Posted by JLx on October 8, 2004, at 23:06:14
In reply to Can 500mg Mag. cause drowsiness?, posted by Jasmineneroli on October 8, 2004, at 12:11:47
> Question: I've now increased Mag. citrate from an original 250mg per day (taken at bedtime), through 325 mg (250mg at night, 125mg at lunch time) up to 500mg per day (125mg am, 125mg midday & 250mg night). I've been on the 500mg for 3 full days, and on day 2 and today (3), I've felt very drowsy, sleepy, for hours in the morning. I also felt somewhat "down" in terms of mental, emotional & physical energy.
> Can this be mag. dose related? Will I adjust after a while?It's hard to say. I'd suggest that you take it later in the day (dinner, midevening, bedtime) to see if it's mag that's a factor in any morning tiredness.
My experience with magnesium was that just about everything seemed to work differently after I started taking it and then differently again after I'd been taking it a while. Larry H. has described this as a kind of saturation effect.
> I've also titrated down (doc's orders) my Celexa from 10mg to 5mg, starting 8 days ago. So of course, this might be depression re-surfacing.
> It's so frustrating!!!
> Opinions???Magnesium may also be affecting how the Celexa works. When I tried tyrosine in my pre-magnesium days, it made me feel hostile, mean and scarily angry/snappish. Wellbutrin did the same thing. After taking magnesium, I take tyrosine all the time now without that ill effect.
> I'm probably going to stick with the magnesium at 500mg for a few more days, since my I'm headache free!!!! (Yay) and try an alternating day dose of 10 mg Celexa. What do you guys think??
> Thanks a bunch.
> JasThat's great that you're headache free! :) I think it shows that the magnesium is doing something that your body needed. Further experimentation with it will be your only answer.
JL
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