Do Sleep Gummies work?

Melatonin for sleep. Do sleep gummies work?

Sleep is an essential ingredient in our body for the overall proper functioning of our body. Just as an appropriate intake of food is necessary, for the relaxation of the brain, we need to provide adequate sleep also regularly. 

You must adhere to your sleep schedule. When you are in complete darkness, you will have a restful night's sleep. Your brain sends signals to generate the hormone melatonin when sleeping in the dark. Melatonin is a hormone made in the body to regulate day and night sleep and wake-up cycles. It usually encourages sleep. People who complain about sleeping problems means they have a low production of melatonin in their bodies. The production of melatonin decreases in daylight. It also decreases with an increase in stress level. 

Melatonin is a hormone produced by the brain when you are in the dark. As your melatonin level increases, you start feeling calm and relaxed and soon doze off. 

Sleep gummies are helpful for the short term and sleep gummies should not be taken for long-term uses too. They can create an addiction and are also harmful. Sleep gummies may be taken because of anxiety, periodic limb movement disorder, and restless leg syndrome.

Sleep gummies are helpful for those with sleeping disorders due to shifts, stress, or sleeping awake disorder, i.e., short-term usage. 

If you consume sleep gummies, and it is not being helpful, in that case, you may be suffering from other diseases, or maybe you are on some other medications, which may not allow the production of melatonin, even in darkness, which may discourage sleeping or in the worse case, lead to insomnia. Further these issues may even worsen, and if left untreated, and one may have to consume some other medications and suffer from its complications.

Sleep gummies also have some side effects. Though it is beneficial for curing sleep disorders, sleep gummies may be harmful to some people, and all are not advised to consume sleep gummies. 

Some people, like pregnant women, people with high blood pressure, and patients who have type 1 diabetes, or epilepsy, should not consume sleep gummies without the permission of the consulting doctor. Sleep gummies may harm them or may reduce the effectiveness of the medications they regularly intake.

You should try and avoid sleep gummies or melatonin gummies if you feel you're unable to wane off of them. And if it is still not possible to get a relaxed sleep, do not consume any of those gummies without the consultation of a doctor.

Try to maintain a regular sleeping schedule, maintain darkness and provide all the comfort which you need while sleeping.

When in a medical store, we find the shelves filled with medicines, but sleep gummies are nowhere to be found. This is due to the fact that they may be unsafe as U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved them yet. It means the sleep gummies are not safe to consume as per them.

They may contain some hidden ingredients which may not be listed in the doses mentioned. The doses of different sleep gummies may vary too. It is always preferred to consult a doctor before consuming them. In one study, various inaccuracies were found when checked. The dose and the ingredient mentioned on the label varied from what actual dose was present in the sleep gummies. In the long term, sleep gummies may also induce some diseases related to protein deficiency. 

Short-term sleep gummies may be helpful, but they may cause some other diseases if taken for the long term and you may get addicted to them, which is then very difficult to get rid of. 

Melatonin gummies

Melatonin gummies are used as alternative medicine in treating insomnia. Melatonin gummies are primarily effective for blind people.

Melatonin gummies are also used to treat problems related to infertility. Due to a stressful life, some women might not be able to sleep and shall not be able to conceive, causing infertility. Melatonin gummies, in that case, may regulate their sleep cycles, leading to recovery.

In some cases, even after conceiving, women might have sleeping disorders. They may consume melatonin gummies, in consultation with a gynecologist. If permitted, they may consume melatonin gummies which, again will regulate their proper sleep cycle, hence not letting any harm come to the pregnancy. 

In research, it was found that melatonin gummies help to treat ulcers, depression, bipolar disorder, macular degeneration, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, enlarged prostate, chronic fatigue syndrome, and many other conditions.

Melatonin gummies must be purchased from a reliable herbal store to prevent contamination with toxic substances.

Melatonin gummies are not effective for people who have diabetes: depression, blood clotting disorder, high blood pressure, epilepsy, or seizure disorder. High doses of melatonin gummies may affect ovulation and become a stone in the path of conceiving.  

Melatonin production decreases if we are habituated to a particular pillow, mattress, regular place, and all other comforts that aid in sleep. So shaking things up a bit will help.

