Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy
Don't believe the melatonin hype

You can find anecdote attesting to anything, and I'm moderately confident (not bothering to look it up again) that the peer-reviewed research doesn't show anything remotely close to those kind of effects.

I've personally consumed way more in larger varieties and quantities than anybody you'll ever meet, yet it has done nothing seemingly deleterious

A rule of thumb: if popular publications say a lot of something, they're probably wrong. Also, if melatonin really were that powerful, look to it being prescription, illegal, etc.
Personal Anecodotal evidence aside, you make a valid point. That having been said, there are plenty of things out there that society probably shouldn't have access too that aren't illegal under the argument that it's our own personal choice to use them.

I'm just saying, I've read the case of that poor woman, and while it's a very slim chance (only 3 cases documented historically) all 3 were related to melatonin production, and the substitution thereof. Just be careful, and if you feel yourself going off kilter when using it, man up and don't use it. If it doesn't affect you... keep on trucking.