Most "dangerous" sleep drug is actually great

Almost everyone thinks melatonin is bad for your health.

• It messes with your hormones

• It’s not real sleep it’s like being knocked out

• It’s super addictive and you build a tolerance

Wrong, wrong, and wrong.

Melatonin has had one of the greatest positive impacts on my life.

I used to have bad insomnia. I’d be up all night. Thinking, anticipating the next day, brainstorming about my current interest.

See I’m probably quite similar to you.

I love learning.

I’ll be up working and learning, reading and writing. I always switch off at my bedtime, but I’m wired. The lights, computer, high stimulation work, has kept me awake.

These nights are all too common for people who actually have a life, they switch off melatonin production.

The fix is supplementing melatonin. All it takes is 3mg.

Melatonin has no feedback loop, this means you can’t build a tolerance. Some people get psychologically dependent, but that makes sense. If it helps you sleep, why get rid of it?

I will admit there is one side effect someone can get from melatonin.

Melatonin overdose.

Look this isn’t scary, I swear 😭

A lethal dose of melatonin is something you couldn’t reach if you took an entire bottle of the stuff.

However, a melatonin overdose is when you still have melatonin in your system when you wake up the next day.

It makes you feel a bit groggy and tired.

There are two ways to fix this.

1. Take melatonin 3 hours before bed, this is the fix 9/10 times.

2. Take a lower dose.

Try option 1 before option 2.

If you have trouble with your sleep I hope this is something that helps you too.

Let me know how it changes things by replying to this email.

Your Hypertrophy Hero,
Fletcher

P.S. You might not think sleep matter too much but this is what destroys a lot of people’s growth. Someone who only gets 5 hours of sleep also gets 60% less gains than someone with 8 hours.