side effects and these side effects can actually make using it not worth it.
The most common side effects of melatonin supplements are nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, and headaches. Melatonin has the ability to cause headaches and migraines because of a few different reasons. The first one (and which may be ironic) is that melatonin disrupts your sleeping cycle, which can cause headaches. This is because changing your natural sleep-wake cycle causes headaches.
Another reason why using melatonin supplements can cause headaches is because there is no regulation on what is actually in the product. Since melatonin supplements are considered a dietary supplement, they have fewer restrictions on what’s actually in the product when it comes to the FDA. Potentially you could be taking a melatonin supplement with low melatonin levels that probably won’t really help you. Or you could be taking melatonin supplements that have a mixture of different supplements in them on top of the melatonin. It all depends on the brand and the label but even the label may not tell you what’s actually in the product that you’re taking. This could all lead to bad headaches and migraines.
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Natural Remedies For A Better Sleep
If you are someone who uses melatonin but notice more problems than solutions, you should know that there are natural remedies out there to help.
As mentioned earlier, drinking warm tea before bed, and taking a soothing and warm shower or bath while adding essential oils or eucalyptus can help induce your natural melatonin levels and cause a faster wind down for the night.
Using a diffuser with essential oils that help promote sleep (eucalyptus) can also be helpful.
Exercising as well as turning all the lights off and making the room dark before you go to bed can also help you achieve a better sleep faster.
However you choose to go about sleeping better at night, just make sure it doesn’t do more harm than good.