DREW IS DOPE
Why am I writing about mixing alprazolam (Xanax) and melatonin? Because I’ve done it a few times – and did it last night. My aim was to research whether the combination is safe and/or more useful in certain ways than each substance used individually. Xanax (al…
Read articleEarlier this year while listening to podcasts about sleep and insomnia, I stumbled upon the neuroscientist Andrew Huberman of the “Huberman Lab” podcast who discussed melatonin with Matthew Walker (sleep neuroscientist). While discussing melatonin, Huberman st…
Read articleAccording to a 2012 survey administered by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), around 1.3% of U.S. adults (3.065M) had taken melatonin within the past 30 days. (R) (This was more than a 2-fold increase from just 0.6% of U.S. adults who admitted to u…
Read articleMelatonin is a hormone endogenously secreted by the pineal gland at night/evening and regulates one’s circadian rhythm (i.e. sleep-wake cycle) via interaction with melatonin receptors in the brain. Melatonin also: regulates blood pressure; interacts with the i…
Read articleWhat is high-dose melatonin? There’s no objective scientific/medical consensus for what is “high-dose” melatonin. You might ask several people what they consider to be a high-dose of melatonin – and you might get entirely different answers. The body endogenous…
Read articleWhat is low dose melatonin? 300 mcg (micrograms) or less – equivalent to 0.3 mg or less. This is my answer – so let me explain how I came up with this number. There’s no objective scientific/medical consensus for what is “low-dose” melatonin. You might ask sev…
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