[eagleseven]

	Originally Posted by DrCiao To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Testosterone is very different in composition from melatonin. The two aren't comparable.

They are both hormones, and both dramatically affect human development and daily biochemistry in ways we don't fully understand.

Melatonin is key to the circadian rhythm. People who disrupt the circadium rhythm by working changing shifts, or the night shift, over the long-term die sooner.

Nobody knows the long-term effects of jacking up the circadian rhythm with synthetic melatonin use. Perhaps we can study you in a few decades to find out?

[DrCiao]

Originally Posted by eagleseven To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

They are both hormones, and both dramatically affect human development and daily biochemistry in ways we don't fully understand. Melatonin is key to the circadian rhythm. People who disrupt the circadium rhythm by working changing shifts, or the night shift, over the long-term die sooner. Nobody knows the long-term effects of jacking up the circadian rhythm with synthetic melatonin use. Perhaps we can study you in a few decades to find out?

There are already multiple studies about prolonged melatonin usage. All have been positive.
I, Myself have been taking it since 1998. That's 14 years of excellent health *knock on wood*

[eagleseven]

	Originally Posted by DrCiao To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	There are already multiple studies about prolonged melatonin usage. All have been positive. I, Myself have been taking it since 1998. That's 14 years of excellent health *knock on wood*

I hope you donate your body, or at least your demographics, to science!
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[DrCiao]

	Originally Posted by eagleseven To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I hope you donate your body, or at least your demographics, to science! To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

Well I recently got my physical and blood work done, and it said my body was functioning at a level of someone who was 10 years younger. So who knows?
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[Doggzilla]

Thats really interesting, and I know some other long term melatonin users, probably around a decade.
As for 5-htp, I have started using it every other day, and it still works wonderfully. Ive cut out caffeine again, and it was sooo much easier this time. I dont have cravings in the slightest bit, which is amazing seeing as how I used to crave caffeine more than Morphine or Oxys. Im not kidding in the slightest.
Ive had a ton of stress on me lately, and Im handling it like its almost not there.

On a separate note, I have been taking an energy and a memory mix of vitamins, and they both seem to be working really well. I could barely get through the workday before, and now I have no trouble. I work about 70 hours a week, about 40 driving. Ive only had two days in the last two weeks that Ive been tired at the end of the day.

[Nightmare]

I've begun taking 5-HTP again and am having actually very good results. From yesterday's 'down in the dumps' to today's 'enhanced mood', I feel much more productive and sane.

[Doggzilla]

	Originally Posted by Nightmare To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I've begun taking 5-HTP again and am having actually very good results. From yesterday's 'down in the dumps' to today's 'enhanced mood', I feel much more productive and sane.

Still going strong myself. I found that avoiding fructose and taking in more omega 3s has really helped to stabilize my progress.

[ppu6502]

I took 5-htp for about a year or so, every day, pretty high dose (200mg time release).

It worked well, especially toward the start. I noticed that it reached some point where I don't seem to want it anymore, I feel better without it. So, I've stopped taking it and have a bit more energy and feel even better than when I was taking it. So, overall it seemed to be productive and not habit forming.

Then again it probably gave me cancer or something, but oh well.