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10 mg? Wow. I didn't know they sold them that high!
If I was using it myself I would just take the 10mg tablet and see what happened, it isn't going to do anything particularly harmful. But if I was supplying them for someone else I would either split the dose or buy new ones. Some people are reluctant enough to try pills that an initial bad experience will turn them off completely.
It is actually pretty hard to say. Response to melatonin in humans is just bizarre. For some people 0.1 mg is too much while others could gulp down that 10mg tablet and it'd be just right. The degree of sleep difficulties don't necessarily come into it.
It could work wonders if her difficulties are melatonin or sleep-clock related or it could do absolutely nothing. :/
She's bipolar, and apparently bipolar individuals tend to be chronically low in melatonin.
Ouch. Yes, and also a group that responds very well to getting a consistent, stable sleep pattern in order.