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Quakerfriend

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4. I hope parents aren't using melatonin to get

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Jun 11, 2023, 01:21 PM

Jun 2023

their kids to bed early. Not many kids have
trouble sleeping.

As an aside- I have noticed something odd. When I take melatonin the next day @ 2 pm I become like Rumplestiltskin & must find a bed immediately to take a snooze.

This happen even when I take the smallest dose (1.5mg) & I am not a napper.

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Something Weird Is Going On With Melatonin [View all] Celerity Jun 2023 OP

Trying to get kids to go to sleep? Pills look like candy? Huh? SharonAnn Jun 2023 #1

Too many kids supplemental are gummies. haele Jun 2023 #8

I immediately started scanning for the word "gummies" GopherGal Jun 2023 #9

We buy chewable melatonin that has a pleasant orange flavor. Sky Jewels Jun 2023 #12

Thought this was another name for Mrs Trump milestogo Jun 2023 #2

Me too! Ha. But seriously, I didn't give my kids anything for sleep, except a song and txwhitedove Jun 2023 #3

Yep! Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2023 #5

My first thought, as well. niyad Jun 2023 #6

I hope parents aren't using melatonin to get Quakerfriend Jun 2023 #4

This is so bizarre. Thank you for bringing it to us. Geez, haven"t these people niyad Jun 2023 #7

Ha! I clicked on this post thinking it was going to be about Melania calguy Jun 2023 #10

When i was a kid it was warm milk. IcyPeas Jun 2023 #11

Melatonin supplements affect the natural use it or lose it abilities and slowly lose effectiveness. TheBlackAdder Jun 2023 #13

Everyone seems to love melatonin, but when I've taken it, it felt very strange, like sleep paralysis liberal_mama Jun 2023 #14

Young people should not need melatonin. ananda Jun 2023 #15

Parents drugging their kids to get them out of their hair in the evening? Hotler Jun 2023 #16