While we're sharing our anecdotes, at the suggestion of a coworker I took 5mg melatonin each night for a few months, which worked wonders for actually staying a

While we're sharing our anecdotes, at the suggestion of a coworker I took 5mg melatonin each night for a few months, which worked wonders for actually staying asleep at night. In my experience the important part was taking it at the same time each night to mimick how the brain naturally releases the hormone. I never, for example, used it to sleep during the day after an all-night flight, just to regulate my day/night cycle.