r/Supplements • u/diddy_hastiny00 • 17h ago
Finally got some 🥹
In the uk Melatonin is prescription medicine and hella expensive
Brands like this comes in clutch £23 for 180 pills including shipping WOWWWWWWWW😛😛😛😛
I have a pill cutter too gonna split one pill into 4
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u/Pixelen 15h ago
Oooh I'm in UK where did you order from? Have you tried any yet
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u/diddy_hastiny00 15h ago
Yes tried one yesterday. Mate Shit definitely works. Feels like melatonin too not some laced stuff .
Search up Biovea melatonin on internet .
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u/MysteriousEngineer42 16h ago
Bigger is not better, 5mg is a lot.
It's often recommended to have 0.5-1mg for the best results.
You'll have to see what works best for you, but don't think "not working, need more" cause the opposite may be true
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u/diddy_hastiny00 16h ago
Ohh yup. Got this coz it’s the most cost effective one. I bought a pill cutter too. Gonna split one pill into 4
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u/dr_bigly 16h ago
Are they not capsules?
Might be trickier, though you can always water titrate (I think it's soluble, someone check?) - dissolve in an amount of water and then divide the water to dose it.
I. E 5mg in 100ml water = 1mg in 20ml of water.
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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 15h ago
Was this ordered from the biovea website ? I'm based in the UK too and used to have a prescription but they won't give me another one.
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u/diddy_hastiny00 15h ago
Yes Biovea website
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u/Mammoth_Spend_5590 15h ago
Thank you! I tried 5-htp for sleep and it's OK but I know 1-2mg of melatonin works best for me
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u/diddy_hastiny00 15h ago
Yea they do have lower dose than 5mg
They also got liquid drops, gummies, fast release and slow release too. And it’s soooo affordable 😝
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u/Dry-Flounder-6087 13h ago
The amount of misinformation swirling around in this post is absolutely baffeling.
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u/diddy_hastiny00 12h ago
Ik 😭 that’s why I’m pretty much agreeing to everyone coz don’t wanna argue.
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u/DanOhMiiite 7h ago
The less you take the better. Your body produces 0.1-0.3mg by itself. I'd recommend breaking those into 4 pieces and taking 1.
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u/Gabba-barbar 15m ago
I’d start with less than a quarter and see. I had effects from 0.5 mg.
Mine were capsules and I’d mix it in water.
I feel bigger doses help to get to sleep, but I tend to wake up more when it wears off
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u/eligoscreps 14h ago
There is no too much unless ur taking like 50g of melatonin. Optimal doses are in the microgram range, but if u need supplemental melatonin, taking 20mg or 0.5mg doesn’t affect efficacy.
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u/Accomplished-Newt640 16h ago
How come you can just order on the UK website?? I get melatonin on online prescription and it's so expensive! Are these legit? So cheap in comparison
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u/diddy_hastiny00 16h ago
Yes Legit . USA based company got delivered in 2 days . Many people use Biovea in the UK.
Law is a bit different coz importing melatonin without prescription is Legal .
I mean u can search up Biovea is Preety legit2
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u/Objective_Analysis84 16h ago
Yes legit, not sure how they can supply them though!
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u/dr_bigly 16h ago
Because it's only illegal to sell melatonin in the UK.
This transaction presumably occurs outside the UK.
You'd be amazed how lax our drug laws actually are.
Most regulations are on commercial suppliers, not private customers.
As long as its under 3 months supply (and who knows what dose that's at) then you're cool.
And that's just guidance for seizing - the bar for actually charging with intent to supply is much higher.
And that's presuming anyone even checks - obviously people deal and post actual Class A's without much hassle.
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u/slymarmol 16h ago
5 mg is alot. I usually take a 1/3 of a bite from a 3mg gummy, so maybe like 1mg dose. I once took a 10 mg gummy from my mother-in-law and slept straight through a full weekend.
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u/Asleep-Load-2842 15h ago
Take very low dose say 3 mgm
Melatonin can cause weird symptoms next day like jitters, dizziness etc and vivid dreams during night
Natural sleep is always good
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u/diddy_hastiny00 15h ago
Yes thanks . Surprisingly enough my GP told me to continue melatonin it’s an actual good brand which Biovea is. So imma me splitting each pill into 4
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u/A_RAVENOUS_BEAST 16h ago
5mg is a huge dose and actually 1mg is also excessive. The correct dose amounts are very low because it is a brain hormone. Optimal dose for melatonin is around 0.3mg
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u/diddy_hastiny00 16h ago
Im gonna cut the pill into 4 pieces
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u/alasw0eisme 13h ago
I recently read a study that says it makes things worse and even has side effects. Don't remember the authors though. Google it and good luck. I don't have a horse in this race. I'm lucky my sleep patterns are fine.
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u/PlanktonOld6762 12h ago
Bro do you realize those are hormones ✌️😭
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u/diddy_hastiny00 12h ago
I do 😭. Not proud of it but I take roids so not really first time using hormones 🥲
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u/PlanktonOld6762 12h ago
That can mess you up, why don't you use natural ways to increase it or take magnesium glycinate it works pretty well too
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u/FEK88 9h ago
Careful with these. Ended up getting severe heart palpitations after using melatonin for a few months and sleep disturbances I’ve not gotten over after a year. Palpitations stopped a few days after I stopped the melatonin though.
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u/JustRaphiGaming 6h ago
If you took them a few months how do you know the melatonin caused all of this. It's even less likely considering you still have the symptoms long time after you stopped using melatonin.
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u/KeyZookeepergame9466 13h ago
0.3mg per day, yet I see gummies that are 20mg per dose! Not waking up for a week.
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u/royalpyroz 16h ago
Melatonin is a hormone. Prescription needed. Have you tried fruit based melatonin gummies? My kiddo takes them sometimes as her night snack. It works!
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u/IncredibleDongle 11h ago
What country is this? In the US you can buy melatonin anywhere, like literally grocery stores.
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