Originally Posted by
J Fish
I also like to use melatonin but I add 5-HTP. The melatonin helps you fall asleep while the 5-HTP helps you stay asleep. It is particularly helpful to push through the 2 am wake up. While I still wake up, I can more easily get back to sleep once I started this regimen.
I would caution you with what you’re saying. Melatonin is a hormone, not a sleep aid. 5HTP attempts to influence seratonin production. No clinical research has ever been done (at least academically) that uses 5 HTP for sleep assistance.
Pilots really need to be careful using anything other than coffee to mitigate fatigue.