The outcome was an abort for a reason that’s not generally applicable. (Using melatonin prevented me from waking up in response to high or low blood sugar, which matters only for diabetics like me, but is an absolute showstopper, since failing to wake up in response to low blood sugar could be fatal.)
Ah, only just saw this. That’s a shame. But for the benefit of anyone else reading this, I’m also a insulin dependent diabetic, and so far I’ve observed that on melatonin I do still wake up in response to low blood sugar. Therefore this may be a thing that varies between individuals.
I tried melatonin for the first time last night after reading this article. I will report back my results in two weeks.
Where’s the report? It’s been more than two months. :-)
The outcome was an abort for a reason that’s not generally applicable. (Using melatonin prevented me from waking up in response to high or low blood sugar, which matters only for diabetics like me, but is an absolute showstopper, since failing to wake up in response to low blood sugar could be fatal.)
On the one hand, it’s not generally applicable, but on the other, you’re probably not the only diabetic reading LW.
Sorry to hear it! Better luck next time you go pharma-spleunking.
Ah, only just saw this. That’s a shame. But for the benefit of anyone else reading this, I’m also a insulin dependent diabetic, and so far I’ve observed that on melatonin I do still wake up in response to low blood sugar. Therefore this may be a thing that varies between individuals.