Anyone been dizzy the next day after taking Melatonin?

Welcome, Kevin. I like referring to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) website when searching for evidence-based information on supplements and complementary medicine.

- Melatonin: What You Need To Know https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/melatonin-what-you-need-to-know
Excerpt
"Is it safe to take melatonin?
For melatonin supplements, particularly at doses higher than what the body normally produces, there’s not enough information yet about possible side effects to have a clear picture of overall safety. Short-term use of melatonin supplements appears to be safe for most people, but information on the long-term safety of supplementing with melatonin is lacking."

Because melatonin use has increased in recent years, Mayo Clinic produced this helpful video with Dr. Naima Covassin, a researcher in Mayo Clinic's Cardiology Lab:
Mayo Clinic Minute: What to consider before using melatonin supplements for sleep
https://youtu.be/LLMc1qZGcd8

Kevin, have you tried a lower dose? What issues do you have with sleep?

I guess I really have not given a lower dose a good try, as in kids sizes 2 mg. I have sleep apnea and am finally getting that under control with a mouthguard and iphone app to guide. Main problem now is just getting to sleep initially as I seem addicted to blue light on my device to read. Working on that, and eating last meal earlier and exercising muscles earlier. Slowly getting there after several years of denial of terrible effects of obstructive sleep apnea

I ended up in the emergency room…had to call 911…I will never take it again..they said I had vertigo…I thought that I was dying…

I was diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea. I started with CPAP in mid February. I don’t have trouble going to sleep. About 2 months into using CPAp , i started waking up in the midline of the night and being awake for hours. My sleep PA recommended intake low dose extended release Melatonin. I took 5 mg for a few nights. I felt groggy and really tired the days after taking it. I stopped taking it as it was making me too tired and groggy.

I have consistent problems with sleep & I average 5 to 6 hours of sleep/night...wake up at 3 am and stay awake for 2+ hours...I occasionally take melatonin and each time I find I have severe vertigo the next morning. Sadly, the melatonin DOES help me sleep through the night better than any other remedy (benedryl=restless legs & 5 mg of Zolpidem Tartrate leaves me "hung over" for a day).

Why not cut back on your Zolpidem dosage to 2.5 mg and see how that does?

I'd try 2.5 mg of regular melatonin, not time release version, and see how that does. Many time I see recommendations of 1 mg to 3 mg of regular melatonin as a sleep aid. You were just taking too much, I think. I'm not a doctor, just making an informed suggestion.

Thanks, since my practitioner recommended time release, that is what i purchased. However 5 mg was the lowest does i could find. I wil, try the lower dose of regular melatonin and see if that helps.

I see a sleep therapist and both she and sleep medicine doctor say 1-3 mg a night.

I take 10 mg of time release melatonin a night and have had no bad reactions—and I have an inner ear problem because I had sudden hearing loss (SHL) at age 22. But my sleep problem (waking at 3 or 4 am and not being able to get back to sleep) has only been solved successfully with Delta 8 CBD tincture made by SunMed. It works for a year then you need to detox from it for three months. Those three months were terrible for me, but I power through knowing that sleep is coming after 90 days!