Testing a new protocol to accelerate jet lag recovery.
The study showed a 44% faster recovery.
> 300 mg slow release caffeine in am
> 3 mg melatonin before bed
Note: this is eastbound flight recovery.
When your circadian clock is off, your hormones, recovery, and output drift. Cortisol is downstream of your circadian clock. Caffeine and melatonin accelerate the reset the rhythm.
The caffeine keeps your body anchored to the new morning. The melatonin pulls your sleep phase earlier.
Things we're curious about:
1. Is the 300mg too much? Would a smaller dose be better?
2. The study uses 5 g of melatonin. I used 3 g. We still think that's probably too much and a much smaller dose of 0.5 or 0.3 would be enough.
I think the interesting part is how simple the stack is.
Jet lag always feels like a mysterious body glitch, but you’ve framed it more like a timing problem with a few very specific levers.
Just a small correction: it’s 5mg and not 5g