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by neckardt 2098 days ago
It's been tough nailing down the optimal time, but right now what works best is taking 300ug of melatonin at 10:20pm and falling asleep at 11:50.

In the past I tried various different times ranging from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. Even taking it at a suboptimal time is better than not taking it at all.

There are also a few other things I do to keep my sleep schedule on track:

1) I heavily use bluelight filters on my computers and phone in the evening. Redshift/gammastep on Linux gives me full control.

2) I have low blue light lights which I use in the evening [0], then I switch to fully red bulbs in the hour before going to sleep.

3) I have a super bright daylight LED lamp which turns on automatically at 8:30am, a few minutes before I wake up. This is my solution to automate light therapy [1].

All of this combined lets me function mostly like a normal person. Hope some of that helps.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=2000k+bulb

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_therapy

1 comments

Great, thank you very much.