I was taking 5 melatonin per night along with Tryptophan, klonopin. advil/tylenol PM plus my pain meds.

While the meltatonin plus tryptophan did help me fall asleep, I would inevitably wake up within 3 hours drenched in sweat and in horrible pain. Usually it would then be dawn before I could fall asleep again.

I do think it's worth trying if you're at a different stage but if you're in a flare, I'm afraid it's fairly useless.

It was an ER doc that suggested I switch to Noriptriptyline {sp} which I didn't do only because the Elavil at 75 mg has really helped me sleep (and gain weight).