I know I have posted about this twice already...So I'm really sorry for the repeat...But I am 100% clueless.

Alright, melatonin.

I have a million questions...Maybe like 5...But still...

How do I know what dose is enough? Like last night, I took 1mg again, but I was up at 3...Took another...Is it bad to do that??? So then I was up again at like 5:30...Then I just gave up and tried to sleep on my own...

Also, when do I take this stuff? I don't really have a 'sleep schedule' and I don't really know how I can make one being a full-time student...I am a three sport athlete, I am taking college classes, I have homework to do...The time I go to sleep/wake up might change day to day. I can control it on the weekends for the most part, and I can probably control when I get up, but I don't know about going to bed, that will be hard to control...I have some days where I don't have to be to school until ten, other days I have to be at the college and in class at 7:45...I don't know. Any suggestions about that?

I've taken this for 3 nights now, and it has helped me fall asleep...But I woke up last night, but not the two nights before that...Also, I've had some dreams now, I don't know if that is good or bad? One of them I have had for two nights in a row now, and it's pretty graphic and violent, not a fan of it...I still don't remember many dreams though.

Do naps mess with the melatonin? I don't really know, but I took a long nap in the car yesterday when we were travelling. Like I slept for 2 hours or more...

And I still panic. I don't get it. It's kind of pathetic...I always used to think for a LONG time before I would actually fall asleep. I just wouldn't be able to shut it off. So now when it shuts off, I kind of freak out. I don't know if it's because I'm not used to it or what...But I'm hoping I'll get used to that???

Last question I hope...I think staggering/skipping doses was said somewhere...Any recommendations on how to do that?

Just want to apologize for all the repeats...And for kind of being obsessed about this...I guess you could just say that I'm a clueless 17 year old.

Any help would be so greatly appreciated...

Hope everyone is doing well.

JDA