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You could try to increase what you need to make melatonin, and try reducing things that decrease melatonin.
To make melatonin, you need serotonin since serotonin is converted into melatonin. B12 is needed for the conversion.
To increase serotonin, B3 and B6 are essential. These can also help increase serotonin: 5HTP, tryptophan, sunshine, bright light (3000+ lux), Vit D, carbs (especially tart cherries, bananas, oats), flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, pleasure, relaxation, laughter, moderate and light exercise, SAMe.
These decrease your melatonin: ibuprofen, aspirin, caffeine, any light, especially sunlight and blue light from computers and other screens, alcohol.
MethylB12 blocks melatonin production, so if you are taking it, take it in the morning.
Some of us wear blue-blocking sunglasses in the evening to encourage melatonin production.
You can buy tart cherry juice concentrate to mix with water and drink before bedtime.
Hey madie, I have orange glasses too but when I checked them with the "blue light" test that was posted on here a while back, they failed, even though they look to be the same color as the blue-blockers.
I bought these glasses that Caledonia recommended in her darkness therapy thread:
http://www.amazon.com/Uvex-S0360X-U...ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1294788538&sr=1-1
I didn't find a blue light test!
What is the "blue light test?"