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[proximoception]

Even the tiny amount of melatonin I take heightens light sensitivity, to the point where I have to cover up laptop lights etc. to get to sleep now. And I reliably wake sometime in the hour after dawn, so sleeping in doesn't really happen (in the summer anyway).

Not a major problem - if I want more sleep I can just go to bed earlier or not take the melatonin. Latter course keeps me up a bit later, of course.

Real exercise is hard to make time for while primary-caregiving but otherwise my life is much more organized and healthful now. Melatonin made it possible. In part by making regularized (not binge) tea intake possible.

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[grashupfer.livejournal.com]

Is sustained reading getting easier?

[ensenchiridion.livejournal.com]

I recently read a little about gaboxadol but can't speak from experience - has it come up? My guess is you'd probably have to do some poking around to find it as it's come under some negative stigma due to mild psychedelic quality (which happens to be the same as in Ambien, but you know how people can be when they hear "psychedelic".) Also, apparently no amnesia with gaboxadol...

My experience is with Zopiclone, but I only use it occasionally, so it may not be useful for your situation.

Do you find wakefulness after melatonin is immediate? Unaided, I experience a morning fog, and sometimes with medication a morning fog, but with melatonin I wake up ready to climb out of my bed immediately.