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Hameline

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Oct 29, 2025
7
Hi everyone,

As the title suggests, I was wondering if an overdose of melatonin (20 mg, or 20 gummies) could kill me. Or would it just cause me health problems? Or nothing serious?

Thanks in advance for your answers. I'm thinking about doing this, but I want to make sure it's not for nothing.
 
Passenger4224

Passenger4224

I appreciate everything that can kill me.
Mar 8, 2026
72
Overdose is the absolute least effective method, it ain't gonna work

There's a post somewhere about 'non-methods' that are not recommended.
 
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Hollowman

Empty
Dec 14, 2021
2,316
If only it was that easy.
 
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sweetdrowning

sweetdrowning

living ghost
Jan 2, 2026
117
You will just get a stomache ache and mess up your sleep.
 
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DeathSweetDeath

Wizard
Nov 12, 2025
698
Ask yourself these questions, please. Ask yourself why people would shoot themselves in the head, sometimes with shotguns, jump off of tall buildings, hang & drown themselves etc, if they could just take 20 melatonin gummies instead? Can you think of a single reason? Do you think this site would exist if all someone had to do to end their life was take 20 melatonin gummies? Would there be any reason for it whatsoever? Do you you think there would be so many threads here of people desperately trying to find SN if they could just take 20 melatonin gummies? I look forward to reading your answers.
 
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TheCavernousDeep.

TheCavernousDeep.

“One Last Tour for the Lady of the Ink.”
Oct 22, 2025
55
Hi everyone,

As the title suggests, I was wondering if an overdose of melatonin (20 mg, or 20 gummies) could kill me. Or would it just cause me health problems? Or nothing serious?

Thanks in advance for your answers. I'm thinking about doing this, but I want to make sure it's not for nothing.
Hi!
No this is not how melatonin works. Melatonin regulates your body's sense of circadian rhythm, so you're day night cycle. It basically just makes your body think it's night time. It's not a true depressant.

I understand the desire though! It makes you sleepy, so take enough and sleep forever? Wouldn't that be the dream. But nope, if you take 20 gummies your jaw will just hurt a lot and you might sleep a little longer than you usually do, and maybe you'll have trouble falling asleep without the gummies tomorrow, but you'll still have a tomorrow.

Sorry for how bad you're struggling. No one deserves pain like this.
also I can't read your post history. Why do you want to die?
 
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OnMyLast Legs

OnMyLast Legs

Too many regrets
Oct 29, 2024
1,555
melatonin (20 mg
Oh, you poor thing. No. That ain't fatal or even dangerous. Famous people who died by "sleeping pills" had barbiturates back in the day. They're not even prescribed anymore, let alone OTC.
 
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copioushopelessness

Arcanist
Aug 27, 2025
446
Ask yourself these questions, please. Ask yourself why people would shoot themselves in the head, sometimes with shotguns, jump off of tall buildings, hang & drown themselves etc, if they could just take 20 melatonin gummies instead? Can you think of a single reason? Do you think this site would exist if all someone had to do to end their life was take 20 melatonin gummies? Would there be any reason for it whatsoever? Do you you think there would be so many threads here of people desperately trying to find SN if they could just take 20 melatonin gummies? I look forward to reading your answers.
I'm feeling like most of these posts are troll posts.
 
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copioushopelessness

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Aug 27, 2025
446
Your username doesn't fit very well then.
Good one. Yeah I wouldn't call it 'hope' so much as wanting to relate to someone on a suicidal level. I want to die more than most could even imagine.
Good one. Yeah I wouldn't call it 'hope' so much as wanting to relate to someone on a suicidal level. I want to die more than most could even imagine.
Do you have no guts?
 
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Nolongerlive

Member
Feb 28, 2026
14
Hi everyone,

As the title suggests, I was wondering if an overdose of melatonin (20 mg, or 20 gummies) could kill me. Or would it just cause me health problems? Or nothing serious?

Thanks in advance for your answers. I'm thinking about doing this, but I want to make sure it's not for nothing.
hi there,

Probably you are just like many of us here, trying to find a quick and easy method , but then the reality is different or else there wont be so many of us in this forum.

