Pick up most sleep products and you'll find 5 mg or 10 mg of melatonin per dose. It sounds stronger. It isn't better.
Melatonin isn't a sedative; it's a signal. It tells your body it's night. A small, well-timed dose is enough to send that signal; piling on more doesn't make you sleep “harder,” it just lingers in your system and leaves you groggy the next morning. That 6 a.m. fog after a sleep gummy? That's the megadose, not the sleep.
The dose that works
EU health rules recognise that 1 mg of melatonin, taken close to bedtime, helps reduce the time it takes to fall asleep. That's the dose Z22 uses: enough to work, not enough to wreck your morning.
It's not just melatonin
Falling asleep is only half the problem; the other half is the racing mind. Z22 pairs the 1 mg of melatonin with magnesium citrate (300 mg, which contributes to a reduction of tiredness and fatigue and to normal functioning of the nervous system) and L-theanine (200 mg). Lemon balm rounds it out.
Stir one sachet into water 15 to 30 minutes before bed. Down fast, wake up clear.