Has anyone else ever used melatonin? I very occasionally use a low dose (one miligram) to get to sleep. That doesn't knock me out, but it does help me relax, which means I can sleep. Yesterday, because I was panicking very badly (for a whole bunch of boring reasons) I decided to use it to calm down. It did seem to help, and at bed time I took two instead of one, and got to sleep in the end. Woke up at a reasonable time too, well rested and alert for once. Actually did some language study from about five till six am.

Then, later in the day I began to panic again, and I took three.

And as you can imagine, fell asleep, and had the craziest dreams ever.

Now, obviously I'm not going to take anymore, I'll probably just have to put up with the panic, but has anyone else ever... I'm not even sure how to describe it... got "high" on melatonin? Because that seemed to be the quality of the dreams. they were very realistic, and when I woke after an hour I honestly thought I'd been asleep all day.

I took it because I felt that as a natural supplement it was safer than going to my doctor for anti anxiety drugs or sleeping aids, and used once or twice a month it's been fine. But this was latest thing was very intense, and I was wondering, is it a dangerous substance for people with bipolar/schizoaffective type disorders?