Marnie's Snakes

[angrygamer]

For clarity's sake, she's a regular vet. I think part of her bio is supposed to read like, "Tom enjoys Whitewater rafting on the weekends and long walks". The part that amused me though was the "acupuncture for small animals".

As far as homeopathic remedies go, my stepmom has been into them for a long time, so I have tried them for a lot of them for different things. What I have found from them is that they work once or twice and then they quit working. I don't know how much of that is from the placebo effect. For instance, I took melatonin to help with sleep once, and I got the best night of sleep that I had in years. Melatonin is known to be a mild hypnotic, among other things. It worked the first and second times I took it, and then it quit working. I kept taking it for another month and it didn't have any effect. At all.

[PINJOHN]

I don't know how much of that is from the placebo effect. For instance, I took melatonin to help with sleep once, and I got the best night of sleep that I had in years. Melatonin is known to be a mild hypnotic, among other things. It worked the first and second times I took it, and then it quit working. I kept taking it for another month and it didn't have any effect. At all.

I take melatonin on a regular basis and i think you may have misunderstood its function, melatonin is a natural hormone produced by us all and helps set the rhythm of your sleep, science has learned how to produce it synthetically with the purpose of fighting the effects of jet lag, it's not a sleeping tablet and does not put you to sleep, instead its intention is to reset your sleep pattern when you are already sleeping, with my job i keep unusual hours but still need to lead a family life as far as possible hence my use of this substance, not as easy for me as i would like as it is only available in the UK on prescription not over the counter like in the states but i can usually get relatives to bring me some back from their vacation the best thing about it is there is no side effects ...have to sign off now as i have a doctors appointment, i need to speak to him about this extra head growing under my arm...

[angrygamer]

I take melatonin on a regular basis and i think you may have misunderstood its function, melatonin is a natural hormone produced by us all and helps set the rhythm of your sleep, science has learned how to produce it synthetically with the purpose of fighting the effects of jet lag, it's not a sleeping tablet and does not put you to sleep, instead its intention is to reset your sleep pattern when you are already sleeping, with my job i keep unusual hours but still need to lead a family life as far as possible hence my use of this substance, not as easy for me as i would like as it is only available in the UK on prescription not over the counter like in the states but i can usually get relatives to bring me some back from their vacation the best thing about it is there is no side effects ...have to sign off now as i have a doctors appointment, i need to speak to him about this extra head growing under my arm...

I may have, my dad takes it on a regular basis so I hear about it. It's what he recommends every time I complain about a sleep problem.

WebMD does list it for jet lag as well as insomnia.

And I will say this: it did affect my sleep somehow, like I said, I got the best sleep that I've had in years. To more accurately describe it, the sleep was much deeper than ever and the quality was great. I don't know if that's what the intended effect was.

As I previously said as well, my experience with many homeopathic/herbal remedies is that they work well the first or second time I use them and then they quit working.

This discussion has inspired me to try it again.

"We now return to our regularly scheduled thread."