Is there a role for melatonin in the treatment of anxiety? This video discusses the role of melatonin in the body and what we know about the impact of melatonin on sleep, anxiety, and pain.

Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland in the brain in response to the presence or absence of daylight. Melatonin plays a significant role in the quality of sleep we experience and we do know that as we age the quantity of melatonin produced tends to decline.
But does melatonin decline in those suffering from different mood disorders like depression or anxiety?
This video will explain how melatonin is a precursor of other neurotransmitters (like serotonin), and how the use of melatonin in pre-surgical cancer patients and pediatric patients has produced not only anxiolytic effects, but also analgesic effects, in addition to improving the quality of sleep in these patients.
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00:00 Melatonin and Circadian Rhythm
01:02 How is Melatonin produced
01:47 The Suprachiasmatic Nuclei
02:19 Melatonin as an Antioxidant
03:06 Aging and Melatonin
03:43 Serotonin as a precursor for Melatonin
04:09 The link between depression, circadian rhythm, and sleep
04:17 What are the symptoms of anxiety?
05:20 How can low Melatonin can affect mood?
05:38 How to sleep better
06:38 Melatonin study in patients with breast cancer
07:56 Melatonin as a pre surgical anxiolytic and analgesic
08:42 Melatonin Side Effects
09:25 Should you take Melatonin for Anxiety?


References:

Calm app: https://www.calm.com

Circadian Rhythms:
https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/f...


Learn All About Why Melatonin Can Be Used for Anxiety: https://vitagene.com/blog/melatonin-f...

The effect of melatonin on sleep and quality of life in patients with advanced breast cancer: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26260...

Melatonin as a chronobiotic: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15649...

Effect of melatonin on depressive symptoms and anxiety in patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24756...

Effects of melatonin administration on daytime sleep after simulated night shift work
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Melatonin Provides Anxiolysis, Enhances Analgesia, Decreases Intraocular Pressure, and Promotes Better Operating Conditions During Cataract Surgery Under Topical Anesthesia
https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...



Anxiety, fear and panic:

Brain image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

Melatonin for Sleep: Does It Work?
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healt...
Serotonin modulates melatonin synthesis as an autocrine neurotransmitter in the pineal gland
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
Melatonin Synthesis: Acetylserotonin O-Methyltransferase (ASMT) Is Strongly Expressed in a Subpopulation of Pinealocytes in the Male Rat Pineal Gland
https://academic.oup.com/endo/article...

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