Posted by cybercafe on May 21, 2005, at 12:04:36
In reply to Re: Melatonin safe with MAOIs?, posted by djmmm on May 20, 2005, at 15:26:08
> > Hey guys... I am sleeping at the strangest hours. Find it really hard to sleep when I should. Want to try melatonin..
> >
> > I am also taking parnate 30 mg / day.
> >
> > Can I combine the two?
>
> Sure..I do almost nightly.I read that MAO is responsible for breaking down melatonin. So if it is inhibited, the melatonin levels should remain higher longer, no?
Having said that... I took about 1.5 mg last night and finally re-set my circadian rythum! A whole 10 hours straight! I love this stuff
... though playing around with the body's hormones is something that really scares me.
Especially since melatonin is not a pharmaceutical, which I am assuming means not as much testing is done on it.
P.S. - i need to find a better line for friends that are CONVINCED "all natural" = safe, than "yeah well so is arsenic, cocaine, and lithium, but I don't see you taking any of those"
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