Magnesium keeping me awake!

Could be a calcium-magnesium imbalance. You should strive for a 2:1 or even a 1.5:1 ratio.

Insomnia can be symptom of calcium deficiency.

I stopped taking ZMA for the very same reason,wired all night.

Just so you know you're not crazy, magnesium keeps me awake too. I've tested it on and off for months trying to rule out anything else. It is without a doubt the magnesium, specifically Natural Calm for me. I can't sleep more than a two hour stretch at a time, then it's sporadic after that.
I wanted to comment because I see all over the internet people complaining of this and the response is always to the effect of "that's not possible" "it's something else" "you're doing it wrong" "it's your lifestyle" - but this is clearly a thing.
Under any conditions or circumstances I can sleep great one night, take magnesium and sleep like crap the next, and reverse it within a day or two by stopping.
I'd love to know why.

What time of day is the magnesium taken? At one point it was recommended for me at bedtime but I'm wondering if it is taken earlier will there be less sleep disturbance?

Keeps my hubs up too but I use magnesium glycinate during the day and sleep hard at night,glycine is a calming amino acid

lorrpb wrote: »

Some people have a paradoxical The reaction to certain medications and supplements. This means that the body reacts in the opposite way from what is intended. It's a type of side effect. There is no specific reason and nothing that can be done about it. It's all a matter of trial and error. Sorry that happened to you.

PS Sometimes it can be a result of the blenders & binders used - the stuff used to hold the pill together, so you could try a different form of the supplement or a difference manufacturer.

There was a tread about the binders issue a few years back.

Are you certain that you were magnesium deficient in the first place? Over-supplementing magnesium can be a problem, at some level.

(Just speculating. I started taking magnesium citrate. Results: Good. I wondered if the dose was where I needed it, so I took a little more. Results: Not Good. Just my N =1 subjective experience, though.)

anatiuk wrote: »

Following this thread and I can completely identify. Whenever I take magnesium I get a jumpy restless feeling that keeps me awake for hours. So, I take my Natural Calm in the morning, and 750 mg of calcium at night. It’s actually calcium that calms my muscles and helps me sleep! And to emmabemma128, I also have that reaction to Benadryl. It makes me feel like I’m on caffeine and my body feels like it’s vibrating!

I just purchased some magnesium calm - more for leg cramps for me, and sleep for DH - but this i really insightful and I'll keep it in mind because I also tend to get wired on benadryl. I'll have to add calcium to my list of supplements and possibly try out that to help ease my muscle spasms.

Finding this thread interesting - I started taking magnesium for non-sleep reasons, originally was taking in the morning, but moved to evenings - was noticing that I was struggling with sleeping as well as I was used to - didn't think it was that (I was blaming my multi instead), but ran out of my current bottle recently, and the past few nights have slept great, still taking my multi.

Hmmmm, may have to make that a morning thing!

I was prescribed magnesium by my neurologist to help with the migraines HA. The best one is chelated magnesium according to the doctor, due to the high absorbance and the bio-availability; I got the morningpep brand. I take 200mg at night and I also take calcium at night. I also have PVCs and the magnesium helps to relax the heart muscle and helps with leg cramps post DVT.

I did notice that if I take 400mg, specially on the weekends (Nature Made brand), I don't sleep that soundly as when I take the 200mg. I don't know if it is because the lower dose is more efficient or if one brand is better than the other.

I agree with the comment posted by @lorrbp with respect to paradoxical reactions to medication or supplements. I can’t take more than 500mg of acetaminophen (Tylenol) during the day because it puts me to sleep. Go figure!

@Euroboss: magnesium was prescribed by my neurologist; she is an MD, not a quack or a naturopath doctor. Mg has also been recommended by my primary doctor to help control BP and the night cramps in my leg, and by the cardiologist for the PVCs. So, you are totally out of base with your comment.

Euroboss wrote: »

The only people I've ever heard prescribe magnesium are people that can't actually prescribe anything, i.e. not doctors. Naturopaths and other quacks do the magnesium. Show me evidence to the contrary. If anyone I saw talked about magnesium I would stop seeing that person.

My neurologist is a specialist in his field and is on a team at a research clinic for headaches. It's quite common to prescribe magnesium to migraine patients.

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

I'm on a fairly high dose of magnesium as part of my migraine management protocol.

I sleep like a baby.

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

I'm on a fairly high dose of magnesium as part of my migraine management protocol.

I sleep like a baby.

What form of magnesium do you take and what dose for your migraines, if you don't mind me asking?

The point missed was that my neuro is a headache specialist. I thought that was pretty obvious, but that other poster is gone now.

Anyway, I'm taking 800 mg of oxide daily.

my understanding is that if you take magnesium and you are severely deficient, you will feel a big energy boost and metobolic increase, insomnia, sweating, etc. I have experienced this first hand. 80% of people are Mg deficient. Your body is starved for this "miracle mineral" and that is the reaction. Once you get your level straight, which could easily take a month or more of lots of Mg (more than you can take orally), then Mg will work properly for you. btw Mg deficiency is really bad, you can't detox among other things.