What day is it?

[trinityvixen]

I stayed late at work on Friday to do some studying and I was here for much of the weekend as well to the same end. I've now been at my job for more than a week straight. I'm having issues figuring out times and such. I think I have test today. That's about as far as I've gotten with scheduling. I also have a presentation to give on Friday for

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[ivy03]

I had the most uncanny and horrible experience of knowing myself to be awake but being unable to move or do anything about this.
I had that the one time I took melatonin. It was still probably good to take it, as it was my first night in Egypt, and with jet lag, you just need your body to STOP at night so it can adjust, but yes. Unsettling.

[trinityvixen]

It's kind of what I imagine being one of those people who don't go fully under during anesthesia must feel like. A lot less horrible than that, but still.

How does melatonin reset your sleep cycle? I'd not heard that.

[ivy03]

Melatonin is a sleep aid (albeit one that is used in way too high doses). What I mean is, though I don't normally take sleep aids, the problem with jet lag going east is that the second night in particular you're exhausted but your body just won't fall asleep at the right time because it thinks it's mid day. So taking something that made me go to sleep at the right time helped me adjust.

[xannoside]

Melatonin temporarily makes your body think it spent a full day outside and now its time to sleep!

I use it when I go to Europe. Works like a charm, but I've heard that after enough regular doses, it stops being effective.

[bigscary]

Fun Fact: This phenomenon and endogenous DMT production together explain alien and elf abduction experiences.

[trinityvixen]

...ELF abduction experiences?