Magnesium Glycinate

[JacketPotatoFoodOfTheGods]

I'm very sensitive to taking anything and had to come off HRT because it made me feel awful.

My aches, sleeplessness and anxiety had returned. So I tried some magnesium. Just slept through the night and DIDN'T wake up with racing thoughts at 5am for the first time in several weeks!

I think I'm less achy too. Hope it lasts. 👏

@JacketPotatoFoodOfTheGods thank you for this thread, I'm in need of some supplements and really want to purchase from somewhere I know is selling a good brand and that I'm taking the correct one. I'm on HRT which is still being monitored for absorption, I'm progesterone sensitive too and I've been switched to Provera once a day to help, I still feel a bit low. I'd love to start supplements again, magnesium, vit d and maybe a B12? What supplement needs zinc to aid absorption? It's such a minefield about doses, where to buy and is this right for me! X

I bought my mag glycinate from Amazon. It's helping with restless legs and I sleep well.

I am also taking mag for sleeplessness - began with citrate and the effect on helping with night waking was immediate and amazing but I also immediately ran into tummy issues. I switched to two capsules of glycinate at around £9.99 a bottle from Amazon. This works well too but is fine for the tummy. And if the price of a good night is 'expensive pee', it still seems mighty good value to me!

It can take several months to really work. I found my bladder was getting better after 6 months. I've had really troublesome issues for decades but food/drink makes a huge difference. I don't drink normal tea, no coffee, no juices or alcohol and stick to reasonably bland foods .

As I understand Mg doses it is the elemental magnesium which is the important number on any supplements.

Unless a person has kidney issues any excess will be excreted from the body so overdosing is unlikely.

I also get the itches before bed and I'm post meno. The only thing putting me taking antihistamines every night is that I've read there's a link to dementia with regular use (may be wrong). I do take Nitol occasionally which I think contains antihistamine.

The labelling is a little confusing. The product I linked is 104mg of magnesium per tablet. That's the important number, and the one the NHS are referring to.

The 1040mg number is the amount of the compound (bisglycinate) that contains the magnesium - you can ignore that number. It will vary depending on what form the magnesium is present as: oxide, citrate glycinate etc.

Just to confuse things, companies often quote per "serving" which here is two tablets. So on the label they show one serving (two tablets) contains 208mg of magnesium.

Boots aren't showing then full label of their product on their website so I can't show you the comparison, but here the 375mg number will be referring to the magnesium itself ("elemental magnesium").

You get good at reading labels!

A lot of it is marketing, @ssd. Hence needing to look at labels carefully.

You don't need to take one serving (2 tablets) per day. You can start with one and work up to the NHS max of four if that works for you (that would be 408mg of magnesium per day). It really is a very safe supplement to take.

Dammit, 416mg magnesium!

I wouldn’t call the peri symptom I’m struggling with anxiety, it’s more of an adhd-like lack of focus with scattered thoughts and executive dysfunction, which definitely wasn’t present prior to peri.

I wonder if magnesium would help this too?

Hrt helped me with this. And staying off my phone!

Thanks @CeruleanDive

@NippyCrab zinc helps absorption of vit D

Everyone should take vit D. You can get combination tablets but zinc is found in red meat and poultry, seafood, nuts whole grains, breakfast cereals, and dairy products.

I'm taking 250mg in a powder that dissolves in water of magnesium. It hasn't upset my stomach.

Yes sure. Will check out how to do that!

I'm just trying the free samples right now. Why don't you try them first? I just paid postage.

@ohthejoys21
Regarding antihistamines, Loratadine is fine it's Citirizine that possibly increase dementia risk.
I think Nytol might be a dementia risk too.

Hi all sending love to poster and all, this thread has helped me

I am 46 and like you all very sensitive to stuff and developed intolerances since peri I'm also autistic and have endo

I take floradix magnesium which I do find really helps I believe it is the glycinate form, and also their b vitamin formula and find it helps. I also take dissolvable vitamin d high dose. I quit dairy in 2021 and found that has really helped too along with helping endometriosis symptoms .

However I don't think the floradix is a high dose of magnesium so wanting to top it up. I've been looking at British supplements website . Jacketpatatoe what powder do you use please?

Do any of you get bad reflux and find you can't tolerate capsules and have to work round that too ? I have to try to get liquid formulas

Hi @Hogglehedge I tried the floradix too but didn't notice any effects.
The powder is by healthy metals.

Do you have proof of this? I buy antihistamines a lot.

There is no proof of this.

Just a FYI I buy this spray in Home Bargains, exactly the same brand/size but its only £4.99.

They also sell one for joints and one for muscles, I use the one for joints and it helps with the arthritis in my knees.

Magnesium spray is fantastic, I noticed a difference from first use too, so glad it helped OP. I am also very sensitive to hormones even Ovestin, HRT isn't for everyone,it helps SOME women and certain posters on this board should bear that in mind.

I tried the Mg spray but it irritated my skin. I can, however, tolerate an Epsom Salts bath ok. I guess the concentration is lower.

I thought there had been some inconclusive research that said chlorphenamine (Piriton) could increase the risk of dementia, but I can't remember and can't be arsed to Google. Loratidine (Clarityn) doesn't work for me as an anthistamine, though some swear by it, cetirizine (Zirtek) does. Fexofenadine (Allevia) works okay to stop hayfever but not enough that the higher price difference is worth it. Same for acrivastine (Benadryl), but that can be quite good for sleep.

(I've been dealing with hayfever for 40 years or so... the main thing I've learned is what works well for one person might not for the next.)

I take magnesium, but can't remember which without going to get the bottle, and again, can't be bothered just now...