Also Read: What Are The Benefits of Melatonin Gummies?

Melatonin Gummies Uses

• Sleep Easy

Melatonin gummies are considered fruitful when taken orally as they help us go to bed early. One may need a longer time to go to sleep and melatonin gummies are helpful more to them i.e. who go to bed early but need at least an hour to go to sleep. 

They may waste their time using electronic devices like mobile, television, tablets, etc leading to a longer requirement of time to sleep. Consuming melatonin gummies in this case will also prevent them from wasting time before sleep and also protects from the radiation from electronic devices which  discourages the production of melatonin. Thus, most people resort to melatonin gummies. Melatonin gummies use can be beneficial for both adults and children.

• May Treat blood pressure

If a person can’t sleep, they may get frustrated, and their blood pressure might shoot up which may further worsen sleep trouble. Medications for blood pressure may also discourage the production of melatonin.

Taking melatonin orally may trigger its natural production as well. Thus, melatonin gummies use to treat blood pressure.  

• Helpful in Cancer

Cancer patients are allowed to consume melatonin while in chemotherapy or while consumption of certain medications. Melatonin gummies benefits also include reducing the tumor size and improving the mortality rate of cancer patients. It helps to improve blood platelet counts, which are associated with cancer, i.e., it helps to create white blood cells that help to fight infections.

• Treat confusion and anxiety after surgery.

Children receive a medication called sevoflurane after surgery. Taking melatonin gummies orally before anesthesia might remove the anxiety and confusion created while waking up. Thus, melatonin uses are present there for children during surgeries.

• Acts as a painkiller

When taken orally, melatonin also acts as a painkiller. Melatonin gummies use also enlists suppressing pain during uterine disorders. This, as a painkiller, is used to treat pain during menstruation, intercourse, etc.

• Jet lag

Melatonin gummies are used to help keep alert and reduce laziness and tiredness during the daytime, due to the fact that with regular healthy sleep cycles one feels energetic throughout the day. Melatonin may not help people with jet lag to fall asleep in a shorter period than before.

• Migraine

Consuming melatonin orally before going to bed may help prevent migraines, but melatonin gummies use is not beneficial in treating it.

• Reduces anxiety

Most of us have a habit of getting anxious before some important work and challenging tasks. Melatonin gummies use is helpful here to reduce anxiety and stress levels and be relaxed and perform the work well.

• Sunburn

Melatonin gummies use is highlighted when it comes as a sunburning gel. Especially during summers, when you are exposed to the sun, melatonin gel acts as a sunscreen and prevents the skin from sunburn. 

Melatonin Gummies Do Not Affect 

• Athletic performance

Melatonin gummies use is ineffective on athletes, as they do not act as a booster. Once they stop performing or cycling or running, they won’t be able to work again on consuming melatonin. As far as athletes are concerned, consuming melatonin might not affect them.

• Alzheimer’s disease

Melatonin gummies use do not work on people who have Alzheimer’s disease. Intake of melatonin will not bring any behavioral changes in the person who has Alzheimer’s disease, but it may help clear the confusion as the sun goes down.

• Infertility

Melatonin gummies use are ineffective for those women who undergo treatment for infertility. Melatonin is taken orally and hardly has any improvement in increasing pregnancy rates.

• Depression

Taking melatonin orally does not affect people with depression. If you take melatonin, thinking it may reduce your mental stress level and improve depression, you are going wrong. Melatonin gummies use is not worth it to people with depression.

CONCLUSION

In the United States, Melatonin is considered a dietary supplement. It is not much regulated and allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a prescription or over-the-counter would be. 

In other countries, melatonin is considered a drug and is available only by showing a prescription from a doctor. As far as children are concerned, melatonin is not advised to children quickly. As melatonin is a hormone, it might be that the melatonin may be secreted after puberty, on-set of periods. Over secretion of melatonin might not be beneficial.


Authored By: Bhavishya Pahwa

About the Author : Bhavishya Pahwa is a budding writer who has always confided in a pen. He believes that art is a cure-all and that introspection followed by writing can add to the sanity of the world.