Posted by JLx on October 17, 2004, at 14:29:52
In reply to Re: Can 500mg Mag. cause drowsiness?, posted by tealady on October 15, 2004, at 5:20:30
I woke up too early this morning so I thought I would experiment with calcium to see if it make me sleepy. The night before I took my usual 500 mg magnesium and about 90 mg calcium, so this morning I took the same 90 mg calcium and 200 mg of magnesium glycinate. As I was hoping to drift off, after a while I felt irritability and crankiness creeping up on me, and then a tightening, headachy feeling in my temples. I was clearly not going to go back to sleep, so I took another 200 mg of magnesium and subsequently slept like a baby. :)
I wonder what it means that I am so sensitive to this stuff? I started taking the 90 mg with my dose of mag at night because I was getting some foot cramps.
Eating food like cottage cheese doesn't have the same affect as taking a supplement. Just like with the glutamine, my brain seems to be sensitive to it in isolation.
JL
> because the carbonate form binds with thyroid hormones kinda from memory ..which means you should get real slowed down and fall asleep ..if it does do that ( I posted a pubmed abstract on that somewhere here b4)
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> Many people swear by it for RLS..the calc and mag at night stopped mine I think..and the leg cramps definitely.
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> Even years ago when I used to only take it occasionally I always knew when I started with RLS or leg cramps if I took a pill for 2 or 3 nigts they'd be gone completely again for a while.
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> I haven't not taken calcium for a while (as I need it as my bones re kinda disintegrating I think, and calcium blood levels on low side of)
> normal) but when I used to forget the calcium/mag supp yrs ago after a few weeks , I'd know it from the leg cramps mainly
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> Just worth a try..don't try more than 200mg calcium elemental for starters and make sure you always take it with at least the same amount of elemental magnesium.
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