Quote Originally Posted by AnabolicDoc View Post
I have a lot of difficulty sleeping so I see a sleep doctor who's really great btw. He recommends to most of his patients that take melatonin to start with 0.5mg to 1mg 3 to 4 hours before bedtime. He also advises that at the time you take the melatonin, you should dim the brightness on your TV's and computers as well as where blackout shades or sunglasses if you go out after taking the melatonin and is still light out. To even further enhance this protocol, he recommends a bright light be used for 30 minutes in the morning immediately upon waking, specifically the one sold by litebook.com, or preferably just go outside and use the sun as your light source.

I have found this protocol very effective and significantly decrease the number of nights that I take or need to take a sleeping pill (I use Klonopin/clonazepam - about 2x per week, otherwise a tolerance builds up quickly and it loses effectiveness). Also I bought the litebook through Amazon last year for $100 less than the prirce it's sold at by the manufacturer's website.

light is recommended for S.A.D. (SEASONAL ATTRIB DEPRESSION) as well, lite therapy is solid~ highly recomend