Re: Kim/Magnesium

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Hi Sara,

Lots of doctors tell people to take their magnesium at night because

it's supposed to have a sedative affect (remember, magnesium

relaxes). But when I first started taking magnesium, I could never

take it after 7:00 pm. If I did, I'd be up mopping floors until 2:00

am! Sometimes I couldn't even take it later than 5:00 pm.

But oddly, there have been several times that I've had a tremendous

headache before bed, or have awakened in the middle of the night with

a bad sinus headache. I'll take two ibuprofen and two Solgar

magnesium glycinate, and be out like a light in no time at all (but

ibuprofen does make me very sleepy anyway. Does this happen to anyone

else?!)

I'm curious what type of magnesium(s) you're taking. Maybe you get

plenty of magnesium from your multi and Mg/Ca tablet and naturally

through foods so don't need the 250 mg. tablet?

I have some chronic health issues and I tend to lead a high stress

life at times (which is a huge waster of magnesium). Also, I drink 1-

2 cups of coffee in the morning, which depletes magnesium. And...

sometimes I eat too much sugar (I adore ice cream!) and that

depletes magnesium too.

So I think I'm one of those people who simply needs no less than 650

mg. magnesium from supplements (don't know how much I get from water

and food).

Kim

> Hi Kim,

> I saw you were posting again. I started taking magnesium and I

> think I am doing something wrong. After I take it I need a nap.

Am

> I taking too much? My multivitamin has 100mg in it. I take a

> calcium/magnesium pill with 80mg in it and I take a 250mg pill too.

> I do not take them all at once. I space them out over the day, but

> I wonder if taking 250mg at once is not right.

> Sara