Circadian disconnect
GHOST MODE
Circadian Disconnect
Natural sleep onset and mental recovery, supporting endogenous melatonin instead of replacing it.
Caution — 5-HTP must not be combined with SSRIs, SNRIs or MAOIs due to the risk of serotonin syndrome — a well-documented contraindication, not a theoretical one. Speak to your doctor if you take any of these.
CIRCADIAN DISCONNECT
GHOST MODE does not replace the sleep hormone. It quiets the mental noise that prevents its natural production, and supplies the precursors and cofactors for endogenous serotonin/melatonin synthesis, respecting individual circadian timing instead of forcing it.
Almost every sleep supplement is built on high-dose synthetic melatonin — often 3–10 mg, well beyond the 0.3–1 mg the body physiologically produces — acting as a forced external switch rather than support for an individual circadian rhythm, with common morning grogginess and long-term receptor desensitisation. The real problem behind evening overthinking is not absent melatonin: it is the inability to switch off the mental rebound that stops the body starting its own hormonal cascade.
Increases GABA availability at brain level acting as a positive allosteric modulator of GABA-A receptors — a mechanism similar to benzodiazepines but far milder and not associated with dependence.
Reduces pre-sleep rumination without residual sedation on waking. A controlled study (Akhondzadeh et al. 2001) showed anxiety efficacy comparable to low-dose oxazepam, with clearly superior tolerability.
Most people who cannot sleep are not missing melatonin — they are still running. Passiflora stops the running. 5-HTP with active B6 restocks the pathway that makes melatonin, and tart cherry stops tryptophan being diverted away from it. Magnesium keeps the night from fragmenting. Nothing here overrides your own clock.
Take roughly 60–90 minutes before bed: that is the window in which the natural cascade is supported. Because the hormone is produced rather than administered, there is no morning grogginess by design.
Two capsules with water in the evening, roughly 60–90 minutes before bed.
Timing — Evening
- →Difficulty falling asleep
- →Evening overthinking and doomscrolling
- →Mental recovery and sleep quality
- Passiflora incarnata RCT vs oxazepamAkhondzadeh et al. 2001 — PubMed
- Tart cherry and sleepHowatson et al. 2012; Pigeon et al. 2010
BUILD A ROUTINE
Is there melatonin in it?+
Not as an added isolated hormone. Trace melatonin occurs naturally in the Montmorency cherry extract. The formula supports your own production instead.
Will I feel groggy in the morning?+
The formula is designed to avoid residual sedation. Passiflora in particular was chosen for that tolerability profile.
05 GHOST MODE
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