I had terrible akrasia around going to sleep until I started taking 300mcg of melatonin an hour before I want to sleep. My problems pretty much vanished after I tried to play Dota after taking it and struggled to stay awake through it and the redshifted light from my screen. I did briefly have a lapse where I stopped taking it on schedule, but adding an alarm to my phone fixed that.
I also make it a point to lay down in bed and read on my redshifted phone, which likely helps. I’ve had no ill effects in the two years since, including addiction or tolerance (I can sleep just fine without it) and it’s cost me maybe twenty bucks.
Give it a try. Maybe it’ll be a miracle fix for you too.
Seconding the recommendation. iamef, maybe you want to play around with the dose; the usual dose is too high, and maybe you could take it ~3-4 hours before going to bed. (If you’ve already tried that, please ignore this).
To expand on this point, I get the impression that you’ve worked really hard. It may be time to take this problem to a medical doctor to find out if there is something they can suggest such as a diagnosis of one of the many conditions that result in sleep phase delay a la HPMOR.
I had terrible akrasia around going to sleep until I started taking 300mcg of melatonin an hour before I want to sleep. My problems pretty much vanished after I tried to play Dota after taking it and struggled to stay awake through it and the redshifted light from my screen. I did briefly have a lapse where I stopped taking it on schedule, but adding an alarm to my phone fixed that.
I also make it a point to lay down in bed and read on my redshifted phone, which likely helps. I’ve had no ill effects in the two years since, including addiction or tolerance (I can sleep just fine without it) and it’s cost me maybe twenty bucks.
Give it a try. Maybe it’ll be a miracle fix for you too.
Seconding the recommendation. iamef, maybe you want to play around with the dose; the usual dose is too high, and maybe you could take it ~3-4 hours before going to bed. (If you’ve already tried that, please ignore this).
Thanks for the recommendation.
I haven’t tried playing around with the dose too much besides breaking the tablet in half (which is likely still wayyy too much).
If what I’m currently doing starting failing, I’ll try that.
To expand on this point, I get the impression that you’ve worked really hard. It may be time to take this problem to a medical doctor to find out if there is something they can suggest such as a diagnosis of one of the many conditions that result in sleep phase delay a la HPMOR.
Is “you” referring to me, the author of this post?