Low dose of melatonin worked after over 20 years of nonsense
I just wanted to make this post for those who are potentially on the fence about it. I am lucky that I found a sleep specialist who suggested this to me. I take it 6 hours before I wish to sleep, I get into bed about an hour before hand and I generally fall asleep roughly when I'm supposed to. Sometimes under sometimes over but it never drifts too far.
Due to the side effects of how it makes you groggy the next day I only take it to reset the pattern, I don't take it everyday. I only take it for a few days to solidify the pattern and then it'll stick for a while before I repeat the process again. I've had my pattern shift as far forward as to 4am in this process and this method has managed to drag it back to a 12am sleep which is my personal sleep goal. Something I've never been able to do before and would have to wait for my pattern to go all the way around again.
I take between 0.5 and 1mg depending on the availability of what is prescribed. As it is a prescription it's guaranteed to be the real deal than something OTC/off the internet which I think is quite important too.
I waited for a good few months of trying this before posting as I simply couldn't believe it was that simple.
Thanks for listening.