30 which is combination of physical sunscreen.Also top of that i am planning to use la Roche posay with mextroyl in it…. will it is ingredients work together or is it bad idea to pair theses together
Hi! I’m not a big fan of all these gummies skin, collagen and sleep etc… I already take several medications for some health problems. I have no difficulty in getting to sleep. I’m the opposite, I have to limit my sleep! Many people who suffer from fibromyalgia often have a chronic fatigue problem. But I know a lot of people who have sleep problem!
I just sleep intuitively! It’s the best! Don’t overthink it!
Hi, can you do a video on skin barrier strengthening creams for sensitive skin?:)
I’ve never heard of sleep gummies, we don’t have them here. I take melatonin from Life Extension at night. I have insomnia, I don’t take any other medications.
Sleep meditation and talk down works way better than this crap
I’ve actually tried Melatonin Gummies and they work very well.
Here we have dr dray bringing us the science we need when beauty community just keeps disappointing us. Pliss make a video about beauty supplements and the regulation around them!!!!! Thx for your videos!!!!
I got the CeraVe salicylic acid cleanser in the mail from Amazon today. I have never bought anything from that site before (I live in Norway). The product arrived busted open with the product all over the bottle. And it smells very strange. Can I trust that this is the right product? Is Amazon trustworthy? I hope so, cuz I also bought the Hada Labo Skin Plumping Gel Cream and looking forward to it arriving… really hope I’m not getting bad products……
Thanks for sharing. Yes, I was thinking the same thing about using the intuitive eating principles for Sleeping. What came up for me was “trusting your body.” Anxiety is no joke. Learning to surrender is the best thing and hardest thing to do.
I’ve always been a very light sleeper with night terrors and nightmares. I just thought it was normal until college. Apparently, I was having cluster headaches (migraines) at night and had been experiencing them for so long that I didn’t even feel them anymore (my pain tolerance is already super high). The only thing that I was experiences was insomnia. I got MRI’s and meds. They told me I was depressed, I was stressed, etc. I didn’t feel like it. I started to believe what the doctors told me (defeated), and I resented the meds that didn’t make me feel any better. If anything they made it worse.
Finally, after a year, I went to my dentist and he asked if I experienced headaches and/or jaw tension. I found out that I was holding all my stress in my jaw, which was causing the headaches and insomnia. He gave me a night guard within days, I was sleeping better. I still experience night terrors and nightmares from complex PTSD. However, now I know it’s triggered from stress and I do all the things I know and love to relax, which like you differs day to day. I have to trust my body is trying to tell me something even if I don’t fully THINK I’m stressed or tired or _FILL IN BLANK_ and intuitively try the things that feels right in the moment.
Lmao “irresponsible marketing”. Just call it what it is: idiotic parenting. ��
I’ve been a bad sleeper for literally ever. For me, I make a distinction between tired and sleepy; I can be tired/exhausted but still not sleepy (i.e. can’t fall asleep)
The thing that helped me let go of a lot of the anxiety and stress was hearing a sleep expert say that rest is almost as restorative as sleep, so lying down in the dark just resting is almost as good as actually sleeping. So I stopped putting this huge pressure on the sleep part and that helped. I still suck at sleep but I don’t have the anxiety and stress attached to it.
Thank you for talking about the reality of insomnia. A lot of the sleep-expert recommended things just don’t work for a lot of people but there seems to be this attitude of “if it’s not working you’ve not tried it properly.”
I don’t drink caffeine, I don’t nap, I’ve tried getting up at the same time & going to bed at the same time, I’ve had the same bedtime routine for years. I use ASMR to wind down but because of my anxiety if I start nodding off while it (or a meditation) is playing I wake up immediate with such a start I can’t sleep at all. I have some herbal sleep tablets and the Yogi sweet dreams tea but if my brain is in serious insomnia mode they just make me even more tired, so much that I hallucinate, but still can’t sleep. My current living situation means that all my social interaction with people who really know me is online so I struggle to cut screen time because otherwise my MH crashes due to not connecting with people who see the world/think like I do.
Insomnia is rough, I’m glad I’ve basically given up trying to sleep like a “normal” person now. I definitely used to beat myself up for not being able to do this basic human thing.
I just recently started taking melatonin because I’m working graveyard shift now and I was having a HORRIBLE time trying to sleep.
It helps me, but I try to only use it as a last resort.
I heard many years ago that longterm use ( I don’t know how long that actually is) can result in your body shutting down production because it doesn’t have a reason to make it any more if there is so much coming in via supplemental form. And supposedly it is extremely difficult to get the body to begin making it again at that point if you stop supplementing.
Unrelated but, can you recommend any sunscreens specifically for the eye area, or face sunscreens that don’t irritate eyes? Thank you so much! ❤️����
Goooood morning Dr.Dray, wanted to know your thoughts on radio frequency for acne, does it have any benefits and do you recommend it? Thank you!!
made me really think about melatonin, which is not as effective after longer term use. That’s my own personal anecdotal evidence input, but it has been helpful at many times. This is a good topic. Exercise and freed up mind really puts me to sleep, have to agree with some of the commenters here. Good ole age is a real factor in sleeplessness. Off topic. I am a huge cerave fan (thank you Dr. Dray), and wal mart equate has a good dupe on cerave pm. I have compared them, and the dupe is good. It’s half the price. I learn so much on this channel, but I’m still clueless on sugar bear hair etc.:)
“How I learned behavioral skills to help myself sleep”
“How I learned to sleep better using skills”
Literally anything other than saying you learned to do it “without drugs”… because that in and of itself is pretty effing judgmental, tbh.
I would appreciate hearing about your relationship with anxiety. I am happy for your success and I personally started following your channel this year, but I am sorry that this was an extra stressful year. For different reasons, this was a very difficult year for me, as well. Good luck!
I have 3 boys 2 have autism and I was thinking of speaking to the doctor about giving them this when younger but as you said I stuck to my routine dimmed the lights made sure they ate and took a shower before bed and thank god it has been working great they get all 8 hours and so do I but of course all children are different and have different needs best of luck to all my fellow autism moms out there ������
Have you heard of Pruvit Ketones? A relative of mine tries to push it, but I’m sure it’s just nonsense! The drinks are supposed to get your body in ketosis and change your life!LOL! Of course it’s a MLM company. Do you think it’s a scam?
Hav used melatonin for jet lag coz flying anywhere from Oz is a long haul flight!! Had never heard of melatonin gummies thoughhow sneaky can they get??