Melatonin

Sugarbeat

Does anyone here, with T2D, take melatonin, and if so have you noticed it effecting your fasting levels? I'm considering taking it to see if it has any effect on the whole dawn phenomenon thing.

I need to see my Dr about this but my old one left and the new one went on maternity leave 2 days before I was scheduled to see her. She won't be back until June and I can't see a specialist without a referral from her. So I'm on my own. Well, technically there are other doctors in the clinic but I've seen them before and don't like them. I did recently get my blood work done and everything was right where it should be. Don't know if that makes a difference.

GaleHawkins

Melatonin may increase blood sugar, therefore decreasing the effectiveness of diabetes medications to lower blood sugar. Melatonin may also constrict blood vessels, which could be dangerous for people with high blood pressure or heart disease.

livescience.com/42066-melatonin-supplement-facts.html

Man that is one hormone with a ton of impacts on life.

KnitOrMiss

L-Theanine works similarly to Melatonin as far as helping sleeping. Maybe it would have a similar effect as what you want without the side effect? I really have no idea, though. Melatonin has NEVER worked for me, but L-Theanine did.

Sugarbeat

Thanks! I've read that taking melatonin can raise levels but the I read that some studies have found a link between low melatonin levels and T2D. Talk about confusing.

Keliandra

I cannot take melatonin as it interferes with my SSRI (fluoxetine).

KETOGENICGURL

Melatonin is a natural sleep hormone of your body, but after 35 (for women) it's production in your system slows dramatically to half..along with menopause, it can make sleep whacked. Since it is OTC and the FDA does not examine it you can't know if what you buy is an exact dose time after time, no matter the price. I've had really effective cheap M,and a total waste of money with others from HFS. I love it, and a small amount makes a big difference..finding dose, to not be groggy is important.

Here is SOME research that infers some good with in in T2

http://www.melatoninfaq.com...15. Diabetes (Adjunct Therapy) - Melatonin used together with Zinc may improve glycemic control in patients that are not responding well to Metformin.

http://www.mdlinx.com/endocrinology/news-article.cfm/5765516
"Several experiments on rats prove that chronic melatonine consumption fights obesity and diabetes"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24867433

Research paper: Melatonin, the major product of the pineal gland, has potent_antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, and its production is impaired in chronic renal failure.
Findings- In summary, the present study showed that melatonin administration attenuated oxidative stress, inflammation, and hypertension and retarded deterioration of the remnant kidney function and structure in rats with renal ablation. Clinical studies are needed to explore the efficacy of melatonin in humans with CKD, particularly since the results with other antioxidant therapies are more compelling in animal models than in human disease .
If proven effective, melatonin would be an attractive adjunctive therapy, since it is a natural, inexpensive, widely available , orally administered and relatively safe product

The KEY word in this report listed above....livescience.com/42066-melatonin-supplement-facts.html is "MAY"cause, NOT it "Does Cause"

Sugarbeat

Thanks for that Keto. I started taking it but haven't seen any significant changes in blood sugar. Either it isn't the cause of it or there is no correlation for me specifically.