insomnia
"[History]- I had started taking melatonin (3mg) to help me sleep, shortly after my divorce. As my body 'adjusted' to it, I began to increase the dose, eventually (over several years) working up to 30mg. Well, not too long after that, I desperately needed to be put on Testosterone therapy (my level was 'zilch'). Lo-and-behold, it had JUST been determined that MEN should NOT take large doses of melatonin for that very reason!
Looking for *natural* aids, I found that drinking ("wild"/"black") cherry juice can improve the quality of your sleep ... BUT, it does so by boosting the amount of the melatonin in the body(!) Skip THAT one....  I then tried Valerian Root, which proved equally effective. "