Health

I am 58 and I have been taking 2-5 mg sublingual melatonin at bed time for 2 decades or more.

I am not dependent on it to sleep, I can skip and still sleep. I did originally start taking it when work stress was making sleep difficult, but I've retired so work stress is gone and I sleep well.

I take it more as an antioxidant that crosses the blood brain barrier as a long term strategy to reduce oxidative stress.

I recently tried doses scaling up to 80mg and monitored my sleep and saw no real difference in sleep or any other noticeable benefits so I have reverted to 5mg.

Sleep measurements were with an Apple Watch and the apple health app.

Not the most accurate way, but it's all I have to work with at the moment.

I talked to a doctor before the increase and we found no research indicating problems with high doses. So it wasn't as a complete maverick move.

Feel free to ask questions. I can articulate my experiences but clearly not offer medical advice as I am not a doctor or any type of practitioner.