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as i often have trouble falling asleep, people have been recommending me to take a melatonin pill half an hour before going to bed.

what are you’re experiences with it and is there anything i should be worried about?

Laser 2y ago

1. Never supplement melatonin, it can disrupt your natural production.

2. Quit/pause alcohol and caffeine.

3. Wake up early. Get sun right away. The evening alarm is more important than the morning alarm.

4. Eat more animal products and fruits, less grains and no seed oils.

5. Try out lifting; Starting Strength is a great program. If stressed, journal. I like bullet journaling.

6. Supplement glycine, taurine, and magnesium glycinate. Take a tablespoon of raw honey before bathroom stuff.

7. Make room cool and dark. 67-69F for most people. Blackout shades. Lift head of bed 1-2". Set phone in bathroom. Read fiction with an amber/red book light.

Your welcome.

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mcshane 2y ago

solid advice. red light after dusk is my new melatonin

tanel 2y ago

Never heard of the red light used like that before, noted 💜

mcshane 2y ago

jack recommended it. my wife laughed at me installing these all over the house but later had to admit it’s relaxing

tanel 2y ago

used to always have a Himalayan salt lamp in my room ever since I was a child, which is the closest i’ve probably experienced to that 🤔

really like how they look + how calming they felt https://cdn.nostr.build/p/On0G.webp

jack 2y ago

What is bullet journaling?

Supplementing anything means there’s probably something wrong with your diet.

Blackout shades likely harm circadian rhythm.

Red lights or candles always.

Laser 2y ago

It's a hyper minimal yet powerful journaling method that eliminates the need to use your device for day to day life.

I was able to stop using digital productivity apps all together, but also establish a solid format for long form writing, day to day journaling, habit tracking, and doodling.

I only use my phone for shared calendar with the wife and nostr now. 😂

nostr:npub18ekka6n399pskjzjusvduscem5c99dewg2swe3u68vdce92cmxgszeht3g knows I'm a big fan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm15cmYU0IM

Bitcoinbekka 2y ago

WHERE YOUR PROMO CODE LASER?

Laser 2y ago

There it is. 😂

BowTiedGroundHog 2y ago

+1 for bullet journaling. I still use the official app for notes when I’m not around my notebook.

tanel 2y ago

Do you personally take any supplements?

Laser 2y ago

I take dessicated ruminant organs, although I don't consider them supplements. My fav is bull's testicles.

If you find that glycine and taurine are of great assistance, then just increase the consumption of meat and connective tissue. Again, these are amino acids, not really supplements.

I also take minerals: full mineral mine salts, ionic minerals, fulvic minerals, and shilajit.

I've been experimenting with #methyleneblue in the morning to help restore energy now that I've dumped coffee.

jack 2y ago

mr eugenides 2y ago

“If your body makes it, you’re not meant to take it”

As all Mitochondriacs know…

pukka 2y ago

nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m is plenty supple 😜

PABLOF7z 2y ago

red lights are game changer

Azz 2y ago

Just jotting things down with a key for the bullet point, like things to do with a check box bullet, things to remember in a full circle etc.

It is the only form of jurnaling/note taking that has ever worked for me.

Duvel 2y ago

I would think that for magnesium that most people are deficient and that it's difficult to get the RDA by food alone.

Laser 2y ago

Aye, the soil used to be absolutely full of magnesium before industrial farming and petro fertilizers.

Dissident Sound 2y ago

computer screens are inherently blue due to the technology.

putting a candle next to your PC won't help ;)

tanel 2y ago

Thank you so much for this, love the way you structured it also, made it really easy to read 💜

Séimí Mac Síomón 2y ago

The red booklight, can confirm . Must check out the rest .

Mark Camper 2y ago

Why the raised bed?

point-alpha 2y ago

Nice recommendations, except the first. I could not find a source/reliable paper on this. I guess it is not right. Can you help with good source for this? 🤔

Ocean 2y ago

Look up huberman labs episode on sleep protocol.

He outlines problems with melatonin and suggests better alternatives. I believe he cites sources.

Can also seat for huberman labs sleep protocol toolkit if you just want a summary.

Melatonin has a host of issues some I knew about before Huberman, and a bunch more I learned after listening to his discussion. It’s legit

point-alpha 2y ago

Thanks, nostr:npub1y0kt3nttqhre2utsglce4pzyma67lp3xumldwzkkfrdkpjjht6qqnlyrh7 , very helpful. I will look it up and report here for our nice #nostr friends a little bit later. Appreciate very much! 🙏

point-alpha 2y ago

I did not forget this. I dived down this melatonin issue and I found some diverging arguments from different research. Well, that’s science. …

Will continue and report here.

Ocean 2y ago

Great to hear 🤙

Here is the podcast I mentioned that discusses some issues with melatonin. I timestamped the link to the correct part. (About 1 hour 16 mins 45 seconds in)

I followed the morning sunlight, exercise, cold shower, and magnesium part of his protocol last year and it was the best sleep I’ve had in years.

So while the evidence on melatonin may be mixed, I can tell you that in my case it definitely wasn’t necessary. (And I had tied it in years past without the awesome success I had last year)

https://youtu.be/h2aWYjSA1Jc?si=ZqwTdcB_N0YQUi3Z&t=4603