Asleep by midnight. Awake by three.

There's no melatonin or antihistamine in it, so there's no melatonin hangover to shake off. Ashwagandha and L‑theanine can add to drowsiness in some people. If you ever feel foggy on it, write to us; we actually want to know.

Medication: not a formality — ashwagandha can interact. Same text as the label: Do not use if pregnant or nursing, under 18, if you have liver disease, or if you take immunosuppressants. Ask a doctor before use if you take any medication, especially sedatives, antidepressants, thyroid, blood‑pressure, diabetes or blood‑thinning drugs, or if you have a thyroid, autoimmune, kidney or other medical condition, or have surgery scheduled. Stop use and see a doctor if you develop yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, abdominal pain, unusual tiredness or itching, or any other adverse reaction. Keep out of reach of children. Full safety information →

Other supplements: usually yes. There's no magnesium in Small Hours, so your own can stay. Already on ashwagandha or theanine separately? Swap rather than stack; that's kind of the point of one bottle.

Alcohol: it'll work against you. A drink or two won't hurt the capsules, but alcohol wrecks the second half of the night on its own — no supplement fixes that. If you're testing whether Small Hours works for you, dry nights give you cleaner data.

It probably didn’t stop. Across 19 trials (PMID 23691095), melatonin’s effect — about seven minutes faster to fall asleep, about eight minutes more sleep — stays in the range of minutes with continued use; longer, higher-dose trials showed somewhat larger effects. What wears off is the honeymoon: the first good nights on anything new are partly expectation. Small Hours rests on different evidence: its ingredients were studied over weeks of daily use, not single nights — affron for 28 days (PMID 34438361), L‑theanine for four weeks (PMID 31623400). So night one isn’t the test; judge it over weeks of nightly use.

There's a page written for you: what to say, what to show them, and how to hand it over. If you want it, there's also the short gifting guide by email.

The 3‑bottle pack, $99, is one payment and doesn't renew on its own. If a 90‑night repeat is offered, it will be a separate box next to the pack, never pre‑ticked: $99 every 90 days until you cancel, cancelled the same way as below, and repeat packs aren't covered by the guarantee. Subscribe & Save is one bottle every 30 nights at 20% off — $39.20 instead of $49 — and that price stays locked for as long as you stay on. It renews automatically every 30 days until you cancel. Cancel from your account or with one email, at least 24 hours before your next billing date: no minimum, no fee, no phone call. Prefer no subscription? One bottle, $49 — no plan, no follow-up charges.

The 90‑Night Guarantee covers one bottle, one 3‑bottle pack, or the first delivery of a subscription from your first paid order: 90 nights from delivery, then 30 days to ask; full refund, keep what's left. Once per customer. Renewals and repeat packs aren't covered, except as in the full terms. Full terms ↑

Not yet — the first lot isn't ready. Every lot will be tested by an independent lab. Its certificate will be posted at protocolday.com/jar. Ingredient studies with doses and PubMed links are in the Evidence Library. No doctor in a white coat, on purpose. Documents instead.

You've probably seen the posts — people saying ashwagandha made them feel nonchalant, emotionally flat, like they stopped caring. We won't argue with anyone's experience: some people do report this. Side effects reported in trials are usually mild (loose stools, nausea, drowsiness); large doses can upset the stomach, and long-term safety is not known (NIH ODS, LiverTox). Here's our position: calm is not flat. KSM‑66 supports a calmer stress response† — it isn't meant to mute the rest of you. Small Hours uses KSM‑66 root extract — the studied dose, not a mega-dose — taken at night, not around the clock. The rule is simple: if you ever notice your feelings going quiet in a way you didn't ask for, stop. That's a real signal, not user error.