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Steve Farmer <safarmer@aimnet.com> wrote: >Jason Taylor wrote, re melatonin production: >> >> eroth@data.att.com wrote: >> >> : In article q2q@Vir.com, nexus@Vir.com (Alan Pollock) writes: >> : >Actually, according to multitudinous medline reports and from other >> : >sources, the pineal gland does Not loose the capacity to produce >> : >melatonin, nor does it ever stop producing it whilst supplements > are [being given]. >> >> That's great news if true! I'm a sceptic at heart though, so would >> you be so kind as to post the references of the papers which show that >> production is independent of serum levels? Many thanks in advance. >I agree with Jason. I've used time-release melatonin (1.8 - 2 mg/night) >for over a year now. I developed signs of tolerance after a few months. >I now use melatonin every *other* night, and so far the strategy has >worked perfectly, at least so far as sleep quality goes. (What all this >means in regard to melatonin's putative anti-aging properties is an open >question). If I try to use melatonin every night, my sleep tends to be >fitful. The same thing happens if I double the dosage. Every other night and it works OK, double the dosage and it doesn't. Then the logical thing to try would be *halving* the dosage, but taking it every night. -Kevin Goldstein kg@kg.com * snip * >Steve Farmer