This website is a great resource! I joined to asked a question after searching for an answer and still needing advice.
Just started taking Magnesium about 3 weeks ago. I take a men's one a day multivitamin every day, and have been for years.
Week 1: I started on 125mg Mag Oxide pill and I felt excellent during the day, I was sure I'd found my cure because I was so clear headed, my anxiety was under control, and I had lots of energy! It was incredible!!
Week 2: I researched Magnesium, decided I was deficient and decided to purchase Natural Calm, Magnesium Citrate. I took one dose in the morning and one before bed. 80mgs x 2 day = 160 Mag Citrate. I began to feel very tired and my energy dropped, I was groggy, sleepy, and brain fog returned.
I had a Magnesium RBC blood test done during week 2 and my level was at 5.5 mg/dL.
Week 3-4: I went down to 80mg once a day, waited a few days; slight improvement then went to 40mgs once a day before bed. Still no big improvement and all the benefits I had the first week while on the Mag Oxide 125mg have not returned.
I've read about the different absorption rates of the two forms of Magnesium but still can't make heads or tails of why I got such a great improvement in my mental and physical health the first week and now while on Mag Citrate I can't recreate that? Its like the more absorbable Mag form made me worse.
I'm thinking of going back to just the Mag oxide pill once a day at this point. Anyone know what is going on with me.
Male in my 30's
Hi, Icehenge. Precisely why are you taking magnesium? I noticed that you've cross-posted under the "Anxiety" board, as well, so if you began taking magnesium to treat an anxiety issue, post back and the discussion can go from there for those responding.
I don't know anything about Zoloft OR Adderal, except that both medications have tremendous side effects, and the long-term effects aren't even being seen, yet.
Aside from that, the magnesium filler could have been expired if the magnesium had been sitting around for a long time. Do you have any coping mechanisms to deal with the anxiety, yourself? I mean deep breathing, or EFT tapping, or "getting into the Now." And, I will say this with 100% honesty that I thought that all of those techniques were hocus pocus until I actually practiced them and made them second-nature. Breathing, alone, is a HUGE management tool. Perhaps, taking in foods that are high in magnesium might work better for you - it's just another option.
I've been suffering from PTSD for over 3 years, now, and my panic/anxiety attacks were so severe that I ended up in the emergency room on several occasions with the belief that I was having a heart attack. So, I completely understand that anxiety issues. There are many, many management techniques for anxiety, and I'm sure that there will be many responses about a few of them. But, whatever you do, practice several of these whenver you can - when you are calm. In that manner, you will learn something similar to muscle-memory, but it involves thinking processes instead of physical activities that you don't even think about when you're doing it, like driving or writing, etc. The more you practice a technique when you're calm, the quicker you'll be able to practice it when you first feel the anxiety bubble blowing up.
Best wishes to you