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Originally Posted by Espi
Tryptophan OTOH is what I use when I know that I'm going to sleep poorly because my carbs have been very low. I surely wished to have known about the effect of carbs (or tryptophan) on sleep as it would have helped me so much in the past..
It's the raised insulin levels that will help push more tryptophan into the brain.
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I've used Melatonin mostly for quite some time .. but for me .. I have to take really ridiculous amounts of it to get the relaxation/sleepiness I need to be able to fall asleep relatively easily (usually I take 10-15mg a night!) ..
So since you've used both Melatonin and Tryptophan .. can you distinguish between the effects of them? Would Tryptophan be better in terms of inducing that sleepiness more so than Melatonin? Or would I be better off combining them? Not sure on that one?