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Default Yesterday at 10:15 PM
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My CBT-I pdoc (a sleep psychologist) explained that for Melatonin to work, one needs a very low dose and to take it not at bedtime, but about 5 hours before you plan to go bed.

I used Melatonin in the past but it did not work, so I stopped. That was some time ago. It turns out, I did it wrong in two ways: took megadoses and at bedtime.

For a week, I have been taking 300 mcg (not mg, mcg) several hours before going to bed. It seems to work. Knock on wood. Will continue with this regimen.

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Bipolar I w/psychotic features
Last inpatient stay in 2018

Geodon 40 mg
Seroquel 75 mg


Gabapentin 1200 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects)

Long term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- hypothyroidism
- obesity BMI ~ 38
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