melatonin (was: Smelly armpits)

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In a message dated 3/30/04 7:57:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,

s.fisher22@... writes:

> Short term, as in several weeks. Ron told me to use it for 2-3 weeks then

> stop. He said in his experience that's all it takes to get things back to

> normal.

Taking it for longer can also really screw up your system.

Chris

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> RE: [OT] Smelly armpits

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>At 06:45 PM 3/30/04 -0500, you wrote:

>>>Pardon the clueless one here, but what does melatonin have to do with

>>>sleep? Enlighten me.

>>

>>It's a hormone (produced by the pineal gland) that helps you to sleep.

>>

>

>And there I thought it had to do with skin color. Or maybe I'm just

>confused and I've mixed one thing with another (which is not terribly

>unusual).

You're mixing it up with *melanin* :-)

>

>Is it used as a long-term boost (yah, I know, oxymoron " boost " with " help

>sleep " ) or an occasional?

Short term, as in several weeks. Ron told me to use it for 2-3 weeks then

stop. He said in his experience that's all it takes to get things back to

normal.

Suze Fisher

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At 07:59 PM 3/30/04 -0500, you wrote:

>>And there I thought it had to do with skin color. Or maybe I'm just

>>confused and I've mixed one thing with another (which is not terribly

>>unusual).

>

>You're mixing it up with *melanin* :-)

Ummmm, yeah, that would be it.

>

>>

>>Is it used as a long-term boost (yah, I know, oxymoron " boost " with " help

>>sleep " ) or an occasional?

>

>Short term, as in several weeks. Ron told me to use it for 2-3 weeks then

>stop. He said in his experience that's all it takes to get things back to

>normal.

Cool. I don't have serious problems at the moment (at least not

attributable to specific obvious things), but there are enough that I like

to learn what I can if it ever gets worse down the road. Thanks.

MFJ

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