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Melatonin side effects

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I take melatonin at night to sleep and it gives me restless leg syndrome! I have to get up and take 4 Advil to stop the feeling. Does this happen to anyone else?

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Lots of people find that melatonin makes their RLS worse.

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marsha2306

I had to stop taking melatonin- it made my RLS so much worse.

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Lash65

Thanks for this question and the responses. I had no idea melatonin could make rls worse.

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Misskitty30909

I took melatonin tonight for t he first time in months. My rls was so bad I had to resort to taking a clonopin

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