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I’ve been putting off taking melatonin- did it take long to work or did it work straight away?
1. I take it about 8.30 pm, read for an hour, then I feel like sleeping. I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow. Used to take at least 30 frustrating mins to fall asleep. And the sleep quality is deep and refreshing.
2. I had improved sleep from the first time I took it. The improvements in my memory - which are absolutely real - kicked in noticeably after about two or three months.
Note that I am taking 40mg each night to get this result with my memory.
As an example of the effects on my memory, I live in Indonesia so I read Indonesian books sometimes but it is frustrating bcs I often have to look up words that I have looked up dozens of times before. And then ten minutes after looking up the word, I have forgotten it again. Annoying.
But since starting the melatonin my memory for this has improved markedly. Last night I read an Enid Blyton young adult's book, about 120 pages, without looking up a single word. Previously, I was looking up a word every page. So this stuff does work.