Knocked

Melatonin itself isn't bad. In fact, it's a natural hormone generated by your body. The problem is supplementing with melatonin. Over-the-counter (OTC) melatonin doses far exceed what your body naturally produces. OTC melatonin has been shown to contain as little as 15% of the advertised amount and as much as 400%. Routine melatonin supplementation can also cause dependency and eventually affect your body's natural production of the hormone, forcing you to rely on melatonin supplements for sleep and risk damaging adrenal function. Melatonin side effects include: adrenal disfunction, dizziness, headaches, nausea, disorientation, depression, anxiety, low blood pressure, and more.

Always talk with your primary care physicaion when adding or subtracting a supplement from your diet. Your PCP may recommend slowly weening off the hormone.

According to the research children can have many adverse effects to melatonin- including delayed puberty onset and overdose leading to hospitalization.

We created a safer alternative to melatonin. Our formula will not sedate you the way melatonin does, but can help you achieve higher quality sleep.

Melatonin often leads to daytime drowsiness. Since the amount of melatonin found in most supplements exceeds that of your body's natural melatonin production, supplementing with melatonin throws your circadian rhythm off balance. As a result, melatonin helps you fall asleep, but not stay asleep. The lack of quality sleep will lead to lower energy levels the following day.

Magnesium Glycinate: It has calming properties that will help you feel calm, fall asleep, and stay asleep for a good night's rest. Magnesium regulates the amount of glutamate that gets through to your NMDA recpeter preventing excitatory transmissions.

L-Theanine: This all natural supplement is found in tea. You may have heard “drink matcha instead of coffee so you don't get the jitters.” Theanine is the reason why you don't get jittery when drinking matcha even though there are comparable amounts of caffeine in the tea. 

Apigenin: This flavonoid is found in plants like chamomile, parsley, celery, spinach, artichokes, and oregano. It reduces anxiety due to its anti-cortisol properties.

Our ingredients have high safety margins. They're non-habit forming and they're derived from herbs and minerals where as melatonin is itself a hormone with inconsistent effectiveness and long term usage risks. With Knocked, you'll stay asleep without feeling groggy the next day.