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And what evidence do you have that it works the way you say without side effects... ? My self-experiments with Provigil say that nothing can reduce my long term need to sleep without severely deteriorating my mental capacity. Plural of anecdote being data...
Feel free to go through WP, all the studies linked in various places on this page, and every study that 2 seconds on Google & Google Scholar would turn up, and explain them all away.
I never said you needed less sleep. I said you needed less time for sleep; they're not the same thing. Not every minute spent in bed 'sleeping' is actual sleep, nor every minute asleep of equal value & quality; to quote myself:
Either effect might be the reason, or both of them together.
Which studies do you find particularly convincing? Cochrane has only meta-analysis of short-term melatonin use for jet lag, which I don't doubt.
Which studies show that melatonin allows long term reduction in need for sleep, and that this sleep reduction has no negative consequences?
Saying you need "less time for sleep" only applies to people who have difficulties falling asleep, and needs some evidence anyway.