You can read/research more to see the various methods that is most suitable to you , currently with SN is the most popular way.

 
lysergamide

lysergamide

SO YOU WANNA BE A TRAILBLAZER
Oct 2, 2024
79
The principle is if it's over the counter don't even try it
 
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Hameline

Member
Oct 29, 2025
7
Thank you for your responses. I will try to respond to everyone in a single message.
Ask yourself these questions, please. Ask yourself why people would shoot themselves in the head, sometimes with shotguns, jump off of tall buildings, hang & drown themselves etc, if they could just take 20 melatonin gummies instead? Can you think of a single reason? Do you think this site would exist if all someone had to do to end their life was take 20 melatonin gummies? Would there be any reason for it whatsoever? Do you you think there would be so many threads here of people desperately trying to find SN if they could just take 20 melatonin gummies? I look forward to reading your answers.
Honestly, I already knew that melatonin wouldn't kill me. I was hoping that it would at least cause me some pain, or put me in a state of stupor. This was in no way meant to disparage other people; I myself am considering killing myself by throwing myself in front of a train. If only an overdose of melatonin could cloud my mind before I did it... but no luck, it has no effect. I'll have to find another drug for that. With any luck, my psychiatrist will prescribe me drugs with side effects like the ones I'm looking for.
No this is not how melatonin works. Melatonin regulates your body's sense of circadian rhythm, so you're day night cycle. It basically just makes your body think it's night time. It's not a true depressant.

I understand the desire though! It makes you sleepy, so take enough and sleep forever? Wouldn't that be the dream. But nope, if you take 20 gummies your jaw will just hurt a lot and you might sleep a little longer than you usually do, and maybe you'll have trouble falling asleep without the gummies tomorrow, but you'll still have a tomorrow.

Sorry for how bad you're struggling. No one deserves pain like this.
also I can't read your post history. Why do you want to die?
Unfortunately, it won't even hurt me...

Yes, it would be so nice to fall asleep and never wake up... but I know that even if I took an overdose of prescription sleeping pills, it wouldn't work. You have to combine several types of drugs to cause death (some overdoses work; my sister took one and would have died if she hadn't told someone).

As for my reasons for wanting to die, it's a bit long and complicated to explain. I don't think life is worth living (at least mine isn't), living is unbearable and makes me feel like I'm suffocating. I hate my physical appearance, my eating disorders are destroying my life; my autism and high intellectual potential make me feel constantly marginalized (it's not just an impression...), and the more time passes, the worse my life gets. One of my biggest mistakes was opening up to my friends, who ultimately kicked me out of their group because they didn't want to put up with someone who was depressed and suicidal. In a way, I understand them. I mean, it's so boring and uninteresting to be with me, it's a complete waste of time. Anyway, I'm not going to dwell on why I want to die. There are so many reasons, but frankly, it's not interesting.
I'm feeling like most of these posts are troll posts.
And no, it wasn't a troll! I'm sorry for wasting your time with such a stupid question. As I said above, I knew it wouldn't kill me, but at least it could make me suffer... Suffering is a kind of comfort when I fail to kill myself, like a kind of punishment at the same time. Sorry, it's not very clear, it's hard to really explain this feeling.
You can read/research more to see the various methods that is most suitable to you , currently with SN is the most popular way.
SN, is that sodium nitrite? If so, I won't be able to buy it in my country, as it's not available for sale to individuals, unfortunately...
The principle is if it's over the counter don't even try it
Yes, I know. Even though that didn't stop me from overdosing on paracetamol (I just ended up in the hospital...).
 
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copioushopelessness

Arcanist
Aug 27, 2025
446
I'm sorry. There's so many posts on here I don't know which ones to take seriously or not. I didn't mean to offend you. You didn't waste my time. My time is already wasted. I'm sorry you are suffering. I know it's hard to explain the feelings.
 
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OnMyLast Legs

OnMyLast Legs

Too many regrets
Oct 29, 2024
1,555
Let's petition our representatives to put 1/20th a fatal dose of barbiturates in melatonin gummies!
 
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Hameline

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Oct 29, 2025
7
I'm sorry. There's so many posts on here I don't know which ones to take seriously or not. I didn't mean to offend you. You didn't waste my time. My time is already wasted. I'm sorry you are suffering. I know it's hard to explain the feelings.
No worries, I know that some posts are really just trolls, so I can understand why you thought my question was one of them (it was a really silly question, but I think I needed confirmation). I'm sorry that you're suffering too, I hope you get the ending you want.
Let's petition our representatives to put 1/20th a fatal dose of barbiturates in melatonin gummies!
Lol if only that could really work!
 
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rigsid

rigsid

Hopefully dying on the 14th of March
Jan 31, 2026
110
Take it from me. I took 62 10 mg melatonin capsules and all it did was make me throw up and slightly mess up my sleep schedule the next few days.

I knew it wouldn't kill me. It was moreso parasuicidal.
 
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Forveleth

I knew I forgot to do something when I was 15...
Mar 26, 2024
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They would not put giant bottles of it for sale in the pharmacy if it was that easy.

But also melatonin is considered a supplement and not a medication, therefore it is highly unregulated. The melatonin that you buy does not necessarily contain the amount that is labeled on the bottle. There have been multiple studies of supplements proving that they have anywhere from 50% to 300% of the amount they're supposed to have in them. So even if it was deadly, there's no guarantee that the bottle you bought would have the correct amount in it.
 
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