Hi,
I was just wondering is melatonin an effective tool for reducing anxiety-related insomnia?
My sleep has been reasonably good as-of-late, but any time I have something stressful upcoming (exam, interview etc), my brain has a tendency to start overthinking, worrying, and then worrying about a lack of sleep, which create a pretty vicious cycle and ultimately hinders my sleep quality.
I understand melatonin is effective for inducing sleep in general, but I was wondering if it has any sort of anxiolytic effect that might help to calm me down?
I currently do use blue-blocker glasses an hour before bed, as well as meditating (admittedly, I'm only 2 weeks into a mindfulness program) and taking supplements like arginine, bacopa, ashwaghanda, theanine, and magnesium, and whilst my sleep quality has improved a huge amount, when something daunting is upcoming, I struggle.
Would it be safe and effective to take a relatively low dosage (1mg) of melatonin on a consistent basis to improve this?