I took melatonin for most of a year, until one month ago I forgot my supply at home, when I came back to uni at the end of summer. My sleep has been disrupted a lot, but this coincided with a flare-up of Crohn's disease which was mainly responsible, so it's hard to assess how much worse my sleep is without the melatonin, although I definitely plan to resume taking it.
I take generic equivalents of the vitamin drink Berocca, plus iron and vitamin D to fill in the gaps and because deficiencies of those are common in people with Crohn's. I also take cod liver oil, which has lots of alleged benefits that I haven't really kept track of the evidence base for.
I take all supplements and medicines with breakfast in the morning.
The Crohns flareup and the Melatonin may be a causal relationship. Melatonin is a powerful anti-inflammatory, and Crohns is exacerbated by inflammation.
Since it turns out that it isn't feasible to include check as many as apply questions in the big survey, I'm asking about supplements here. I've got a bunch of questions, and I don't mind at all if you just answer some of them.
What supplements do you take? At what dosages? Are there other considerations, like with/without food or time of day?
Are there supplements you've stopped using?
How did you decide to take the supplements you're using? How do you decide whether to continue taking them?
Do you have preferred suppliers? How did you choose them?