Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Procedural Knowledge Gaps - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 February 2011 03:28:15AM 2 points [-]

I take 0.4 mg an hour or two before sleep, then 0.3 mg timed-release (sold by LEF) just before getting into bed.

That took a lot of tweaking to find.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 18 February 2011 05:27:52AM 1 point [-]

This advice seems reasonable. However, I don't see why timed-release melatonin wouldn't be helpful in preventing early awakening (especially assuming you want to sleep past dawn), and I don't understand their recommendation to use timed-release only when trying to shift sleep by more than 1hr (1hr earlier, I presume).