I have read through the archived posts about people's experience with melatonin and I just wanted to report mine and possibly take suggestions. I have trouble falling asleep, and trouble staying asleep. Usually I'll wakeup at least 2 times during the night to piss and have a little trouble falling back asleep. The problems have been chronic for a little more than a year now. I first used ambien, then found it hard to sleep when I stopped. I ended up getting another prescript and basically realized that the reason I couldn't sleep at night was that my body had no routine. I ended up using xanax to fall asleep during the summer after I ran out of ambien. While coming back to school, I brought some xanax with me, but am about to run out. I have been working on my patterns so that I can have healthy sleep from now on, and I started taking melatonin.
This is where I finally get to the point -- I have been using it for about a week and I am pretty sure that it works well to help me fall asleep. I know for a fact that I'm not staring at the dark walls for 3 hours anymore before I doze off lightly. However, I am still waking up, and even the slightest disturbance will wake me in the early hours (about 5-6 hours after initially falling asleep). I feel ok during the day, but not rested still. Does anyone have any recommendations to stay asleep, maybe hit REM for the first time in a year?
I am taking 6 mg of melatonin about an hour before bedtime. I go lie down relax and watch stupid network television till i feel tired enough to goto sleep. Does anyone else have similiar problems?