jimmy comments on Case study: Melatonin - Less Wrong

21 Post author: gwern 07 January 2010 06:24PM

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Comment author: jimmy 07 January 2010 07:14:25PM 2 points [-]

I've done an informal polling of my friends whom I've introduced to melatonin, and the majority of them noticed more vivid dreams without me mentioning it.

I use it only occasionally, but the effect it has on my dreams is too large to fake (and I noticed it before ever hearing that it was supposedly a common side effect)

Comment author: gwern 07 January 2010 07:53:57PM 2 points [-]

I've noticed it too, but I didn't really think it germane to a cost-benefit evaluation. More dreams is a mixed blessing in general - unless one wants to do lucid dreaming, which is an entirely different kettle of fish, and this little essay covers enough as it is.

Comment author: jimmy 08 January 2010 12:12:25AM 2 points [-]

I'd say it's worth mentioning, though not worth spending many words on.

Some people I've talked to won't take it because they don't want any more nightmares than they already have.