jimrandomh comments on Case study: Melatonin - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jimrandomh 08 January 2010 11:46:35PM 2 points [-]

I tried melatonin for the first time last night after reading this article. I will report back my results in two weeks.

Comment author: Mass_Driver 08 April 2010 07:04:50PM 2 points [-]

Where's the report? It's been more than two months. :-)

Comment author: jimrandomh 08 April 2010 07:47:28PM *  10 points [-]

The outcome was an abort for a reason that's not generally applicable. (Using melatonin prevented me from waking up in response to high or low blood sugar, which matters only for diabetics like me, but is an absolute showstopper, since failing to wake up in response to low blood sugar could be fatal.)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 April 2010 10:01:53AM 3 points [-]

On the one hand, it's not generally applicable, but on the other, you're probably not the only diabetic reading LW.

Comment author: Mass_Driver 09 April 2010 02:24:44AM 2 points [-]

Sorry to hear it! Better luck next time you go pharma-spleunking.

Comment author: nshepperd 29 July 2013 06:23:13AM 0 points [-]

Ah, only just saw this. That's a shame. But for the benefit of anyone else reading this, I'm also a insulin dependent diabetic, and so far I've observed that on melatonin I do still wake up in response to low blood sugar. Therefore this may be a thing that varies between individuals.