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Ahhhh!!!!! It is ten after one in the morning, and my daughter will not stay in bed!!!! We're leaving for a mini-vacation tomorrow, so she's probably too excited to sleep. I would just go ahead and go to bed myself, but being the nice mom that I am, I'm trying to secretly put together surprise car-bags for the kiddos - book, new coloring book, treats, etc. *shakes fist* I hope Operaetta appreciates her bag in the morning when I've got circles under my eyes!
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I've never heard of using melatonin, rivka. How does it work? She hasn't appeared for 10 minutes, so I'm praying that she's starting to go to sleep. Of course, I've thought that at least 50 times since 9:00, but I'm an optimist, darn it!
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I have personally found melatonin useful for helping with jet lag. But a RL friend uses it on her hyper-and-up-till-all-hours son (on the recommendation of a doctor, I think), and she says it helps quite a bit.
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I think, *clasps hands together* we might have achieved sleep. Perhaps she received a telepathic message about the cattle prods. It's okay, though...I shall have my revenge tomorrow morning when I go to wake her up and she says, "One more minute" and I don't grant the request. I really do love being her mom, though. She reminds me *so* much of Ramona Quimby.
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I don't use melatonin because the same as any sleeping aid, the body can develop a tolerance to it fairly quickly. Like 3 days. I think it also supresses ovulation in some animals. Probably why they don't conceive in the winter or something.
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Ok, I've only ever used OTC melatonin to deal with jet-lag -- and that took about 4-5 days, maybe less. So I don't have personal experience with using it as an occasional sleep aid. (Using it every night, even if it worked, strikes me as a bad idea.)
But, pooka, this is a hormone that you produce every day anyway. The idea here is to get your daily sleep cycle back in sync. I suppose high levels might reduce ovulation.
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